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 At the HoN meeting in Athens, Heads of Nodes indicated preference for a face-to-face HoN meeting in May. There are limited options for dates in May, so we propose to schedule the lunch-to-lunch meeting from 13-14 May 2019. The meeting is to take place at the Talbot Inn, Woking, located close to Heathrow airport.
Please indicate the suitability of this date for you via this Doodle poll by next week Thu, 11 October 2018. The agenda for the HoN TC on 10 October has been updated, to include an AOB about the EXCELERATE final review meeting. Details are available in the agenda. The EXCELERATE Heads of Nodes Committee will be asked to take a decision on this item at the meeting.
For action
Ongoing Heads of Nodes are asked to review the Project Plans for Commissioned Services, as detailed in ELIXIRHON/2018/34. Please send comments and feedback to Susanna Repo (susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org) as soon as possible and no later than Tue, 9 October. The Project Plans will be agreed on at the HoN TC on Wed, 10 October.
For information
The minutes of the HoN meeting, which took place at the ECCB in Athens, are available on Google Drive. We invite you to provide comments. The minutes will be considered approved on Fri, 19 October. ELIXIRs Fifth Anniversary celebration will take place in Brussels on Tue, 11 December 2018. ELIXIR Board Members, Heads of Nodes, Platform Ex-Cos, Community leadership and EXCELERATE Work Package Leaders are warmly invited to attend the event, which will be a celebration of ELIXIRs achievements in the last 5 years, along with an outlook on future activities. We expect approximately 150 guests, including funders, policy-makers, industry representatives, and ELIXIR partners. Starting at midday, the event will comprise a series of talks from ELIXIR partners and other funders, a panel discussion, and plenty of time for networking. A draft programme and a registration page can be found at the links below.
Registration for the Heads of Nodes meeting on Wed, 12 December will follow separately in the coming weeks.
Key dates and meetings
Heads of Nodes TC
- 10 October
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