The HiGrid Vision – A Tightrope Walk Christian Eggenberger-Wang IBM Global Technology Services, IT Consulting Group, Switzerland Stefan Klein University Muenster, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research, Germany Maximilian Moser Medical University Graz, Institute for Physiology, Human Research IHPR, Austria Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva University St. Gallen, Institute for Media and Communications Management, Switzerland Matthias Frühwirth Joanneum Research, Human Research IHPR, Austria Aaron K. Baughman IBM Global Business Services, Data Analytics, USA Esther Hietler IBM Integrated Health Services, Switzerland Peter K. Malkin IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Software Research and Patents, USA Michal Rosen-Zvi IBM Haifa Research Lab, Machine Learning and Data Mining Group, Israel Maria Soimu IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Industry Solutions Lab, Switzerland Paul T. Sorenson IBM Global Business Services, IGA, USA