Interim sustainability plan for the big data community

BYTE will culminate in the launch of the BYTE Big Data Community (BBDC), a sustainable, cross-disciplinary platform that will implement the roadmap identified within the project, and will assist the European stakeholders in identifying and meeting the big data challenges, to finally achieve the scenario envisioned by BYTE for 2020. Continued engagement and dialogue with stakeholders are key success factors for the implementation of a European research and policy roadmap for big data and to achieve the BYTE vision. Hence, the BBDC will be sustainable also after the close of the BYTE project, at least until 2020. This document outlines some possible measures to sustain the possible future evolution of the BBDC, to ensure its continued efficiency and effectiveness. It also identifies an initial list of possible funding opportunities, to sustain the BBDC financially for its anticipated time of operation. This interim sustainability plan will be finalised in the third and final year of the project.