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.
For information
ELIXIR Board meeting, April 2017
We were pleased to see many representatives from the ELIXIR HoNs committee in Utrecht last week for the ELIXIR Board spring meeting. The main outcomes of the meeting were the approval of the revised ELIXIR's Work Plan and budget for 2017, the approval of Germany's ELIXIR application to join ELIXIR, and principles for membership of countries outside ESFRI.
Doodle poll for ELIXIR All Hands 2018
ELIXIR HoNs are asked to complete a doodle poll to help us find a date for the 2018 ELIXIR All Hands meeting by midday next Tuesday 2nd May. On this occasion we are planning to move the meeting to late May / early June and to co-locate an ELIXIR HoNs meeting to take place either before or after the main sessions. The ELIXIR SAB meeting would be held in Jan/Feb 2018.
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Update
- 1st Reporting Period
- Technical and Financial report have been submitted to the EC after consolidating the information provided by WP Leaders and Partners. Actual content submitted will be available here once the EC make the signed content available to be downloaded.
- Mid Term Review (MTR) preparation, attendees and agenda
- Two rehearsals have been conducted in preparation of the Mid Term Review Meeting, a final session will take place in the next WP Leaders TC (4/5/2017).
- The MTR agenda have been modified to accommodate EC recommendations and feedback from the MTR reparation sessions, the agenda is available here.
- The current list of attendees for the MTR project events, working dinner May 9th and MTR meeting May 10th, are available here.
Please let us know if there if you have any questions or comments via grants@elixir-europe.org
IMI Call: FAIRification of IMI and EFPIA data
The consultation with the Governance Committee is still underway. Niklas will communicate early next week regarding ELIXIR Node selection for the consortia. Please bear in mind we are intending to have a F2F on Friday 12th May for consortia members. Any questions, please contact Serena Scollen.
New ELIXIR website design to go live on Wednesday (3 May)
The new ELIXIR website design will be put live on Wednesday evening. Thanks to all those who voted on the designs and provided feedback! Feel free to provide more feedback once the site is live (email webmaster@elixir-europe.org). The changes will not affect the content or structure of the site, just its appearance.
If you would like to keep in touch with the latest developments and plans for the site then let Martin Cook know. He sends brief periodic updates about what's happening on the site to a small mailing list.
Next ELIXIR HoNs meeting, June 2017
ELIXIR HoNs are asked to note that the next ELIXIR HoNs meeting will take place 13-14 June 2017 in Woking, UK. ELIXIR Platform Leaders are also expected to attend this meeting which will include discussion around plans for the next ELIXIR Scientific Programme. Registration for this meeting will open shortly.
Key dates and meetings
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE midterm review
- 10 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium
ELIXIR Europe conference: Core Resources for a Data Economy
- 11 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium
Heads of Node retreat
- 13 - 14 June 2017, Woking, UK
Heads of Node meeting (to review the 2018 Work Plan and Budget)
- 13 September 2017, Basel, Switzerland
Heads of Node TC
- 5 December 2017, 13.00 - 16.00 UK time/14.00 - 17.00 CET