On Friday, November 21st, 2025, Hauke Hund and Maximilian Kurscheidt from the Data Sharing Framework (DSF) team will attend the Operaton Release Party at the itemis headquarters in Dortmund to celebrate the upcoming release of Operaton 1.0. Don’t miss out on this exciting event and attend in person or through the livestream!

The first Release Candidate for DSF 2.0.0 is now publicly available. This milestone marks a major step for the DSF, introducing new key features and significant improvements. We explore some of the key features, you can find more details in the full article.

The Data Sharing Framework (DSF) is entering an exciting new phase. With the upcoming DSF 2.0 release, we are transitioning our business process engine from Camunda 7 to Operaton 1.0.0, a modern, open-source BPMN 2.0 engine. This move marks a significant step toward improved scalability, long-term maintainability, and alignment with DSF’s distributed architecture.

We’re excited to announce that the next major release, DSF 2.0, is currently in development! This update brings significant improvements and new features designed to enhance performance and usability. This article is a summary on what to expect in the upcoming release.

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.

Hauke Hund was awarded the 2023 Rolf Hansen Memorial Award at EFMI MIE in Gothenburg for his paper, 'No Transfer Without Validation: A Data Sharing Framework Use Case'. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding research and presentation in medical informatics and honors Rolf Hansen’s legacy.