European Data Forum 2016

Scaling up the European data economy

The European Data Forum (EDF) is one of the key European events for industry professionals, researchers, policy makers, and members of community initiatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of data-driven innovation in Europe. The Forum will address all facets of data-driven innovation: infrastructure, tools, applications (including, new products and services reaching out to multilingual European audiences) as well as societal and economic impact.

This event is relevant for all stakeholders involved in the data value chain: listen with a carefully selected mix of presentations ranging from cutting-edge innovative industrial applications of Big Data technologies, to upcoming innovation breakthroughs. Be on top of on-going policy debates and get inspired by future-looking talks. Ideas exchanged at the European Data Forum have impact on the design of future research challenges and policy decisions both at the EU and Member State level. This will drive data-driven innovation further and strengthen the European data economy as well as enhancing its positioning worldwide.

The EDF2016 conference will consist of three parallel tracks comprising talks by executive level leaders and will feature an exhibition as well as poster presentations.

EDF2016 is organized by the Data Science Center Eindhoven of the Eindhoven University of Technology in cooperation with Amsterdam Data Science and the European Commission.

EDF 2016 is part of the Dutch presidency of the EU in 2016.

Date 29th and 30th June 2016

Venue Evoluon, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Eindhoven is known as a technology and design city in the heart of the innovative Brainport region

As an innovative high-tech region, Brainport is a substantial contributor to national industrial export and is responsible for a quarter of all private investment in R&D. Brainport generates 37 per cent of all patents registered in the Netherlands each year. The intensive ‘triple helix’ cooperation between trade and industry, knowledge and research institutes, and the authorities also has a positive impact on the business climate.

The city offers enough diversity and knows an extensive center filled with hotels in all price ranges, bars and restaurants on the Markt, Dommelstraat, De Bergen and famous street ‘Stratumseind’. It also has famous cultural institutes like the Van Abbe museum, DAF Museum, Philips Museum, Park theater, Effenaar and Muziekgebouw.

Relive the European Data Forum (EDF 2016): Photos, Recordings, and Slides are available now

19th July 2016

Dear EDF 2016 attendants, We hope that you enjoyed the European Data Forum (EDF 2016) organized as part of the Netherlands EU Presidency. The 2016 edition that took place in Eindhoven reinforced EDF's position as the premier EU event on data science and big data. The Data Science Center Eindhoven (DSC/e) is proud to have organized EDF 2016 together with ADS, EC and many other partners. The...

EDF 2016 live stream

29th June 2016

All talks of EDF 2016 from all parallel sessions are live streamed. Check the EDF16 Programme PDF (4 MB) for an overview of the talks and their location. Watch the plenary and talks on 'Ring 3' stream Watch the stream of talks in the Philips hall Watch the stream of talks in the Jupiter...