A running record of DSSC news, community writing, and upcoming and past events across the European data spaces ecosystem.
The Data Spaces Symposium (DSS) 2027 is now accepting sponsorship applications. Organizations wishing to support the premier European event on data spaces and to engage directly with its community of practitioners, policymakers and researchers can choose from three packages designed to match different levels of involvement.
Value Coaches are a new form of hands-on support, working directly with data space initiatives on the challenges most likely to prevent progress: business models, governance and long-term sustainability. This article explains what Value Coaches do, how the process works and how initiatives can request support.
DSSC research is now a formal European standard. CEN/CLC/TS 18331:2026 helps data space initiatives measure maturity across six dimensions and five phases.
Data spaces don't grow in a vacuum. They grow inside industries. Meet the 14 embedded experts DSSC deploys to make sure its guidance actually lands where it's needed.
Data spaces don't exist in isolation. A new DSSC map sets out the communities and initiatives shaping the field across Europe, and how that engagement feeds into DSSC guidance and European data policy.
The DSSC enters its second phase, shifting from building the foundations of European data spaces to helping initiatives become sustainable, financially viable, and impactful.