The European Data Forum (EDF) is an annual meeting-point for data practitioners from industry, research, the public-sector and the community, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the emerging European Data Economy.

The next edition of EDF (EDF2014) will be held in Athens, Greece on March 19-20, 2014. The program will comprise of a mixture of keynotes, presentations, panels, networking and exhibition sessions by industry, academics, policy makers, and community initiatives on topics covering the whole spectrum of research and technology development, applications, and socio-economic aspects of the data value chain.

he EDF follows the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will be held by Greece in the first half of 2014. The EDF2014 is co-organized by the Institute for the Management of Information Systems and the Department of Informatics of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The Calls for Contributions and Exhibitions, in addition to sponsoring opportunities and the conference programme will follow soon.

In the meantime, please save the date and visit http://2014.data-forum.eu/ for more news and information.