This session has evolved from the Open data Session and aims to bring together the providers, software developers and current or prospective users of meteorological and climate data, without shying away from technical details.

Bridging data and delivery: The world is evolving towards an increasingly data-centric ecosystem. Open Data and Open Source have become widespread and partly mandatory across Europe. The challenges of managing growing data volumes and diverse use cases are increasing. Using cloud technologies to distribute and process data has become a common way to address these challenges. To ensure robust operational reliability and true interoperability, appropriate choices of data-management technologies, data formats, software architectures, APIs, and governance processes are essential.

We invite your contributions for these technical topics, user-focused stories, and your thoughts and strategies. Don't spare us from technical details!

Here are some examples:
- Initiatives designed to bring users closer to the data and to enable the processing of large data sets, such as the European Weather Cloud (EWC) [1] and WEkEO [2]
- New Open Data sets, including hosting Open Data on-premises and in the cloud
- Use of clouds to distribute and process data, including cloud-native data formats
- Tools and interfaces (APIs) for distributing, accessing, and exploiting data
- Building data pipelines for open and hybrid access via APIs, in clouds and on-premises
- Operational aspects of data sharing and data-lifecycle management
- Data visualisation and user-facing systems
- Collaborative open-source software development and sustainability
- Integrating AI/ML data pipelines into operational workflows
- Community building and collaboration around data and open-source software
- Data governance topics, policies, and practices
- any other technical details you feel are important to share

[1] https://europeanweather.cloud
[2] https://wekeo.eu