Action items
This week's actions:
By Friday 27 February, complete attendance information for the ELIXIR all-hands meeting (30-31 March, Hinxton, UK) in this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oh5Kun4kCfIlnRWMaxgUJMSYO-gkWG6RrvIN74…) .
From last weeks update:
* Provide information on your Node for the ELIXIR 2014 Annual Report here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOroTQ0UGRmqQKs6S2t5qC5qLaPJLXT…) by Friday 20th of February 2015.
* Send us a contact email address (mailto:Nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org?subject=Info%40%20ELIXIR%20Node%20c…) for the redirection of mail coming into 'info@ELIXIR-Countryname.org'
For information
Ongoing activities
Priority areas for new ELIXIR Pilots in 2015
Thank you for your feedback regarding the priority areas for new ELIXIR Pilot Actions in 2015 presented at the ELIXIR HONs quarterly WebEx meeting (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4WQQq4hwmbQTnc5dU4xdFRnWW8/view) on 4 Feb. We will now review existing proposals for new pilot actions against these prorities, and contact people in the relevant areas, before consolidating proposals into a plan for discussion at the ELIXIR all hands meeting in March.
Input required for the ELIXIR Annual Report
We are currently in the process of preparing the ELIXIR Annual Report for 2014, which will summarise the main developments and achievements across ELIXIR. For this to be comprehensive, we need to know some basic information about your ELIXIR Node. In support of this, please may we ask you complete the document attached (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOroTQ0UGRmqQKs6S2t5qC5qLaPJLXT…) . It should only take a few minutes but it will help us immensely to produce a comprehensive report.We realise that this will likely be easier for newer ELIXIR Nodes being established than the Nodes that already existed, but any details you can provide will be helpful for us.Upcoming events which may be of interest to ELIXIR Nodes
BC2 Conference: Call for Abstracts
A call for abstracts for oral presentations at the upcoming [BC]^2 Basel Computational Biology Conference taking place on 7th-10th June 2015 at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland is open now at http://www.bc2.ch/ (http://www.bc2.ch/2015/open-calls/call-presentations/)Selected presentations will be scheduled within the regular program of the conference.
Reminder of Key Meetings/Dates
ELIXIR collaboration workshop on marine informatics, Hinxton, UK (16-17 Mar 15 (http:// https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elixir-collaboration-workshop-on-marine-…) )
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum event, Wageningen, Netherlands (18-19 Mar 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-data-drive…)
ELIXIR 'all-hands' meeting, Hinxton (30 - 31 Mar 15) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RV1Ad2KeT4ZcXJcK-pvTrXh-If-nybLuziy…)
ELIXIR Board meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (13-14 Apr 15)
HoN teleconference (4 Jun 15, 09:00-12:00 BST, 10:00-13:00 CEST)
ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum event, Basel, Switzerland (9 June 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/innovation-and-sme-forum-basel-swit…)
HoN meeting, Hinxton, Cambridge (21 Oct 15)
ELIXIR Board meeting, Hinxton, Cambridge (22 - 23 Oct 15)
BioMedBridges Open Symposium, Hinxton, UK (17-18 Nov 15) (http://www.elixir-europe.org/events/biomedbridges-open-symposium-buildi…)
Information on upcoming ELIXIR Technical Coordinators' meetings can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ga_8ICx1RgH2DsgvPsCTBLD4QXEGGHGyESk…) .