ECA Workshop – Bergamo 2025 Recap
Summary of the European Cloud Accelerator Workshop held in Bergamo, Italy on October 6–7, 2025.
European Cloud Accelerator Workshop
Join The European Cloud Accelerator community in Bergamo in October 2025 for a 2-day workshop focused on advancing the vision of open, sovereign, and interoperable dataspaces.
Bergamo, Italy, Oct 6th & 7th, 2025
After our first technical workshop earlier in June, the European Cloud Accelerator (ECA) community is reconvening—this time at Aruba’s Global Datacenter headquarters in Bergamo, Italy specifically in the Aruba Auditorium, Via S. Clemente, 53, 24036 Ponte San Pietro BG, on Monday 6 & Tuesday 7 October 2025.
The ECA’s mission remains unchanged: to turn trusted, sovereign and interoperable data-sharing into everyday reality for European industry. Our next gathering will move us from concepts to concrete deployments—bringing business leaders and engineers together under one (very large) roof. We will share progress on the Open Source Eclipse Data Components project, which already serves as the base of the Catena-X platform supporting European dataspace initiative.
High-Level Agenda
| When | Track(s) | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 09:00–09:30 | Arrival & Welcome Coffee | Registration & networking |
| Mon 09:30–10:30 | Plenary Kick-off | Welcome by Aruba, project overview, workshop goals |
| Mon 10:30–12:30 | Business Track / Technical Track | Business Track: Business models, scale & segmentation, IDC market briefing. Technical Track: EDC architecture updates, management UI, onboarding & hosting perspectives. |
| Mon 12:30–13:30 | Lunch | Buffet lunch onsite |
| Mon 13:30–16:30 | Tracks Continue | Business: Incentives, compliance & trust frameworks, metrics & communications. Technical: Catena-X progress, Decade-X aviation requirements, semantic modeling. |
| Mon 16:30–17:00 | Wrap-up Day 1 | Track conclusions, facility closes at 17:00 |
| Mon 17:30–19:30 | Networking Drinks & Dinner | Informal networking dinner at nearby restaurant |
| Tue 09:30–12:30 | Technical Tracks (Parallel) | Developers: Hosted dataspace services, blueprint working session, Catena-X enablement. Decision Makers: Governmental perspectives, standards & trust frameworks. |
| Tue 12:30–13:30 | Lunch & Datacenter Tour | Buffet lunch + guided tour of Aruba’s Bergamo campus (groups) |
| Tue 13:30–16:00 | Technical Sessions Continue | Data plane SDK, CNCF Radius, IDSA/FDOs/AI clinics. |
| Tue 16:00–16:30 | Closing Plenary | Roadmap alignment, next steps & wrap-up |
- The detailed agenda is available here.
Why You Should Attend
- See real deployments: Partners will showcase how they are running EDC.
- Meet the ecosystem: Industry consortia and standards bodies will align on the next steps towards Data-Act compliance and harmonised EU standards.
- Shape the roadmap: Your input will guide the open-source workstreams launched in Milan—from multi-tenant EDC to conformance tooling.
Prepare & Stay Informed
To make the most of the workshop:
- Missed Milan? All slide decks, recordings and key take-aways are available here.
- Background material is available in our resources section and includes reports, studies, and partner contributions.
- A YouTube video playlist of short introductions and context is also available:
👉 Background material on YouTube - If you missed the Milan sessions, you can revisit all slide decks, recordings, and take-aways here.
Getting There
| Airport | Road distance to venue | Typical drive time* |
|---|---|---|
| Milan Bergamo / Orio al Serio (BGY) | 9 km | 15 min |
| Milan Linate (LIN) | 47 km | 45–50 min |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 89 km | 1 hr 05 min |
*Traffic permitting.
Nearby Hotels (Hand-picked)
| Hotel | Distance / travel time | Address |
|---|---|---|
| NH Bergamo (4*) | — (central Bassa) | Via Pietro Paleocapa 1/G, 24122 Bergamo BG, Italy. |
| Palazzo Santo Spirito (4* Superior) | — (central Città Bassa) | Via Torquato Tasso 82, 24121 Bergamo, Italy. |
| Borgo Brianteo **** | 3 km / 5 min taxi | Via Armando Diaz 25/A, 24036 Ponte San Pietro |
| Bes Hotel Bergamo West **** | 5 km / 10 min taxi | Via Fausto Radici 3, 24030 Mozzo |
| Settecento Hotel **** | 2.5 km / 7 min taxi | Via Milano 3, 24030 Presezzo |
| (Prefer to stay at the airport? The Winter Garden Hotel in Grassobbio is 2 km from BGY.) |
Notes: (Prefer to stay at the airport? The Winter Garden Hotel in Grassobbio is 2 km from BGY.) More lodging options may be listed, so please check back.
If you need an invitation letter or have dietary/access requirements, just let us know.
We look forward to building on the momentum and seeing how you will plug in and contribute.
See you in Bergamo!
Kind regards,
The European Cloud Accelerator organising team
Background Resources for the Bergamo event
This page contains important pre-read documentation and videos to prep yourselves for the Bergamo event and understand the background between DataSpaces.
Agenda
Bergamo October 2025 Event Agenda
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