The Data Spaces Symposium brings together pioneering thinkers, innovators, and organisations shaping a connected, data-driven future.
Under the motto “Accelerating adoption. Increasing impact.”, the 2026 edition will highlight how data spaces enable collaboration and competitiveness — how they unfold impact on a global scale.
Following the success of previous editions — The Hague (2023), Frankfurt (2024), Warsaw (2025) — the Data Spaces Support Centre, together with BDVA, Gaia-X, and the International Data Spaces Association, is proud to host the 2026 edition on 10–11 February in Madrid, under the tutelage of the Gaia-X Hub Spain. Spain has emerged as one of the frontrunners, investing heavily in data spaces as a driver of innovation and competitiveness.
Key themes in 2026 will include:
- Data Spaces as value creators and enablers of uniting economies
- Data Spaces as enablers of AI: providing the trustworthy data for future AI
- Relevance of standards and interoperability: advancing international harmonisation of data space technologies
- Showcases of best practices and real-world impact: highlighting successful adoptions and market-ready solutions
- The first European Data Spaces Awards ceremony
The DSSC will also highlight its achievements in its first three years, presenting the foundations it has laid for building and operating trusted data spaces.
Expect transformative discussions, visionary insights, and tangible solutions for everyone planning, building, or scaling data spaces.
Mark Dietrich will represent the SAGE Data Space project in the session “The State of Industrial Data Spaces: Global Insights and European Leadership” on 10 February at 11:00 CET.
