The first Coffee with Simpl session, held on Friday 17 April, brought the community together for an open exchange on trust, interoperability and real world data space initiatives.
What’s next for Simpl-Open?
The Simpl Annual Community Event returns this year on 10 December in Brussels, bringing together the community to connect, share progress and shape what comes next for data spaces.
Simpl-Open was featured at Tech-X through a presentation focused on identity, trust, and access management in data spaces.
We are excited to announce the launch of the new Development Status page, your central hub to follow Simpl-Open’s progress and get a clear view of what lies ahead.
Two new learning experiences are now available on the Simpl Academy, designed to support both technical and governance roles working with data spaces.
Across four recent sprints, Release 3.0 delivers improvements in onboarding, data services, platform and governance.
What open-source AI and ML tools are being used across data space initiatives today?
We are piloting a relaxed one hour drop in online where the community can ask questions, share feedback and speak directly with programme subject matter experts. No long presentations. Not recorded.
Simpl attended the recent Data Sharing Festival held on 18-19th March in Rotterdam. In the opening talk, Ana Juan Ferrer (DG Connect) introduced Simpl and shared the latest updates from the programme.
At the Annual Community Event, we heard a common question: where does Simpl fit in the wider landscape, and what makes it different? Simpl‑Open provides an integrated open‑source middleware layer that helps initiatives stand up interoperable, sovereign data sharing. The approach is to integrate proven components and build what is missing, so contributors avoid reinventing the wheel.
“The Marketplace” was a new feature at this year’s Annual Community Event.
We have two useful updates to share on the Simpl website.
The Gaia-X Summit signalled a new chapter for data spaces, moving from pilots to scalable, sustainable ecosystems.
Check out Manuel's recap here
On 18 November 2025, the Simpl Programme will host an interactive webinar focused on how to contribute to the open-source Simpl ecosystem. Whether you're a developer, architect, or stakeholder in digital infrastructure, this session is designed to help you get involved and shape the future of Simpl.
More than 180 participants have already reserved their spot for the Simpl Annual Community Event in Brussels, will you join them?
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A workshop was organised to gather stakeholder perspectives on regulatory, organisational, business and governance challenges shaping the design of CEADS. This key session focused on legal and organisational aspects and brought together Simpl-Open and CEADS project stakeholders.
SEMIC, the Semantic Interoperability Community, is a European Commission initiative that promotes seamless data exchange between EU public administrations. It develops shared standards, tools and best practices to enable interconnected e-Government systems across Europe.
