The BIG project aims to establish a public-private forum on big data in Europe. It will bring together stakeholders from industry and research to develop a shared vision for big data in Europe over the next 5-10 years. The project will identify existing big data technologies, understand how big data can be applied across sectors, and develop roadmaps for specific sectors. It seeks to increase European competitiveness and position big data research priorities in the EU framework program Horizon 2020. The project is coordinated across four work packages covering management, strategy and operations, dissemination, and establishing the public-private forum.

1. Big Data Public Private Forum
BIG DATA PUBLIC PRIVATE FORUM
(BIG) GENERAL PRESENTATION
Project co-funded by the European
Commission within the 7th Framework
Program (Grant Agreement No. 257943)

2. Key facts about BIG-project BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
▶ Type of project: CSA
▶ Project start date: September 2012
▶ Duration: 26 months
▶ Call: FP7-ICT-2011-8
▶ Effort: 552,5 PM
▶ Budget: 3,038 M€
▶ Max EC contribution: 2,499 M€
▶ Consortium: 11 partners
Overall objective
Work at technical, business and policy levels, shaping the
future through the positioning of IIM and Big Data specifically
in H2020 and bringing the necessary stakeholders into a self-
sustainable industrially-led initiative will greatly contribute to
enhance the EU competitiveness taking full advantage of Big
Data.
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3. Why BIG project at his moment? BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
• The strategic importance that Big Data technology. From Intelligent
Information Management in general and Big Data in particular. We are aligned
with the new unit called G3 Data Value Chain.
• Push European Big Data research but also the innovation above to
contribute in increasing the European competitiveness and materializing
opportunities in the Big Data domains.
• Therefore BIG will promote a well-developed EU industrial landscape in Big
Data.
– Providing a clear picture of existing technology trends and their maturity.
– Acquiring a sharp understanding of how big data can be applied to concrete environments.
– Pushing European Big Data research as well as the innovation to contribute in increasing
European competitiveness.
– Building a self-sustainable, industry-led intitiative.
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4. The BIG Idea BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
The approach of BIG to contribute to high quality research can be summarized as
follows:
•Not only technology, but also business, policy and regulation;
•Not only generic plans for research and adoption, but specific plans for those
sectors that are positioned for greater gains from the use of Big Data;
•Not only theoretical activities including roadmaps, coordination and dissemination
aiming at future actions, but also actions in the course of the project to foster
understanding and adoption of current technology solutions;
•Not only development activities in the a limited timeframe (the duration of the
project), but the creation of an operational framework (including stakeholder
engagement and leadership, organizational structures and technical infrastructure)
as a starting point for future work that will go beyond the project duration.
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5. Concrete Objectives of BIG project BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
• Concretion of Stakeholder’s and players in the value chain.
• Note and explain a clear picture of existing technological trends and its maturity.
• Acquire a sharp understanding of how big data can be applied to concrete
environments/sectors.
• Approach dissemination actions targeting different stakeholders.
• Define priorities based on expected impact.
• Contribute to EU competitiveness and position it in Horizon 2020.
The main objective is to establish a platform for EU data bound
industries and data researchers to develop a common vision of
where Europe should be heading in the 5-10 year future and
what the supporting role of the European Commission might
be.
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6. From an existing need… for a better result BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
BIG project goes And what Big Data is for
From technology to adoption Large-scale data processing
Unveiling new data-driven
Seeking business impact services to citizens and
customers
Anticipating future R&D and Tracking social information
industrial needs, and customers needs
Providing technical and Fulfilling current needs and
domain-specific sound advice further unknown analysis
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7. Project Structure (Work Packages) BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
• WP1. Management, dealing with scientific, administrative and financial
management of the project.
• WP2. Strategy & Operations, include all the technical and sectorial activity.
– We structure our work along a matrix in which technical specialists and sectorial experts
collaborate, in order to foster crossfertilisation during the project run-time and beyond.
• WP3. Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement
– This WP will cover a wide spectrum of activities, including and not restricted to:
community extension and management, web site development, BIG conferences
organization, etc.
• WP4. Big Data Public-Private Forum. This WP will provide:
– relevant input to H2020.
– the basis for a sustainable initiative that goes beyond the project duration.
– links between the Big Data Public-Private Forum and other relevant initiatives in the
European area.
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8. Setting up BIG-project Sector’s roadmap BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
▶ Gather requirements and objectives from
Identification of
all Sectors identified (industry driven
Sector’s requisites
working groups)
Applicability of
▶ Introduce technologies and trends to the
Big Data technical
organizations to better understand Big
white papers in
Data technologies and its capabilities
each Sector
▶ Sectorial roadmap (elaborate a roadmap
Elaboration of per sector).
Sector Roadmap ▶ Contributions towards integrated roadmap
(cross-sectorial)
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9. Sectorial forums and technical working groups BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
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10. Project Structure (Gantt) BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
Period 1 Period 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Operational management
Operational management
WP1 Project administrative coordination
Project administrative coordination
Quality assessment
Quality assessment
Coord.& Collab. Structure and Processes
Coord.& Collab. Structure and Processes
WP2 Technological surveys and analysis
Technological surveys and analysis
Sectors' Roadmap
Sectors' Roadmap
consolidation
consolidation
Dissemination strategy
Dissemination strategy
WP3 Collaboration spaces
Collaboration spaces
Stakeholder identification and engagement
Stakeholder identification and engagement
Sustainability
Sustainability
WP4 Towards Horizon 2020
Towards Horizon 2020
Governance structure
Governance structure
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11. Timeline of the most important deliverables BIG
Big Data Public Private Forum
04/2013 04/2013
D2.2.1-1º version of Technical D2.2.1 D2.3.1 D2.3.1-1º version of Sector’s requisites
white papers
06/2013
D4.2.1 D4.2.1-1ºversion of IPR, Standardization
•recommendations
10/2013
D4.3.1-First draft of the
Big Data Public-Private Forum D4.3.1 D2.4.1 09/2013
D2.4.1 1ª version of
01/2014 Sector´s Roadmap
D2.2.2-Final version of D2.2.2
Technical white paper
04/2014
D2.3.2-Final version of
04/2014 D4.2.2 D2.3.2
Sectors requisites
D4.2.2-Final version of IPR,
Standardization recommendations
10/2014
D2.5 D2.5-Cross-sectorial roadmap
consolidation
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12. Big Data Public Private Forum
THANK YOU
General contact
info@big-project.eu
Project Coordinator
Jose Maria Cavanillas de San Segundo
Research & Innovation Director