EBDVF 2025 ended, photos available!
EBDVF 2025 took place from 12–14 November, gathering in Copenhagen industry leaders, researchers, policy-makers & innovators to help shape the data & AI ecosystem. We thank the 470 participants, the 180 speakers and all of our 53 sponsors/partners!
The European Big Data Value Forum 2025 took place from 12–14 November, gathering 470 participants in Copenhagen. Industry leaders, researchers, business developers, policy-makers and innovators from across Europe and beyond exchanged knowledge, fostered collaborations, advanced policy actions and industrial and research activities, shaping Europe’s digital future. Organised by BDVA in collaboration with DTU – Technical University of Denmark and SDU – University of Southern Denmark, EBDVF is the premier event of Europe’s data and AI industry-driven research and innovation community.
Take a look at 1000 photos from EBDVF 2025, in our dedicated Flickr account!
The theme of this year’s EBDVF 2025, Empowering Europe’s Future with AI and Data, highlighted Europe’s ambition to harness data and artificial intelligence and showcased 180 speakers, all highly relevant actors of our ecosystem. Data and AI are a key driver of economic growth, competitiveness and innovation, delivering tangible benefits such as better healthcare, cleaner and safer transport, new products and services and progress in sustainability and energy efficiency, which can reinforce Europe’s position in the global data economy.
The EBDVF programme covered burning topics within the European Data and AI ecosystem in 8 plenary sessions and 35 parallel sessions, touching on the present and future of Industrial AI in Europe, we found out how AI Factories and Gigafactories will revolutionise our continent, learning more about their value offer. Many different sessions were linked to the AI Continent Action plan and the European Data Union.
EBDVF touched upon Generative AI and agents, interoperability and AI value creation, with sessions examining how these technologies can transform both European industry and the public sector. The forum also highlighted how data spaces are becoming central to the European data and AI ecosystem. We were able to find out the latest innovations in manufacturing, healthcare, energy, compliance, urban mobility, security and defence.
We want to thank our 53 partners and sponsors, who presented their innovations and services in 24 booths, placed throughout the exhibition space. A huge thank you to our EBDVF Platinum sponsors/partners Siemens, COSMOTE-TELEKOM, NEC Laboratories Europe and EGI Foundation!
The BDVA i-Space Ceremony was an important highlight of our event, closing Day 2 of EBDVF. The i-Space label is a quality standard that serves as a benchmark, supporting organisations in their growth and enabling them to achieve their ambitions of expanding their networks and increasing their impact. The entities that have obtained the i-Space label make up a community of 33 hubs across 22 countries in Europe, creating unique opportunities for collaboration and the development of synergies. Today, the i-Spaces community is a large European network of federated hubs promoting data innovation and AI experimentation, all based on secure data-sharing and computing infrastructures.
On the 13 November, during the i-Spaces ceremony, the Commissariat à l’energie atomique et aux énergies alternatives and poltextLAB were officially welcomed within the community by BDVA President Thomas Hahn and BDVA Vice-president Laure Le Bars. DIHGIGAL, already a BDVA i-Space, was granted a label of a new tier – the Platinum BDVA i-Space label, as a result of the progress that the organisation made, especially in relation to their participation in the European projects.
We will now start uploading the event presentations to the event website and will keep you informed once all the materials are available. So, stay tuned!
Meanwhile, we would kindly like to ask you to please complete the EBDVF 2026 survey, which was sent via email to all participants.
We want to thank you for joining our dynamic data and AI community in Copenhagen, we really hope that you have enjoyed our matchmaking and networking opportunities and last, but not least, that you had fun!
We look forward to welcoming you to EBDVF 2026 next year in Galway, Ireland, from 30 September – 1 October❗ Until then, don’t forget to check all of the EBDVF 2026 photos❗