This document summarizes a webinar about BDVA i-Spaces, which are data innovation spaces that foster data-driven innovation. The webinar discussed what i-Spaces are, their value in collaborating and connecting to other initiatives, and the process for obtaining an i-Space label. Experiences from several labelled i-Spaces were also shared. The goal of i-Spaces is to establish a network across Europe for testing, piloting and exploiting big data technologies and applications through technical and business support services. Obtaining the i-Space label recognizes quality and impacts spaces that connect existing initiatives and promote data-driven innovation.

1. BDVA i-Spaces: what they are, how to
become one, value and collaborations
Friday, May 22 2020
11:00 – 12:00 CEST
@BDVA_PPP, #bdvpppseries

2. Daniel Alonso
(ITI, BDVA i-Spaces chair)
Sergio Mayo
(ITAINNOVA, Project /
Program manager)
Periklis Terlixidis
(Demokritos NCSR, Executive
officer ahedd DIH)
Oscar Corcho
(UPM, Full Professor)
Ricardo Simon Carbajo
(CeADAR, Head of Innovation
& Development)

3. Agenda
Introduction. Daniel Alonso (ITI, BDVA i-Spaces chair) (5 min)
Session 1: BDVA i-Spaces concept, value, labelling process
• BDVA i-Spaces concept
• Value and collaborations
• Labelling process
• Q&A
Session 2: Experiences from labelled i-Spaces
• ITAINNOVA (Sergio Mayo)
• Demokritos (Periklis Terlixidis)
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Oscar Corcho)
• CeADAR - Ireland's Centre for Applied AI (Ricardo Simon Carbajo)
• Q&A
Closing and final remarks

4. Practical considerations
• Only presenters and moderators can speak
• Presentations, post-webinar report
and video of the webinar will be
uploaded to BDVA and PPP
webpages. Stay tuned!!
• Participants, please write your
questions into the Questions area
(we will try to answer, and all will be addressed in the post webinar report)
• Be sure that you extend the control panel
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5. Next steps:
• Webinar Recording, presentations and post-webinar report will be made available on BDVA
and PPP webpages.
• Call for i-Spaces label 2020 open. Stay tuned for a possible extension
• Call for reviewers open. Send your EoI to: ispace-label@core.bdva.eu
• New webinar: “Role of Data Innovation Spaces and Big Data DIHs in the European digital
transformation” (24 June, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST):
• Anne-Marie Sassen (EC DG-CNECT, A2 Digitising Industry)
• Kimmo Rossi (EC DG-CNECT, G1 Data Policy and Innovation)
• Cecile Huet (EC DG-CNECT, A1 Robotics & AI)
• Daniel Saez (ITI, EUHubs4Data project)
• DIHs representatives
• Registration already open: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5539575283098895627

6. BDVA i-Spaces concept

7. • Data Innovation Spaces identified by BDVA as a key instrument to foster DDI
BDVA SRIA -
http://bdva.eu/sites/default/files/BD
VA_SRIA_v4_Ed1.1.pdf

8. Environments for data driven innovation and experimentation, where
research on BDV technologies and novel BDV applications can be
quickly tested, piloted and exploited
Technical and non-technical
activities, bringing data,
technology, application
developments together, and
fostering skills, competences
and best practices
Rely on existing national and
European initiatives, federate,
complement and leverage
activities of similar national
incubators / environments and
existing PPPs
Needs of large and small
companies, to ensure access to
economic opportunities offered
by BDV, testing the viability of
actual business deployments
Incubators and accelerators of data driven innovation

9. • ICT support
• Resources allocation
• Datasets cataloguing and
integration
• Data privacy and protection
• Data Governance
• Business support
• Incubation and acceleration
• Community building
Basic services provided
• To bring together technology and
application development
• Make data assets available
• Incubators for testing and
benchmarking
• Develop skills and best practices
• New business models and
ecosystems
• Foster data driven communities
in the ecosystem
Characteristics
• Relationship with Data
Innovation ecosystems
• IT assistance and support
• Business development
• IT infraestructure
• Secure and trustworthy data
hosting and storage
• Business support
• Hybrid computing models
Design considerations

10. Data Innovation Space X
Data
Data
Data
Tools
Tools
Tools
Data Innovation Space Y
Data
Data
Data
Tools
Tools
Tools
Lighthouse projects
R&I projects
Business
Large & SMEs
Academia & Research
Experimentation and training
Demonstration
Test, showcase, benchmark

11. Digital Innovation Hub
Competence
Center
- Infrastructure and tech platforms
- Digitisation and app expertise
- Experimentation in real-life
environments
- Support fabrication of real products
- Best practices
- Showcase technologies
- Innovation ecosystems
- Brokerage
- Accsess to finance
- Market intelligence
- Training and education
- Incubator / mentoring services
- IT infrastructure
- ICT support
- Asset support
- Data protection and privacy
- Resourcing
- Skills and best practices
- Project management resources
i-Space as DIH in Big Data
- Community building
- Federation
- Business development and support
- Benchmarking
- Incubation and acceleration
i-Space as CC in Big Data
Digital Innovation HubCompetence Center
Data Innovation
Space
Competence Centers as the core of Digital Innovation Hubs
Data i-Spaces: from CC in Big Data to DIHs in Big Data
Data Innovation Spaces and Data Driven Innovation Hubs

12. Data Innovation Spaces in the upcoming European landscape
European
Digital
Innovation
Hubs
European
Data
Spaces
Testing and
experimentation
facilities

13. i-Spaces value and collaborations

15. • Visibility at European level
• Relation with similar initiatives in Europe
• Learn from experiences and best practices
• Organization of joint activities and events
• Sharing of data assets and services
• Collaboration in proposals and projects

16. EUHubs4Data – European federation of Data Driven Innovation Hubs
• European federation of Big Data
Digital Innovation Hubs
• Global catalogue, local offer
• SMEs and start-ups access to a
global catalogue of data sources
and federated data driven services
• Latest developments on Data
Analytics and advanced assets on
Big Data to companies all across
Europe
• European reference on innovation
and experimentation on Big Data

17. • Multiple options of collaboration in the new Framework Programme
• Exploiting the triple dimension: EDIH, Data Space, TEF
• Project EUHubs4Data as starting point and transition between
H2020 and DE / HE
• Collaborations with other networks, clusters and initiatives

18. i-Spaces labelling process

19. • Ensure the quality and impact of Data Innovation Spaces
• Connect existing initiatives under one umbrella
• Promote the recognized Data Innovation Spaces
• Candidates all over Europe are invited to apply for the label (non-profit, no
need to be BDVA member)
• Ultimate goal: establishment of a European network of i-Spaces
• All the info: http://www.bdva.eu/node/1173
• Call for labels open: apply now!!

20. Open call
Questionn
aire
Review
Review
committe
meeting
Proposal to
BDVA BoD
Announce
ment to i-
Spaces
Trophies hand-out ceremony
at European Big Data Value
Forum

21. BDVA i-Spaces excellence domains
1. Infrastructure / technology
• Computing power and storage capacity
• Network connections
• Allocation of resources
• Data access methods
• Tools, policies, standards and certificates
• Additional information

22. 2. Services
• Technical support
• Big Data management, analytics and visualization
• Data governance, privacy and protection
• Incubation and acceleration
• Business support and business models
• Federation and network
• Skills and training
• Access to datasets

23. 3. Projects and sectors
• Most relevant sectors
• Involvement in projects
• Aggregated number of experiments per year
4. Ecosystem and collaborations
• Actors engaged in the ecosystem
• Clustering and outreach
• Networking and collaborations

24. 5. Business strategy
• Growth strategy
• Impact strategy
• Service strategy
• European reach
• Sustainability model
• Revenue model

25. BDVA i-Spaces review metric
Infrastructure
and technology
Quality of
provided services
Projects and
applications
Impact to
ecosystem
Business strategy
Still in
buildup
Fits needs
Strong
investment
Top EU World class
Admin only
Support at
request
Elaborate
support
Co-
innovation
EU
innovation
leader
Emerging Ambitious Mature
Top
potential
EU leader
Emerging Ambitious Mature
Top
potential
EU leader
Excellencedomains
1 2 3 4 5
Merit levels
< 10 10 - 25 26 - 50 51 - 100 > 100

27. Next steps:
• Webinar Recording, presentations and post-webinar report will be made available on BDVA
and PPP webpages.
• Call for i-Spaces label 2020 open. Stay tuned for a possible extension
• Call for reviewers open. Send your EoI to: ispace-label@core.bdva.eu
• New webinar: “Role of Data Innovation Spaces and Big Data DIHs in the European digital
transformation” (24 June, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST):
• Anne-Marie Sassen (EC DG-CNECT, A2 Digitising Industry)
• Kimmo Rossi (EC DG-CNECT, G1 Data Policy and Innovation)
• Cecile Huet (EC DG-CNECT, A1 Robotics & AI)
• Daniel Saez (ITI, EUHubs4Data project)
• DIHs representatives
• Registration already open: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5539575283098895627

28. Thank you all!
daniel.alonso@iti.es
@BDVA_PPP