Key Contributors update 20 July 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

Master-level Training in Management of Research Infrastructure

The call is now open for applicants to form an ELIXIR team for the RItrain Programme on Training in the Management of Research Infrastructures.

The ELIXIR Hub proposes to sponsor individuals associated with ELIXIR Nodes to form an ELIXIR team to participate in the Second edition of the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures (EMMRI).

We welcome applications from:

- Heads of Nodes (or Deputies)
- Node coordinators
- Technical coordinators
- Training coordinators
- Or individuals from a Node with an equivalent role as the above

Detailed information can be found on Google Drive. Please submit your proposals by Fri, 7 September 2018.

For action

Ongoing

MEGA White Paper

Thank you to all Nodes that completed the recent survey on how ELIXIR Nodes view the Declaration on providing access to 1 million human genomes by 2022. From the information gathered in these responses, and in collaboration with other European infrastructures, we have generated a draft white paper on how we can interact with this Declaration. This white paper will be shared with the Commission and be published in a high-profile journal.

The draft document is open for comments and suggestions. Please add your edits by Fri, 27 July before the paper will be considered final. Any questions can be directed to Gary Saunders (gary.saunders@elixir-europe.org).

For information

New

The minutes from the ELIXIR HoNs meeting held 6-7 June 2018 at the All Hands in Berlin can now be found on Google Drive. If you have any comments to raise regarding the minutes please let us know within by Fri, 3 August.
Registrations for the HoN meeting at the ECCB in Athens are now open. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Thu, 13 September from 8:00 - 15:00 EEST at the ECCB venue at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Please register for the meeting via Eventbrite.

This meeting is for the ELIXIR Heads of Nodes. Platform ExCos are welcome to attend the meeting, too, however, their presence is not specifically requested. The agenda and relevant documents will be circulated to HoN in due time.
Thank you for your feedback on the document - Request for Proposals for Community-led Implementation Studies: Driving the Evolution of Community-oriented Resources Integrated with ELIXIR Platforms (ELIXIRHON/2018/19.1). We received only minor comments from you and thus the document is now ready for publication at the beginning of August.

For your information, based on the comments, we have amended the relevant topics section of the scope to explicitly mention training materials and courses. We have also clarified that only those receiving funding in the proposed project will need to provide the HoN letter of support, but Nodes not receiving funding may also participate in proposals.

Role and Remit of the ELIXIR Hub Technical Team

The ELIXIR Hub Technical Team is now fully established. To ensure the role and remit of the team is understood across ELIXIR, the Hub has produced a document describing the team and its responsibilities.

For information

Ongoing

ELIXIR and EMPHASIS collaboration
 
ELIXIR and EMPHASIS held a joint meeting in May. The meeting report, which will be published on both websites, is available on Google Drive. The intension is to use this report as the basis for a Collaboration Strategy and a joint publication between the two infrastructures. Heads of Nodes are asked to note these developments and inform John Hancock (john.hancock@elixir-europe.org) if you have any comments on this development. Once the draft Collaboration Strategy is developed, it will be shared with HoN for review.

Key dates and meetings

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