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Become part of the re-established Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Expert Group and help define the future identity architecture of Catena-X — evolving from a single trust anchor to a federated trust model and leading the integration of overarching trust infrastructures such as the European Business Wallet.

Become part of the new Exchange Patterns Expert Group and help shape the reusable exchange patterns that serve as architecture guardrails for the Catena-X Use Case Foundation Layer — consolidating exchange requirements across business domains, reducing fragmentation, and enabling the first exchange-pattern-compliant use cases by Release 27.09.

New infrastructure enables secure, sovereign data exchange as regulatory pressure reshapes global supply chains

The study offers structured onboarding and results-based financial compensation of up to €30,000 for productive data exchange.

Become part of the Catena-X Technical Committee for Standardisation (TC4S) and help safeguard the quality and consistency of every Catena-X standard before it reaches the Executive Board — acting as the central gatekeeper in the standardisation process and ensuring every standard candidate is both clean (formally and technically correct) and good (strong in content and domain fit), in full compliance with the Operating Model, antitrust law, and IP regulations.

Become part of the Catena-X CBAM Expert Group and help shape the standard for seamless CBAM emissions data exchange between EU importers and non-EU suppliers — transferring the existing CBAM KIT and data model into a formal Catena-X standard and ensuring interoperability with other use cases (PCF, DPP, Industry Core, Manufacturing-X, UK CBAM).

Become part of the Catena-X PCF Interoperability and Architecture Expert Group and help shape the technical backbone for seamless Product Carbon Footprint data exchange across the automotive supply chain — evolving the CX-0136 standard, data models, and interoperability test cases that ensure PCF solutions remain compliant, compatible, and future-proof within Catena-X and beyond (WBCSD PACT, TfS, Manufacturing-X).

Become part of the Catena-X Trusted AI Expert Group and help shape the foundations for responsible, transparent, and sovereign AI use across the automotive data ecosystem — defining the standards, governance principles, and architecture patterns that will make cross-company AI trustworthy, auditable, and compliant by design.

Help us showcase the achievements, experiences and future ambitions of our community as part of the Catena‑X 5th Anniversary Celebration.

Share your photos and memories for the Catena‑X Anniversary Celebration on 15 October 2026 in Munich.

A redesigned learning experience for consultants and everyone looking to build a solid foundation in Catena-X.

Become part of the Catena-X Expert Group "Digital Purchase Order" and help digitize and standardize the exchange of framework agreement data between OEMs and suppliers – from paper to production-ready industry standard.