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Data space for agriculture and robots in FlexiGroBots project

Agriculture and food production are promising industries for experimenting with data sharing and data space. Food, its origin and the sustainability, cleanliness and quality of its production are matters of great interest to consumers. And what interests the consumer also interests the production chain. On the other hand, the quality of the products and the...

VTT presented IDS work in InDEx Final Seminar

The InDEx (Industrial Data Excellence) program final seminar was organized by Dimecc on May 19th, 2022 at Torni Hotel Tampere. The seminar had participants from various organizations including Konecranes, Primapower, Fastems, Danfoss, HTLaser, Raute, Sitra and University of Turku. In InDEx, VTT explored together with Konecranes, Danfoss and Fastems solutions to securely exchange data among...

Data Space Innovation Lab leads the way to data economy

The trustworthy sharing of confidential data is becoming a reality. VTT has published a Data Space Innovation Lab infrastructure that is based on IDSA reference testbed components. The Data Space Innovation Lab aims at facilitating testing of data economy concepts and preserving data sovereignty in confidential data sharing between companies and organisations.  It supports the...

First hands-on training session organized by IDSA Hub Finland

VTT organized a hands-on IDS workshop for the companies in the OSME project (Open Smart Manufacturing) on April 26, 2022. Companies present were Wärtsilä, Roima Intelligence, Fastems and Fliq. Workshop participants first got an overview presentation of IDS software components given by Ilkka Niskanen and Markus Kerälä. In the second phase of the workshop, participants...

IDS Is Core Technology for Oulu Innovation Alliance

A large group of companies in Oulu region participated a webinar in May 3, 2022 where Ilkka Niskanen of VTT presented the International Data Spaces approach. The webinar was a success having 40 local representatives in the audience. The event was part of Oulu region development on Oulu Data Space, which is a framework to...

InDEx Final Seminar

The vision of the InDEx-program (Industrial Data Excellence) is to unlock the value of data as an enabler for the next industrial revolution in the Finnish manufacturing industry. In the InDEx Final Seminar that will be held on the 19th of May 2022 in Tampere, VTT will have a presentation about using IDS as a...

Data Value, Ease of Use, and Governance – Three Aspects to Data Spaces

Data sharing is the key for new value creation. Just imagine if you could easily know where your data is and determine how it is used. Imagine you could set the very same data into a data market just to wait for the right moment for value creation. While intriguing, this is the hardest nut...

IDS reference testbed has been launched

The International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) has published an ISD reference testbed that has been jointly developed by the IDSA open-source community. Data spaces are key to trusted data sharing in the global data economy. The technical components of data spaces need to be tested and certified to enable trusted data sharing in industry verticals....

EBDVF 2021 | Digital Transformation powered by Data and AI

The European Big Data Value Forum 2021 was organized as a hybrid event in Ljubljana and online. VTT was one of the premium sponsors of the event. VTT’s Executive Vice President Erja Turunen gave the presentation Data Economy - All Together Now!

IDSA Winterdays 2022 | Trust all the Way

The theme of IDSA Winterdays 2022 is trust. VTT is involved in organizing the event. The event will be held virtually. Read more and register for the event. Date & Time: February 16-17, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (UTC+1)