The document outlines the agenda and goals of the EluciDATA kick-off event on November 12th, 2014. It introduces the project partners and describes EluciDATA's mission to stimulate data-driven innovation in Flemish companies through various instruments like events, demonstrators, starter kits, training, and an expert network platform. The event will include presentations by project partners, discuss user group involvement, brainstorm potential data demonstrators, and next steps before concluding with networking.

1. EluciDATA
Kick-­‐off
Event
–
November
12th
2014

2. Agenda
> 13:30 - 14:00 : Introduction to the project
> 14:00 - 15:00 : Project partner presentations
> 15:00 - 15:20 : User group involvement
> 15:20 - 15:45 : Break
> 15:45 - 16:45 : Brainstorm on potential demonstrators
> 16:45 - 17:00 : Next steps & closing remarks
> 17:00 - … : Networking drink

3. Agenda
> 13:30 - 14:00 : Introduction to the project
> 14:00 - 15:00 : Project partner presentations
> 15:00 - 15:20 : User group involvement
> 15:20 - 15:45 : Break
> 15:45 - 16:45 : Brainstorm on potential demonstrators
> 16:45 - 17:00 : Next steps & closing remarks
> 17:00 - … : Networking drink

4. EluciDATA: general intro
> Mission
stimulate data innovation (i.e. innovation by focused
data exploitation) in (Flemish) companies
> Details
> Started on September 1st, 2014
> 4 year project, ~2.8 FTE, ~1.3M€ budget
> 3 partners
> VIS (« Vlaams InnovatieSamenwerkingsverband ») modality
With
the
support
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5. Key characteristics
of a VIS traject
> Transfer of existing know-how rather than basic
research
> A concrete problem statement or a demand-driven
opportunity
> Innovative solutions on short-term with clear added-value
> Relevant for a group of companies (~ target group)

6. We will focus on
3 core challenges
1. Being aware of the potential of data innovations
making it tangible, e.g. by translating well-known success-stories in
the specific context of a company
2. Being able to realise data innovations
taking into account technological, organisational, economical &
societal issues
3. Being able to deal with a fast-evolving international
market
scouting international trends and evolutions & focussing on important
needs and challenges

7. Awareness creation & knowledge transfer through
dedicated instruments
> Events
> Demonstrators
> Starter kits
> Training
> Platform for industrial engagement

8. Events

9. EluciDATA-exclusive events
> Focused on sharing specific knowledge on project
results
> 2 events/year
> Restricted to EluciDATA members

10. Open events
> Focused on (more) general topics and “inspiration”
> 3 events/year
> Open for everyone

11. Demonstrators
Making data innovations tangible by
developing proof-of-concepts in selected
domains

12. Generic demonstrator concepts
> Built around specific data innovations
> e.g. entity profiling, predictive maintenance, ...
> Illustrative scenarios & use cases in relevant application
domains
> e.g. energy, mobility, health, security, ...
> A generic reference architecture
> Generic components and APIs for capturing, storing, modeling,
processing, evaluating, ...
> with references to relevant technological platforms, toolkits &
libraries
> Guidelines, best practices & lessons learned
> regarding data characteristics, data processing workflows,
algorithms, evaluation & validation, ...

13. Specific instantiations
> A demonstrator concept tailored to your specific context
> Tuned and integrated into your existing infrastructure
> using technologies, services and solutions from EluciDATA
partners where appropriate
> Validated on company-specific data and/or technology
> Creating specific data processing workflows

14. Starter kits
> A self-contained collection of autodidactic material
> e.g. architectural descriptions, relevant links to technology/
literature, guidelines & best practices, code samples & scripts, ...
> Different presentation formats
> on a specific data innovation and its application to different
domains
> on different data innovations and their application in a specific
domain
> Can be downloaded & used independently

15. Training
Transferring knowledge through custom-made
instruments

16. Master classes
> Interactive courses with a small number of
participants (max. 10) from different companies
> Organized 2-3 times a year
> In collaboration with selected experts from the
EluciDATA network
> First class on “Data science workflows”, scheduled
for Spring 2015

17. On-site courses
> Interactive
> at your company’s premises
> for your company employees
> tailored to your specific data challenges
> in collaboration with selected experts from the
EluciDATA network

18. Training-in-residence
> Intensive training program
> at your company’s premises
> with an individual employee
> working on your specific data challenges
> resulting in a technical report on how to attack your
challenges

19. Platform for industrial
engagement

20. Expert network
> Consisting of experts with unique and specialised
expertise in relevant areas
> e.g. security, privacy, technology, ...
> EluciDATA experts are preferred partners for events
& trainings

21. Innovation and research project
incubator
> We initiate innovation and research projects
> With a complementary consortium of EluciDATA members
> On collective challenges observed
> In different frameworks on national and international level
> IWT, AO, H2020, FI-WARE, ...
> EluciDATA members are preferred partners

22. Student academy
> We define topics for master theses and internships,
aligned with your interests and challenges
> We recruit students from our academic partner
network and supervise them throughout their work
period
> EluciDATA partners are preferred partners

23. EluciDATA as a hub
> liaise on national and international level with formal
and informal organizations
> Informal communities: bigdata.be, Brussels Data Science
community
> Leading research organizations: Fraunhofer, Tecnalia, VTT, …
> Industry associations: ARTEMIS, Big Data Value, EFFRA (factory of
the future), ...
> PPP initiatives: FIWARE, FoF, Big Data

24. Agenda
> 13:30 - 14:00 : Introduction to the project
> 14:00 - 15:00 : Project partner presentations
> 15:00 - 15:20 : User group involvement
> 15:20 - 15:45 : Break
> 15:45 - 16:45 : Brainstorm on potential demonstrators
> 16:45 - 17:00 : Next steps & closing remarks
> 17:00 - … : Networking drink