i3-MARKET organised a workshop at the 2022 Data Week, on 3rd June, between 12.00 and 14.00 CEST.

The workshop demonstrated to SMEs how the i3-MARKET Backplane will enable them to access a vastly greater marketplace of data, both for sourcing new datasets and providing their own datasets on European marketplaces. This was done through an examination of the existing business models, opportunities and challenges that SMEs encounter with European data and data marketplaces, and using the i3-MARKET Backplane as a possible tool to improve that access. The system was briefly demonstrated to show how they could use it themselves.

The Workshop was divided in three short sections: the first section was a panel debate, where experts discussed how SMEs could benefit from new digital technologies and the challenges of adopting new technologies and tools, and whether they are properly designed for SMEs to take advantage of.

The second section looked more in depth at the i3-MARKET backplane, including how the design processes attempted to make the tool as SME friendly as possible, and demonstrated the backplane in action with the results of our industrial pilots.

The final section engaged the audience via a feedback session to discuss their experiences and user stories with regard to data sharing and using data marketplaces and to discuss new business models that can be derived through the expanding data economy.