ARENA2036-X

About the project

The ARENA2036-X project is experiencing and researching sovereign data exchange in data rooms. Working in networked data rooms is the future of digital collaboration. Two key technologies come together here,

ARENA2036 is a partner of the Catena-X consortium. The opportunities are now available to gather initial practical experience and understand how these new approaches work and what they can do. To this end, we are setting up a demonstration and test environment for the use of data rooms in ARENA2036. ARENA2036 will thus also become a place for a new form of digital collaboration. The initiative is a cooperation network of ARENA2036 members, which will be financed by these companies. This network is open to further partners.

Aims of the project

The ARENA2036-X project pursues the following objectives:

• Establish Catena-X's approaches and technologies throughout the industry.
• Manufacturing-X ante portas - the implementation of Industry 4.0
• Supply chains should be resilient, production should be efficient and climate-neutral, and material cycles should be closed. It's no longer just about the internal improvement of individual companies, but about optimization across all partners in a value creation network. This only works if sufficient data is shared across companies - securely and confidently

The aim of these lines of action is to transfer the core technologies from Industry 4.0, Gaia-X and Catena-X for broad application throughout industry.

Project structure and technologies used

Two key technologies come together here:

• the Asset Administration Shell, developed from the initiative of the Industry 4.0 platform
• the sovereign exchange of data via so-called data space

The architecture of the connectors was developed by Gaia-X and is implemented in Catena-X. A realization that has been formulated since 2011 with the launch of the Industry 4.0 initiative. A lot has happened in the meantime:

• The introduction and standardization of the Asset Administration Shell
• The concept and architecture of data sovereignty, developed in Gaia-X
The first GAIA-X implementation project for supply chains in the automotive industry, Catena-X
• The announcement from Manufacturing-X

With the ARENA2036-X initiative, we want to bring the aforementioned technologies and their various implementations together in one place and create an "easy-to-use" environment for demonstrating, trying out and testing. Automated orchestration (or technical onboarding) processes will support the setting up of proof of concepts. In addition, by implementing a project office, we will create the basis for initiating and coordinating joint cross-company projects in an open cooperation network.

ARENA2036 Role & added value

ARENA2036 is a partner of the Catena-X consortium. To this end, we are setting up a demonstration and test environment for the use of data rooms in ARENA2036. ARENA2036 will thus also become a place for a new form of digital collaboration. This can be used by all members. Anyone can take part, test their own use cases and experience the existing technologies in practice - even beyond the automotive industry.