Gaia-X Overview EU-Japan Digital Partnership Webinar 12.03.2024 l Ulrich Ahle | CEO Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud Gaia-X Vision /ISION Enable trusted decentralised digital ecosystems
Gaia-X Mission Creating the de facto standard aligned with EU values by developing a set of policies, rules, specifications and a verification framework
Driven by a growth and service oriented team providing thought leadership to the market
GXDCH Components* Gaia-X Registry (compulsory) Gaia-X Compliance (compulsory) Wizard (optional) Catalogue (optional) Credential Event Service (Optional**)
Gaia-X Conformity and Labels

* Current list, may expand in future releases ** CES will become mandatory in Loire (next release) *** “√+” means additional criteria technically verified
Overview ● Gaia-X Lab ● Aruba •  running. It does not attest to the end to end functionality
Orange, TIM, Tecnalia

Pipeline Clearinghouse candidates
Proximus, OVH Cloud, A1 Digital, Arsys Internet S.L.U., Ionos SE, Aire Networks del Mediterraneo, MBR, OSISM, Tieto Evry, K- BusinessCom, Exaion (EDF), Gigas Hosting S.A., iShare, LHC – LuxConnect, NRB, Uniserver B.V. https://docs.gaia-x.eu/framework/?tab=clearing-house . . . . . . . gaia-x Gaia-X Lighthouses
Lighthouse Projects . gaia-> BDVA, FIWARE, GAIA-X und IDSA created the Data Spaces Business Alliance partnering with the Data Spaces Support Centre gaia-> •   One Architecture •   One Voice • One hundred Hubs ● One thousand Members Data Spaces Business Alliance Unleashing the Data Economy
Data Spaces Business Alliance ( ) FIWARE European Union Data regulations in economic regions Data strategies implementation IDSA Data Sharing Gaia-X Data Trust Framework FIWARE Data models BDVA Data Value Creation Voice of User requirements, the coordinate communities, technical business  requirements, specs and support to "business design" DSBA (Data Spaces Business Alliance) Technical Convergence Alignment in technical specifications and standards to adopt Eclipse Data Space projects FIWARE Data space components SIMPL Data-EX Others Technical implementation driven by developer OSS,      place for the communities investment Long-term security, adoption support etc. through norms and standards DSSC EDIB Formal Standardization Bodies ISO, ETSI/CEN/CENELEC, W3C etc.
Organisational and Business Building Blocks Technical Building Blocks Source: Data Spaces Support Centre Blueprint 0.5 www.dssc.eu
•   The International Open Forum on Data Society (IOFD) in Paris on February 14, 2024, agreed to establish a task force to promote international data society. •   The task force aims to accelerate the discussions at the IOFD. Therefore, the IOFD agreed to hold monthly task force meetings. The task force will discuss measures to ensure interoperability between different dataspaces and joint international standardization activities. Members 23 organizations and 50 members expressed their participation in the task force. 1st Kick-Off Meeting The first kick-off meeting was held on March 5, 2024, with 31 participants from 15 organizations. The task force’s operating policies and procedures were agreed upon, and discussions were based on two technical proposals. The second meeting will be scheduled for the week of April 15.
. The International Open Forum on Data Society (IOFD) in Paris on February 12-14, 2024, agreed to establish a task force to promote international data society. . The task force aims to accelerate the discussions at the IOFD. Therefore, the IOFD agreed to hold monthly task force meetings. ● The task force will discuss measures to ensure interoperability between different dataspaces and joint international standardization activities.
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Members
. 23 organizations and 50 members expressed their participation in the task force.
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1st Kick-Off Meeting ● The first kick-off meeting was held on March 5, 2024, with 31 participants from 15 organizations. ● The task force’s operating policies and procedures were agreed upon, and discussions were based on two technical proposals. . The second meeting will be scheduled for the week of April 15. A A A A A A Thank you! ulrich.ahle@gaia-x.eu CEO Gaia-X Association