Key Contributors Update 1 June 2018

This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org for any questions.

An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.

For action

New

HoN are asked to review and agree one document through Written Procedure:

ELIXIRHON-2018-24 - Approval of Implementation Study Project Plans - written procedure

HoN should consider if each attached project plan:
  • Is ready to be approved as is;
  • Needs minor modifications and with these modifications the study can be initiated as indicated in the project plan (please specify required modifications);
  • Needs major revisions e.g. re-distribution of funds or addition of new Nodes and would therefore need more time to be refined. Project cannot be initiated as indicated in the project plan.
Please provide your feedback and comments on the document to Susanna Repo (susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org) by Thursday, 14 June 2018.

For action

Ongoing

Recently thirteen Member States (including many ELIXIR countries) signed an EU Declaration on providing access to 1 million human genomes by 2022. ELIXIR is referenced as a key infrastructure in the Declaration itself and whilst the national implementation of this may vary between countries, ELIXIR Nodes should at least expect to be seen as a part of the picture. We would like to build an understanding of what the Declaration means for Nodes, so have generated a brief survey to gather information on its impact.
This survey is open and we would like one reply per Node by Friday, 16 June.

For information

The agendas for the ELIXIR EXCELERATE Heads of Nodes meeting (5 June) and the Heads of Nodes meeting (6-7 June) taking place at the All Hands have been made available on Google Drive.

The draft ELIXIR 2019-23 Programme will be among the documents discussed at the HoN meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Key dates and meetings

Heads of Nodes meeting @ ELIXIR All Hands

  • 6-7 June 2018, Berlin, Germany

Extraordinary ELIXIR Board meeting

  • 2 July 2018, Barcelona, Spain

SAB Teleconference

  • 21 June 2018

Heads of Nodes meeting @ ECCB 2018

  • 13 September 2018, Athens, Greece

ELIXIR Board meeting

  • 12-13 November 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ELIXIR 5th Anniversary event

  • 11 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Heads of Nodes meeting

  • 12 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium