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BDVA Strategic Agenda 2024

BDVA’s 2024 agenda is a practical playbook to scale European data-driven ecosystems: federated data spaces, interoperability by design, a secure computing continuum, and green data/AI operations, framed by compliance and ethics. It connects policy, standards, infrastructures (DSSC/SIMPL, EuroHPC/AI Factories, European Digital Innovation Hubs/Testing and Experimentation Facilities), and community tooling (i-Spaces, TFs) to move from pilots to sustainable value chains. 

For OPENVERSE, BDVA is the data & trust spine: a venue to codify virtual-asset data products, federate cross-sector data spaces for virtual-world use cases, and operationalise compliance-by-design (Artificial Intelligence Act/Data Act) with PETs and provenance/watermarking.

Basic Identification

• Initiative / Partnership Name: Big Data Value Association (BDVA)
• Full SRIDA Title & Version: BDVA Strategic Agenda 2024
• Publication / Last Update Date: 2024 (community workshops Sept 2023–July 2024; Data Week inputs) 
• Governing Body / Association: BDVA
• Type: Industry association; private partner in ADR (AI-Data-Robotics) PPP ecosystem (contributes to ADRA inputs) 
• Website / Source: BDVA Strategic Agenda 2024

Strategic Orientation

• Vision Statement: Empower European industries/societies for a human-centric digital future; align research, innovation, and deployment around data/AI to drive competitiveness and societal benefit. 
• Core Mission / Objectives:
  1. Define BDVA scope & priorities;
  2. Inform policy & industry;
  3. Coordinate Task Forces and maximize output. 
• Key Strategic Pillars / Themes:
  1. Human-centric digital future;
  2. Data-driven ecosystems & data spaces across sectors;
  3. Fit data/AI for emerging infrastructures & platforms (cloud-edge-HPC-quantum);
  4. Sustainable data & AI;
  5. Integrating innovation, ethics & compliance.

• Expected Outcomes / KPIs: Dynamic agenda with periodic updates; priorities for TFs; inputs to DSSC/EuroHPC/ADRA; stronger standardisation engagement and i-Spaces role. 
• Policy Alignment:
  • EU Data Strategy;
  • Data Act,
  • Data Governance Act,
  • GDPR,
  • Artificial Intelligence Act,
  • Open Data Directive,
  • Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030,
  • The European Green Deal,
  • EuroHPC,
  • AI Innovation Package (AI Factories). 

Technological & Thematic Priorities

• Main Technological Domains:
  • Common European Data Spaces & federation (governance, trust, data products, provenance, interoperability) 
  • Computing Continuum: cloud–edge–IoT–HPC–quantum integration; orchestration, scheduling, FL/AI pipelines, security & resilience. 
  • AI Foundations & GenAI usage (RAG, multi-modal, small LMs), synthetic data, AI for DataOps. 
  • Sustainability/Green AI (energy-aware training, metrics, green data services, circularity).
• Cross-cutting Topics: semantic interoperability; identity & trust (eIDAS/eWallet, SSI/DIDs); PETs; contracts/policy automation; skills; standardisation (CEN-CENELEC JTC 21, W3C, DSBA). 
• Related Infrastructures / Platforms: DSSC, SIMPL, AI-on-Demand/DeployAI, EuroHPC (incl. AI Factories), EDIHs, TEFs, EOSC, Copernicus; national EDICs. 

Interdependencies / Synergies: Inputs to ADRA SRIDA; collaboration with AIOTI, Gaia-X, FIWARE, IDSA via DSBA; links to EuroHPC, Quantum Flagship, CEI Continuum.

Governance & Ecosystem

• Leading Organisations / Associations: BDVA Board of Directors, Technical Board, Task Forces; i-Spaces network; community events (EBDVF, Data Week). 
• Stakeholder Groups: Industry (incl. SMEs/startups), research/academia, public sector, DIHs/EDIHs, standards bodies, DSSC, projects under HE/DEP. 
• Engagement Mechanisms: dedicated TF workshops; AG meetings; public events; standardisation liaisons; expert groups (e.g., data product working group); ethics toolkits (etami). 
• Update Frequency: “Dynamic document” with regular reviews and priority refresh tied to community cycles. 
• Contact / Participation Info: Participate via BDVA TFs (Data & AI, Data Spaces, Ecosystem/Business, HPC/BD/AI, Policy & Societal, etami, Smart Gov/Smart Cities, sector TFs) and i-Spaces. 

Alignment with Virtual Worlds

• Relevance to Virtual Worlds Domains:
  • Data Spaces + Interop backbone: BDVA focuses on federation across sectors and semantic/legal/governance interoperability—core to virtual-world data exchange and portability. 
  • Trust & Compliance: PETs, automated compliance, policy enforcement, watermarking and content provenance—key for safe, resilient immersive ecosystems. 
  • Computing Continuum: orchestration across edge/cloud/HPC supports real-time XR, digital twins, and agentic systems. 
  • Sustainability: Green KPIs for data/AI align with responsible virtual-world operations. 
• Potential Collaboration Levers:
  1. Co-lead a data-product and provenance/lineage task with BDVA TFs (link to virtual-world asset portability & rights). 
  2. Pilot inter-data-space federation (e.g., media+culture ↔ tourism ↔ smart cities) with OPENVERSE use cases; leverage DSSC blueprint & SIMPL. 
  3. Contribute compliance-by-design kits (AI Act/Data Act/Data Governance Act) tailored to XR/virtual worlds (policy templates, PETs recipes, watermarking). 
  4. Bridge EuroHPC AI Factories ↔ data spaces for GenAI-powered spatial computing experiments. 

SRIDA Document Metadata

• Keywords / Tags: data spaces, interoperability (semantic/legal/technical), data products, provenance/lineage, PETs, automated compliance, cloud-edge-HPC, AI Factories, sustainability/green AI. 
• Referenced Horizon Europe Clusters: Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry & Space); links to Cluster 3 security (secure continuum) and Green Deal instruments. 
• TRL Ranges Mentioned: Mix of R&I to deployment; experimentation & i-Spaces; no single fixed TRL but spans early research to market adoption. 
• Budget / Investment Priorities: Leverage EuroHPC AI Factories, DEP data-space deployments, EDIHs/TEFs; national EDICs; standardisation participation. 
• Policy References: AI Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, GDPR, Open Data Directive, Digital Decade, Green Deal; eIDAS/eWallet; sectoral regulations (EHDS).