Solid Symposium 2025, 24-25 April, Leiden

From concept to reality: becoming a pod provider

Session: Friday 25 April, 14h - 17h; room BW0.19

In this session we address the full range of aspects that must be considered when setting up a pod provider facility. These include technical elements and ELSA (ethical, legal, societal aspects) governance. A pod provider is an entity which makes solid pods available to users and which enables organizations to move to a solid way of working by storing their customers data into solid pods.
This session has a strong focus on the We Are project conducted by VITO and partners, in which we are establishing a full-service pod provider in the area of health.

Session organisers: Bart Buelens and Elfi Goesaert (VITO)

Contact: firstname.lastname@vito.be

Schedule

14h-15h: Pod provider architectures

• Frederik Byl (VITO): We Are architecture and components
• Leenke De Donder (Athumi): Trust in data sharing: the Athumi pod

15h-16h: Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects

• Charlotte De Clerck (VITO): Ethical governance of health data
• Elfi Goesaert (VITO) and Koert Van Espen (Apogado): GDPR and solid pods
• Beatriz Gonçalves Crisóstomo Esteves (IDLab, Ghent University – imec): Advancing legal compliance in the Solid ecosystem with DPV

16h-17h: Pod providers and data spaces: panel discussion

Pod providers have a pivotal role in data space endeavors. We are bringing together a panel of speakers who will pitch their views on this topic, and engage in a conversation. The panel is composed of representatives from government, industry, academia, and civil society.

Moderator: Elfi Goesaert

Panelists:

• Roberto Breitman, Inrupt
• Esther De Loof, SolidLab UGent
• Leenke De Donder, Athumi
• Sjoerd van Groning, Muze