OWS x PriDI goes EBDVF

European Big Data Value Forum 2026 takes place in Galway on 30 September and 1 October, bringing together industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions and industrial and research activities in the areas of Data and AI. 

The Open Web Index (OWI) was developed by the OpenWebSearch.eu (OWS) team between the years 2022 and 2026 as part of a Horizon Europe funded research project. It spans many languages and domains and facilitates access to web material that researchers need to build, evaluate and improve information retrieval and large-scale AI systems.

PriDI is a project that started in parallel to the creation of the OWI. It is focussed on assessing the legal requirements for privacy-enhancing digital infrastructures. The project team supports the further development of an open European web search infrastructure at the interface between law, society and business informatics. The aim is to anchor fundamental values such as privacy and data protection in the sense of „values by design“ in an open European web index that is currently under development.

The joint OWS/PriDI team looks forward to welcoming interested parties at at EBDVF end of September. 

See you in Galway this autumn?