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 We would like to open an ELIXIR-wide consultation on the proposal of the formal adoption of standardised training and feedback metrics across ELIXIR Nodes. The proposal is available on Google Drive, please provide any feedback by Fri, 16 November. For any questions, please contact Kim Gurwitz (ktg27@cam.ac.uk). The second ELIXIR GDPR workshop will be held in Brussels on Fri, 10 December 2018. This workshop aims to discuss the challenges of GDPR for the ELIXIR Nodes. Based on the example of a few use cases, the needs for tools and solutions will be identified. As an outcome, a roadmap will be defined and a corresponding working group created to pursue the implementation of this roadmap.
This event targets the Technical Coordinators in the ELIXIR Nodes and, where applicable, the data protection experts of the Node. If you wish to participate, please register for the workshop via Eventbrite until the Wed, 31 October. The agenda for can be found on Google Drive. Any persons wishing to present at the event, or for general questions, please contact ELIXIR Human Data Coordinator, Gary Saunders (gary.saunders@elixir-europe.org) at the Hub.
For action
Ongoing As discussed during the HoN TC on 10 October 2018, the INFRADEV-3 proposal concept paper is now available on Google Drive for you to add your comments and / or suggestions by Wed, 31 October 2018.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the ELIXIR Project Management Unit (juan.arenas@elixir-europe.org and grants@elixir-europe.org).
For information
The ELIXIR 2019-23 Programme has been shared with the ELIXIR Board for approval at the Board meeting taking place 12-13 November. The document is accessible on Google Drive, however, please bear in mind that this document is pending approval by the Board and should not yet be distributed further.
Key dates and meetings
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
Heads of Nodes Teleconference
- 28 February 2019
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 13-14 May 2019, Woking (Heathrow), UK