On 28 July, Gaia-X Austria hosted a stakeholder meeting in Vienna for the IT and Gaia-X community from Slovenia, Slovakia, and Hungary as well as guests from Croatia and Germany. Roland Fadrany (Gaia-X AISBL) joined online for an introduction. The aim of the meeting was to foster cooperation among these countries. Information exchange and collaboration will be an essential prerequisite for driving the regulatory and technical aspects of data-driven value creation for our global next-generation digital markets.Thanks to Mario Drobics (AT, AIT, Gaia-X Austria), Flavio Fuart (SL, Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije, Gaia-X Hub Slovenia), Gábor Érdi-Krausz (HU, Sztaki, Gaia-X Hub Hungary), Martina Malakova (SK, Industry Innovation Cluster, Gaia-X Hub Slovakia), Helmut Leopold (AT, AIT, Gaia-X Hub Austria) , Konstantyn Fomichov (SK, Industry Innovation Cluster), Henriette Bauer (DE/RS, Think Innovative Niš), Tobias Höllwarth (AT, EuroCloud, Gaia-X Hub Austria), Roland Sommer (AT, Plattform Industrie 4.0, Gaia-X Hub Austria), Brigitte Lutz (AT, City of Vienna, Gaia-X Hub Austria), Roland Fadrany (Gaia-X AISBL) for participating. (Photocredit Renate Medwed)