CS3 2026 - Cloud Storage Synchronization and Sharing

Session

Keynotes

KEY

Mar 17, 2026, 9:30 AM

Gamle Festsal (University of Oslo)

Conveners

Keynotes

• Jakub Moscicki (CERN)

Keynotes

• Jakub Moscicki (CERN)

Keynotes

• Anne Bergsaker (University of Oslo)

60. Digital Sovereignty or Digital Dependency: Europe’s Tech Moment of Truth

Frank Karlitschek

3/17/26, 9:30 AM

Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, Europe is accelerating its drive toward digital sovereignty. Technology providers, enterprises, and public institutions are being reshaped by the continent’s push for technological independence supported by an expanding regulatory framework that now spans the DMA, DSA, GDPR, NIS2, and upcoming European cybersecurity initiatives.

This keynote examines...

61. The HPC-Cloud Pipeline: Data Provisioning for Destination Earth and the AI Revolution in Weather Forecasting

Dr Tiago Quintino (ECMWF)

3/18/26, 9:00 AM

The European Commission’s Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative represents a paradigm shift in Earth system simulation, aiming to develop highly accurate digital twins of the Earth. At the core of this endeavour lies the Digital Twin Engine (DTE), an innovative software framework designed to connect the extreme data generation capabilities of High-Performance Computing (HPC) with the...

62. Clinical research and data in the AI era: Lessons and future directions from the AI-Mind project

Dr Christoffer Hatlestad-Hall (Oslo University Hospital)

3/19/26, 9:00 AM

Concluded in February 2026, the ambitious AI-Mind project (Grant ID: 964220) was a pioneer in the new era of clinical AI research. During the five-year project period, the initiative successfully established one of the world's most comprehensive longitudinal datasets focused on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia progression.

Collected through harmonised procedures across Norway,...