Solid Community Meeting 16 June 2023

June 16, 2023


We cordially invite you to a new meeting of the Solid Community in Flanders. This time we focus entirely on Solid’s potential in the areas of education, skills, and career. In the morning we set the tone with two leading companies from Flanders and three inspiring international initiatives. After lunch we take some time to discuss recent results from the SolidLab research project, including, e.g., a focus on the alignment of business and governance models in data ecosystems. And finally, we take you on a small trip exploring Solid’s opportunities and challenges seen through the glasses of selected goals such as “unburden our teachers”, “personalize education” and “facilitate lifelong learning”.

Keynote sessions

The ideal person, in the ideal place, in the ideal job. With Solid. Arnaud Deveugle, Founder & CEO, Karamel
Boost your HR services with access to authentic data via pods. Kurt Ryckaert, Lead Business Unit HR, Athumi
LinkedIn and Microsoft introduce a new way to verify your workplace. Ward Pauwels, Cloud Solution Architect & Industry Technology Strategist, Western Europe Area HQ, Microsoft
EgenData – Proposal for a Swedish Human Centric Data Infrastructure. Marcello Grita, Project Leader, Jobtech Unit, Swedish Employment Agency

Breakout sessions

Selective sharing of accredited Solid pod data – SHARCS. Steven Dewaele, mict-UGent
Power to the people? Probing perceptions on the promise of PODs and prospective pathways. Mathias Maes, mict-UGent
The Solid experience: user perceptions and behaviors unveiled. Tim Theys, mict-UGent
Exploring the alignment of business and governance models in data ecosystems. Sander Van Damme, mict-UGent
The EU data strategy – A state of affairs & elements for attention. Michiel Fierens, ICRI-KULeuven