The update to ELIXIR Heads of Nodes is sent weekly on Friday afternoon. Training and Technical Coordinators are also copied in. Contact nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
Important updates
Registration for ELIXIR HoNs meeting at the ECCB
A reminder to register for the ELIXIR HoNs meeting at the ECCB, and let us know if you have any additional items for inclusion on the agenda by Monday 15 August. The option to join the meeting via teleconference will also be available for those not able to attend in person.
EXCELERATE Deliverable on Quality Management Strategy
As communicated at the HoNs retreat, the ELIXIR Quality Management Strategy (ELIXIRHON/2016/5) deliverable fulfills one of the requirements of the ethics review based upon which conditional approval for the project was granted. The deadline for feedback for any comments on the deliverable report with the proposed strategy was 25 July and since only comments from the French ELIXIR Node have been received, we now consider the deliverable to be ready for submission to the EC by the due date at the end of this month.
Action items
From last week's update:
Send any comments on the first draft of the ELIXIR Handbook. to nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org by 14 August.
Register for the ELIXIR HoNs meeting at the ECCB, and let us know if you have any additional items for inclusion on the agenda by Monday 15 August.
Send any requests for items for inclusion in the Second EXCELERATE Grant Agreement amendment to Stephanie Suhr in advance of the meeting.
Send any feedback on the draft ELIXIR Ethics Policy to stephanie.suhr@elixir-europe.org by Wednesday 17 August.
Send any comments on the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (IC PerMed) strategy roadmap document and completed questionnaire to Serena Scollen by Wednesday 24 August.
Send any comments on the draft ELIXIR International Policy to andrew.smith@elixir-europe.org by Friday 26 August.
Key dates and meetings
Heads of Node meeting
- 4 September, 16-19:00, The Hague, Netherlands (during the ECCB 2016)
Heads of Node teleconference
- 8 December 2016, 9-12.00 UK time
ELIXIR All Hands meeting
- 21-23 March 2017, Rome, Italy (preceded by ELIXIR SAB meeting, 20 March 2017)
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE midterm review
- 10 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium. Time and agenda TBC.
ELIXIR Policy event:
- 11 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium, Time and agenda TBC