e-IRG Workshop Programme (3-4 October, noon-to-noon)

The main objective of the workshop is the contribution towards some main directions in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Key areas that will be explored include governance, funding, services and data-related aspects. Sustainability will be a cross-cutting theme. Special attention is given on the national perspectives on EOSC development. 

12:00 – 14:00  Lunch (the location of the lunch Astra building, Atrium).
13:00 – 14:00  Registration
3 October 2017
Session 1 - EOSC status update - funding and governance - EU views

14:00

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15:45

15'

Welcome notes and workshop scope

  • Mr Indrek Reimand - Deputy Secretary General on Higher Education and Research from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
  • Gabriele von Voigt - e-IRG Chair
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40'

European Commission report on EOSC current status and future developments (EOSC Declaration, Work Programme 2018-2020)

20'

Wrap-up from the EOSCpilot Governance Development Forum meeting

10'

e-IRG potential role in EOSC Governance

20'

Panel discussion - The European perspective on EOSC Governance and Funding and how to make it sustainable

15:45 – 16:15  Coffee / tea break
Session 2 - EOSC status update - funding and governance - National views

16:15

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18:00

 

National perspectives and developments regarding EOSC

  
     

10'

Germany, Ramin Yahyapour - German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RfII) [pdf]
     

10'

Netherlands, Jan Bot - SURFsara [pdf]
     

10'

France, Laurent Crouzet - MENESR [pdf]
     

10'

Finland, Saara Kontro, CSC – IT Center for Science [pdf]
     

10'

Japan, Miho Funamori, National Institute of Informatics (NII) [pdf]
     

25'

Other countries - Open to the floor
     

30'

Panel discussion - National perspectives on EOSC governance and funding and how to make it sustainable
18:00

 

 

   End of 1st day  

19:00    Dinner for workshop participants at Kochi Aidad about 10 minutes walking from the workshop venue. There is no bus transport arranged from venue/hotel to restaurant..

See location on maps:
Walking from hotel to dinner location Kochi Aidad: https://goo.gl/maps/GijSgghhc3T2 .
Walking from Old Town to dinner location Kochi Aidad: https://goo.gl/maps/vAFTNvpnFts.
4 October 2017
Session 3 - EOSC Services for users

9:00

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10:30

30'

Estonian e-Infrastructure Marketplace paradigm

  
     

30'

eInfraCentral Service Catalogue and user portal presentation
     

30'

Panel Discussion - EOSC Services and feedback to service catalogue and marketplace
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee / tea break
Session 4 - Data services and FAIR data

11:00

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13:00

30'

The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC)

  
     

20'

Data policies with ESA
     

20'

EOSCpilot: service development within EOSC
     

20'

EOSC-hub: an implementation of the EOSC vision
     

30'

Panel Discussion
13:00

 

 

  

Wrap-up - Closing remarks and plans for next workshop,

  • Gabriele von Voigt, e-IRG Chair
  • Aneta Karaivanova, Bulgarian e-IRG delegate (representing the upcoming Bulgarian EU presidency)
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13:00    Lunch for workshop participants.