IMAGINE 2024

On land and water, IMAGINE celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 25th, with nexyo being featured in three ways – on stage, with a booth, and with a workshop on the water.

IMAGINE … the event

But let’s imagine together…

IMAGINE 2024 is a leading event in Austria focused on digital and key technologies. Organized by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology (BMK) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the conference provides a platform for the exchange and presentation of innovative projects and research results. Through our pioneering role in the field of Data Spaces, nexyo is part of several research projects exploring new applications of Data Space technologies. nexyo is also part of the consortium of the champI4.0ns project, which aims to evaluate the use of Data Spaces for the digital product pass in the wood industry.

IMAGINE … a stage

Before attendees took their seats in the BMK ballroom, they passed by nexyo’s booth. There, all interested parties could try out the nexyo Hub and discuss the software technology and potential applications with Elias.

The program of IMAGINE 2024 was diverse and aimed at promoting digital and key technologies. At the heart of the first part of IMAGINE, and in the center of the BMK ballroom, was a stage where IMAGINE was ceremoniously opened.

A central point was “Digital Technologies – intelligent, green, and sovereign into the future,” where successful research projects from recent years were presented. These projects highlighted the importance of digital technologies for a sustainable future and showcased their potential. Here, nexyo’s very own Natascha Totzler and Günther Tschabuschnig from the Data Intelligence Offensive (DIO) presented their approaches to creating decentralized, cross-company Data Spaces.

IMAGINE … water

The stage in the BMK ballroom had a special feature: it rotated. This fact and the uniform design of the ballroom caused some confusion for the speakers, who often took a few seconds and some confused looks to find their seat after leaving the stage. We suspected that the stage served as the first test of the speakers’ seaworthiness because in the afternoon, the program continued on the water.

The second part of IMAGINE took place on the ship Vindobona during the cruise. Under the motto “Converging Realities: New Ways into the Future,” six workshops were held. One of the first workshops was designed by nexyo. In “Data Spaces up close – from concept to application,” Use Case 1 of the champI4.0ns project demonstrated how and with what data a digital product pass can be mapped in Data Spaces.

Participants were divided into four groups, each representing a business in the supply chain – a wood company, a sawmill, a carpentry shop, and a furniture company. Each group had access to a standalone nexyo Hub to provide the product pass with the correct data.

IMAGINE … a win

After docking the Vindobona, the conclusion of IMAGINE took place with drinks and football on the Badeschiff. Due to the presence of iSHARE, a Dutch delegation was also present at IMAGINE, providing the perfect stage for a passionate but friendly grand finale – a match between Austria and the Netherlands that was as successful as the 10th anniversary of IMAGINE (at least from an Austrian perspective 😉).