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Journey to a Dynamic Data Economy
The Human Colossus Foundation introduces key components of a Dynamic Data Economy through a series of blog posts

EHDS Promises & Pitfalls: The Case of Genomic Data Integration in Personalised Medicines
Human Colossus Foundation co-organised the NextGen Pre-event at MyData 2025: Genomic Data and the Future of the European Health Data Space
Helsinki, 24 September 2025 — The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is set to redefine digital health across Europe. With the potential to benefit more than 250 million citizens, it promises to transform clinical research, innovation, and patient care. But can it truly deliver?

Human Colossus Joins “SNV on Tour” at EPFL — Deepfake Trust & Verification
On September 23, Human Colossus participated in SNV on Tour at EPFL, an event organized by the Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV). This year's event focused on artificial intelligence and deepfakes, two of the most pressing challenges in today's digital landscape.
The event brought together leaders from academia, industry, government, and civil society to discuss the future of trust, authenticity, and digital integrity in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and synthetic media.

Moving on with Overlays Capture Architecture 2.0: A New Era of Semantic Interoperability
The Overlays Capture Architecture (OCA) is a foundation for Dynamic Data Economy structuring and presenting data in a traceable and verifiable way. Recognising today’s need of interoperability between standards, the release of OCA v2, the architecture takes a major leap forward, introducing a modular and extensible approach in the definition of overlays.

DKMS Alliance Kick-off in Geneva: Building Now the Future of Digital Trust
On June 30th, Geneva became the stage for an informal event: the kick-off meeting of the DKMS Alliance. This gathering marks the official launch of a collaborative initiative poised to reshape digital trust infrastructure for the next generation.


Human Colossus Foundation at the 2025 Geneva Winter Summit: AI for Developing Countries
The Human Colossus Foundation (HCF) recently participated in the 2025 Geneva Winter Summit, a global gathering of AI experts, policymakers, and innovators hosted by the AI for Developing Countries Forum (AIFOD) at United Nation office at Geneva. The summit focused on AI’s potential for developing countries to drive equitable digital development, culminating in the AIFOD Geneva Winter Summit Declaration 2025, which charts a path for inclusive AI progress.

Journée de la Protection des Données
In the digital age, freedom of choice is profoundly affected by the way data is collected, shared and used. This freedom of choice is closely linked to the notion of privacy.
Based on its work, the Foundation will present an approach where digital technology is used to empower patients, enabling them to make informed decisions about their health, while contributing to significant advances in medical research.
The discussion will be around current issues in Switzerland linked to the E-ID digital identity project and its impact on the healthcare ecosystem.

Switzerland: E-ID set to go live in early 2026
On December 6, 2024, the Swiss Federal Council made decisions regarding the technical implementation of the Confederation's new electronic identity proof (e-ID) and the underlying operational infrastructure. A press release[1] describes a two-stage launch of the e-ID, with the first delivery planned for 2026. The first stage will introduce a technology used by the European Union. At the same time, work will continue to develop additional solutions that could be used in a second stage to meet even higher privacy protection requirements, in particular the requirement that the various uses of the e-ID not be traceable to an individual.

Human Colossus Foundation at the Global DPI Summit: Shaping the Future of Digital Public Infrastructure
The Human Colossus Foundation (HCF) was honored to participate in the Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit in Cairo, under the auspices of H.E. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of The Arab Republic of Egypt.

HCF Presence at DaKM 2024 in Copenhagen
We are delighted to announce that Paul Knowles, Head of the Advisory Council at the Human Colossus Foundation (HCF) and co-founder of the Foundation, will attend the 9th International Conference on Data Mining & Knowledge Management (DaKM 2024) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 21st-22nd September 2024.