DataPACT Plenary in Dubrovnik: Aligning Innovation, Ethics, and Impact
On the 12th and 13th of May 2025, the scenic city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, hosted the second plenary meeting of the DATAPACT project. Organized by the Jozef Stefan Institute in a hybrid format, the event brought together all 18 project partners for two highly productive days of collaboration, strategic planning, and technical discussions.
We remind you that at its core, DataPACT is built on the vision of seamlessly integrating compliance, ethics, and environmental sustainability into data and AI operations. By embedding these principles directly into data pipelines, the project seeks to help organizations meet regulatory requirements with ease while maximizing the value of their data assets.
ASSIST Software was represented at the meeting by two of our colleagues – Adrian Onu, the company’s Chief Operations Officer, and Cătălin Trufin, Head of ASSIST’s EU-funded projects department, attending in his capacity as project manager, innovation manager, and lead for the exploitation strategy and business development. During the meeting, Cătălin presented a structured plan to monitor the innovation process and guide the drafting of the project's exploitation strategy. These two aspects are essential to ensure that project results lead to real-world impact and adapt to emerging trends and challenges.
The two-day meeting featured a dynamic and focused agenda. Highlights included the presentation of revised user stories and updated use case descriptions, reflecting the project’s evolving goals. Partners also engaged in in-depth discussions on key topics such as the exploitation strategy, pipeline architecture, project tools, and legal and data governance aspects. This plenary meeting provided an excellent opportunity for partners to define the next steps for the project’s development.
DataPACT is funded by the Horizon Europe program of the European Union and was submitted under the HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-01 call for proposals, with project ID 101189771.
