The RDA Data Innovation Forum was held in Brussels, Belgium, on January 30th 2018, bringing together a diverse audience composed of researchers, private sector and policy representatives, and collaborative initiatives. The overarching goal of the meeting was to discuss challenges related to boosting the European Data Economy and the RDA contribution to its building blocks, to collect and converge the different perspectives and push forward new innovative ideas in the overall context of the opportunities brought forward by the European Data Economy and data-driven innovation in Europe.