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European Spatial Data Infrastructures: A Time of Change

Summary As part of the competitiveness and simplification political priority of the EC, the INSPIRE Directive will be “simplified”, with the biggest change being the removal of all requirements related to interoperability of data and network services from the legal text itself. Metadata and scope remain more or less unchanged. Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

SEMIC 2025: European Digital Markets at a Crossroads

SEMIC 2025 was the conference’s largest edition thus far. Over 500 participants came together in Copenhagen, while over 3.500 utilised live streams to follow the conference’s goings-on from 65 different countries. More than 100 speakers, myself included, provided their insights surrounding this year’s theme: “Interoperability for Impact” Digesting… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

From Compliance to Impact: The Participatory Policy Lab Session on “Community and governance of public sector geospatial data within the Green Deal Data Space”

The night before the workshop, I joked that we would have to save INSPIRE the next day. When the time came, I joined a group of 20 highly distinguished individuals. They represented public authorities and data providers, the European Commission and its services, as well… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

Flagship Project FutureForest: AI Support for Climate-Resilient Forestry

The effects of climate change create great challenges for our forests. Droughts, fires, storms, and pests are all on the rise, and existing forestry know-how is often no longer enough to set our woods up for a secure and climate-resilient future. This is where the FutureForest project comes in. Read More
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
Somakanthan Somalingam, Innovations Project Manager at wetransform
Somakanthan Somalingam
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz