The summit will take place at the Liechtenstein Garden Palace and will bring together representatives from industry, research, politics and public administration from across Europe and beyond.
Gaia-X Season 2.0 – Key priorities
• Accelerating market uptake and creating tangible economic value through trustworthy data ecosystems.
• Establishing economically sustainable operations for data rooms.
• Promoting the use of existing Gaia-X technologies and providing trustworthy data for trustworthy AI applications.
• Simplifying participation for SMEs and improving access to trustworthy data ecosystems.
• Promoting interoperability between data spaces to reduce fragmentation and strengthen Europe’s strategic data autonomy.
• Continuing standardisation efforts in close collaboration with European and international bodies.
Prominent speakers at the summit
• Peter Hanke, Federal Minister for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, Austria
• Alexander Pröll, State Secretary for Digitalisation, Federal Chancellery, Austria
• Michael Wiesmüller, Head of Department for Digital and Key Technologies for Industrial Innovation, Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, Austria
• Marco-Alexander Breit, Director-General for Digital Policy and Economic Affairs, Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, Germany
• Catherine Jestin, Chair of the Gaia-X Governing Board and Executive Vice President for Digital at Airbus
• Mario Campolargo, independent member of the Gaia-X Governing Board; former State Secretary for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation, Portugal (2022–2024)
• Su-Jung Kim, State Secretary for AI and Future Planning, Office of the President of the Republic of Korea
• Hiroshi Mano, CEO, EverySense, Inc. / EverySense Japan K.K.; Secretary-General, Data Society Alliance
• Giovanni King, CEO, Blue NAP Americas
• Michelle Robitaille, CEO, Digital Trust Canada
To register: https://gaia-x.eu/summit-2026/