The world is becoming more and more data driven. There are many ways to collect, analyse and disseminate data, and data ecosystems are among the most important environments that we have for facilitating this. Spatial data is one of the data types in data ecosystems, and data ecosystems play a key role in further value creation of the spatial data created, maintained and shared in the SDI. The workshop on “Data Ecosystems and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) - facilitators for data value creation” brought together the views from actors ranging from the Local and National Authorities from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, European organisations such as the EC Joint Research Centre, The Alexandra Institute, and researchers working from different domains like spatial data, energy transition and building infrastructure. This report summarises the key takeaways from the presentations and the discussions during the breakout sessions that followed each of the topics as well as presenting a synthesis of the main findings of the workshop including the main take-aways for the SDI community.

The workshop was hosted by the Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure with the support of the EuroSDR´s secretariat.

The workshop owes its success to the diligent guidance and commitment of a knowledgeable program committee. Their expertise and dedication were instrumental in bringing this event to fruition.

Program committee:

Ulla Kronborg Mazzoli, Chief Advisor, Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure (chair)

Bastiaan van Loenen, Scientific Coordinator H2020 Marie Curie ITN project ODECO, TU Delft

Thorben Hansen, CEO, Geoadvice

Nils Mulvad, CEO Kaas & Mulvad and co-founder of DAFAGO

Joep Crompvoets, Professor Information Management in the Public Sector, KU Leuven

Frédéric Cantat, IGN France, EuroSDR

Mads Bjørn-Møldrup, Chair of the Danish Association for Geographic Information, Geoforum

The contributions to the workshop and workshop report by Ashraf Shaharudin, Malena López Reyes, Birger Larsen, and Bastiaan van Loenen are part of the “Towards a Sustainable Open Data ECOsystem” (ODECO) project. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 955569.