On 4 December 2025, the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) hosted a Tech Talk on the future of interoperable, trustworthy, and sovereign data spaces, focusing on upcoming updates to the IDS Reference Architecture Model (IDS-RAM) and the IDSA Rulebook. The session featured insights from IDSA’s Sebastian Steinbuss and Ilknur Chulani, and brought together leading EU-funded initiatives – including IKIGAI, highlighted as one of the supporting projects.
IKIGAI’s inclusion reflects its active role in shaping common standards for secure and sovereign data sharing in logistics The project addresses data interoperability challenges (WP1: PI systemic scaling of logistics innovations) by developing aligned standardized processes (WP2: The PI Norm enabling the logistics twin transition) and validating them through real-world pilot implementations with IDSA-compliant data spaces (WP3: Logistics Innovations – Pilots into action), while ensuring broad adoption through dissemination, standardization, and exploitation activities (WP5: Best in class maximisers for impact generation at scale).
Key takeaways from the session:
- IDS-RAM and IDSA Rulebook updates: The upcoming revisions aim to strengthen data governance, facilitate trusted data sharing, and support scalability across sectors.
- Focus areas: Technical and governance advances in dataspace protocols, decentralised claims, observability, and semantic interoperability were discussed as critical components for future-ready data spaces.
- Call to alignment: Speakers stressed the importance of aligning real-world implementations with evolving EU and international standards to ensure legal compliance and interoperability across domains.
IKIGAI’s contribution:
As one of the featured EU-funded projects (Grant Agreement No. 101202912), IKIGAI was recognised for its work to enable interoperable data-driven logistics, promoting visibility and cross-sector collaboration. The project contributes directly to IDSA-aligned frameworks, ensuring that logistics data spaces are not developed in isolation but integrated within a broader European data infrastructure.
IKIGAI’s alignment with IDSA’s vision further reinforces its mission to accelerate innovation, standardisation, and collaboration across the supply chain – a key enabler of zero-emission, trusted logistics.
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