UBITECH presented the ICARUS H2020 project (https://www.icarus2020.aero/) at the European Big Data Value Meetup in May 14-16, 2018 in Sofia. The first Big Data Value Meetup, a 3 days event organized in Sofia (Bulgaria) in May 2018 by the Big Data Value Association, gathered the European Big Data community to discuss and exchange thoughts, ideas and insights about the present and the future of the data driven economy. With more than 100 attendants, 15 workshops, 5 keynotes, 20 speakers, 3 panels and 10 exhibitors, the event has been an excellent opportunity to strengthen the collaboration between the different stakeholders within the Big Data Value Public Private Partnership, but also to contact and engage new relevant actors in Central & East Europe. Dimitris Alexandrou presented the concept and approach of the ICARUS project, which aims to deliver a novel framework and architecture that leverages data, primary or secondarily related to the aviation domain, coming from diverse sources to help companies and organizations whose operations are directly or indirectly linked to aviation to simultaneously enhance their data reach, as well as share / trade their existing data sources and intelligence, in order to gain better insights into airplanes’, airports’ and passengers’ quantified selves and contribute to improving their operations whether in real time or “offline” and increasing passengers’ safety and satisfaction.
