The DSF Community invites you to two events in the first quarter of 2026: The DSF Hackathon on January 20, 2026, 10:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m and the DSF Spring School on February 24–26, 2026 at Heilbronn University

The DSF Community meet-up in Heidelberg brought together developers and contributoers to share ideas and discuss the latest progress in the DSF Community project. Highlights included updates on DSF 2.0, API 2.0, and a sneak peek at the new Linter Tool. The event wrapped up with a look ahead to 2026.

On Friday, November 21st, 2025, Hauke Hund and Maximilian Kurscheidt from the Data Sharing Framework (DSF) team attended the Operaton Release Party at the itemis headquarters in Dortmund to celebrate the upcoming release of Operaton 1.0. Read more about this exciting event!

After much anticipation, the DSF team participated at the FHIR DevDays 2025. The Event was held from June 3rd until June 6th in Amsterdam. As the world’s largest event dedicated to HL7 FHIR, DevDays brings together health IT professionals from across the globe to deepen their understanding of the standard, to exchange knowledge, and to explore innovative real-world applications in healthcare!

Our DSF team will be at FHIR DevDays 2025 from June 3rd to 6th in Amsterdam! DevDays is the world’s leading FHIR event in the field of digital health. Join us at the event for engaging community talks by Maximilian Kurscheidt and Hauke Hund. We’ll be discussing the International Patient Summary Challenge 2025, as well as how we can foster research through Real-World Data Sharing and Process Orchestration using FHIR and BPMN. We look forward to seeing you there! If you'd like to connect with us during the event, feel free to arrange a meeting beforehand by emailing us at 📧 dsf-gecko@hs-heilbronn.de.

From April 2nd to 4th, members of the DSF community gathered at Heilbronn University for the annual DSF Spring School 2025. The three-day event provided an in-depth look at the Data Sharing Framework (DSF) and its latest developments, featuring expert talks, hands-on sessions, and collaborative projects during a community-driven hackathon. With vibrant discussions and plenty of memorable moments, the event concluded on a high note.

On February 20, 2024, the DSF team had the opportunity to present the Data Sharing Framework (DSF) Community Project at the MIRACUM-DIFUTURE Colloquium. The session provided insights into the DSF’s architecture, its role within the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII), and how it supports the secure, standardized, and federated sharing of medical research data. The talk included real-world use cases, demonstrated distributed processes, and addressed challenges faced during implementation.

Under the theme 'Science. Close to People', the 68th annual conference of the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology e.V.(GMDS) was held at the Bildungscampus of Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences from 17th to 23 September 2023.

Between the 22nd and 25th of May, Medical Informatics Europe 2023 was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was organized by the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the Swedish Federation for Medical Informatics (SFMI). The DSF team presented its project and held a tutorial. An archived version of the tutorial can be read here.

The German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology e.V. (GMDS) is an independent scientific and medical society with over 2,000 members. At the GMDS conference 2022, the Data Sharing Framework (DSF) was presented.