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Open Data Space: Current applications and future perspectives for the adoption of the platform
In one of many fruitful discussions and meetings with Athanasios K. Thanopoulos, President of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and future Deputy Director-General of Eurostat, Open Knowledge Foundation Greece (OKFNGreece) presented the Open Data Space...
EUDATA+: a journey through the Data Lifecycle – Innovations, Use Cases, Values
At EBDVF 2025, in Copenhagen, the EUDATA+ Alliance, a cluster of seven projects funded under the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme and formed in 2024, officially announced its mission and activities at EBVF 2025. This flagship collaboration aims to...
Open Data Space: Current applications and future perspectives for the adoption of the platform
In Leuven (Belgium), KU Leuven University and CITIP, its research center of the Faculty of Law and Criminology organized a 2 days' workshop Data Market in Europe: New trajectories in law, technology and governance, to present UPCAST project as it provided a valuable...
UPCAST Training Programme Now Available!
UPCAST Consortium announces the launch of the UPCAST Training Programme, featuring 19 specialised webinars designed to equip public administration and SMEs with the essential skills to manage data-sharing and data-processing agreements effectively. The UPCAST project...
Open Revolution: Data, Knowledge, and the Road Ahead
On May 16, 2025 Charalampos Bratsas, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering at the International Hellenic University (IHU) and president of Open Knowledge Foundation Greece (OKFN Greece) participated along with his team in...
News from OpenUp Thessaloniki Climate 2025!
The UPCAST project and the OpenUp Thessaloniki Climate 2025 competition led by our colleagues at the Open Knowledge Foundation Greece are currently being featured on Greek National Television (ERT3) as part of a promotional campaign to raise awareness about the...
“OpenUp Thessaloniki Climate 2025” Competition: A Key Initiative for the UPCAST Public Administration Pilot at Open Data Day 2025
On March 10, 2025, Open Knowledge Foundation Greece, in collaboration with the International Hellenic University (IHU), hosted the event “Open Data Day 2025: Addressing Modern Challenges with Open Data – Presentation of the ‘OpenUp Thessaloniki Climate 2025’...
The Boxing Punch Challenge – UPCAST plugins in action
Nissatech, our project partners, have been showcasing UPCAST through a series of events, demonstrating their latest technology in action. The Boxing Punch Challenge is an innovative form of collaborative gamification where teams of 3-5 members compete to accumulate...
The Dagstuhl Seminar on AI & Knowledge Graphs: Ensuring Ethical Development for a Responsible Future
Last week, UPCAST had the privilege of participating in the Dagstuhl Seminar on AI & Knowledge Graphs, where colleagues Luis Daniel Ibáñez and George Konstantinidis shared insights on how the UPCAST plugins address key privacy and negotiation challenges. The focus...
OKFN’s Greece participation in the workshop ‘Leveraging Open Data for the Benefit of Society’ (Open Data Workshop) aimed to highlight the role of open data in addressing contemporary challenges and driving innovation!
‘Open Data Workshop’ took place on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the new conference center of the Region of Central Macedonia. The event, organized by the Digital Governance Sub-region, focused on the values of open data in modern societies, aiming to promote...
