Building innovation and resilience through trustworthy data spaces

The Swiss Data Space Forum will take place on 2 September 2025 at the HSLU Campus in Rotkreuz.

  • Stefaan Verhulst

    CO-FOUNDER
    GOV LAB / DATA TANK

  • Isabelle Moret

    CONSEILLÈRE D’ETAT
    CANTON DE VAUD

  • Daniel Markwalder

    DELEGATE OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL, BK-DTI

  • Christa Hostettler

    DIREKTORIN
    BUNDESAMT FÜR VERKEHR

  • Matthias Michel

    STÄNDERAT
    KANTON ZUG

  • Thomas Rösch

    CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR, COFINITY-X

  • Roland Kühnelt

    HEAD OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & ALGORITHM, PLANZER

  • Jürg Röthlisberger

    DIREKTOR
    BUNDESAMT FÜR STRASSEN

  • Alexandre Kech

    CEO, GLOBAL LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER FOUNDATION

  • Georges-Simon Ulrich

    DIREKTOR
    BUNDESAMT FÜR STATISTIK

Program

Subject to change

  • Opening Remarks by André Golliez (Swiss Data Alliance) and Andreas Meyer (digitalswitzerland)

    Presentation of the Swiss Data Space Study 2025 with reflections and findings on the development of Swiss data spaces and data sharing initiatives

  • Presenting a view of the cantons, especially from French-speaking Switzerland, and the economic importance of data.

    Keynote by Isabelle Moret, Conseillère d'Etat in the canton of Vaud.

  • Keynote by Daniel Markwalder, Delegate of the Federal Council for the Digital Transformation and ICT Steering Sector of the Federal Chancellery

  • Keynote by Matthias Michel, Ständerat for the canton of Zug.

  • Discussion of the Data Space Study hypotheses and how to put them into action. Parallel Workshops including Lightning Talks.

    1. Mobility & Logistics

    2. Health & Pharma

    3. Geo, Weather & Climate

    4. Critical Infrastructures & Public Safety

    5. Big Picture: Data Spaces as Digital Public Infrastructure

    6. Data Sharing: Trustworthy & Interoperable

  • Efficient and trusted data sharing for the automotive supply chain

    Keynote by Thomas Rösch, CEO of Cofinity-X

  • Keynote by Roland Kühnelt, Head of Business Intelligence & Algorithm at Planzer

  • The national Mobility Data Infrastructure (MODI) as an example.
    Keynote by Christa Hostettler (Direktorin BAV) & Jürg Röthlisberger (Direktor ASTRA)

  • Digital identities for organizations as key enabler for trusted data ecosystems.

    Keynote by Alexandre Kech (CEO Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – GLEIF) & Vasily Suvorov (Co-Founder & Board Member of DIDAS)

  • Discussion of the Data Space Study hypotheses and how to put them into action. Parallel Workshops including Lightning Talks.

    1. Mobility & Logistics

    2. Health & Pharma

    3. Geo, Weather & Climate

    4. Critical Infrastructures & Public Safety

    5. Big Picture: Data Spaces as Digital Public Infrastructure

    6. Data Sharing: Trustworthy & Interoperable

  • Panel with Georges-Simon Ulrich (BFS) & Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab) moderated by Franziska Barmettler (digitalswitzerland)

Currently, a lot is happening in the field of data spaces in Switzerland. However, these efforts are often scattered and unrelated. Therefore, the Swiss Data Space Forum 2025 aims to achieve the following objectives:

  • Overview of the current situation of data spaces in Switzerland

  • Swiss best practices for the development of data spaces

  • Private sector perspectives

  • Cooperation between the confederation, cantons, and cities in establishing necessary standards for data spaces

  • Mutual understanding of which questions need to be addressed

  • Roadmap for next steps including political support for relevant initiatives

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Gold Partners

Location

HSLU’s Computer Science and Information Technology campus is located at the Suurstoffi site in Rotkreuz. It is a 2 minute walk from Rotkreuz train station.

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HSLU Campus Rotkreuz
Suurstoffi 1
CH-6343 Rotkreuz

The Swiss Data Space Forum, organized by the Swiss Data Alliance’s data spaces working group and digitalswitzerland, aims to advance the understanding of dataspaces as a key element of a trustworthy digital infrastructure in Switzerland.

Founded in 2017, the Swiss Data Alliance is an independent think tank focusing on data policy and data re-use in Switzerland. It is financed through its members.

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