On 27–28 May 2025, InterPED took part in Data Week 2025, the flagship event of the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), hosted this year in Athens, Greece. With the theme “Odyssey of AI: Navigating the Data Seas”, the event brought together leading European stakeholders to explore the role of data spaces and artificial intelligence in driving digital transformation, innovation, and societal value.InterPED was featured in the session “Energy Data Spaces & AI Trends and Challenges”, where Dr. Monica Florea, Head of Unit for European Projects at SIMAVI, presented the project’s vision and latest results.
InterPED’s Contribution to the Dialogue on Energy Data Spaces
Dr. Florea highlighted InterPED’s AI-driven approach to energy optimisation, its cross-vector energy management platform, and ongoing work on semantic interoperability using standards such as IEC CIM and SGAM.
Her presentation emphasised:
- AI-powered planning and optimisation, combining historical data with simulations to support predictive energy management.
- Large-scale validation through pilot sites in Spain, Romania, Scotland, and Finland, targeting a 30% increase in demand flexibility.
- Interoperability and certification frameworks (e.g. OpenADR 2.0, USEF, SGIP IPRM) to enable energy communities to function as local marketplaces for energy and flexibility sharing.
- Lessons learned, including the challenges of integrating heterogeneous energy vectors and the need for digital and physical infrastructure in existing districts.
Policy and Ecosystem Relevance
The thematic discussion underlined the urgency of robust Energy Data Spaces to support Europe’s energy transition, particularly following the large-scale blackout in Spain and Portugal earlier this year.
InterPED contributed to shaping the debate on:
- How data governance models, based on the IDS Reference Architecture, can safeguard privacy, trust, and secure sharing of data in Positive Energy Districts (PEDs).
- The importance of ethics-by-design AI tools to support citizen-driven, fair, and transparent energy models.
- The role of data spaces in enabling local flexibility markets and community-driven energy trading.
Strengthening European Cooperation
InterPED’s presence at Data Week reinforced the project’s alignment with BDVA’s mission to advance Europe’s leadership in data, AI, and digital transformation, which also offered an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge with other related EU projects.
By engaging in this high-level policy and technical dialogue, InterPED continues to position itself as a contributor to Europe’s sustainable energy transition, ensuring that data, AI, and interoperability frameworks empower Positive Energy Districts and their citizens.