Key Contributors update 6 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

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HoN are asked to review and agree one document through Written Procedure:

ELIXIRHON/2018/19.1 - Request for Proposals for Community-led Implementation Studies: Driving the Evolution of Community-oriented Resources Integrated with ELIXIR Platforms

This is a revised version from the document discussed at the HoN meeting in Berlin addressing the comments raised at the time.

Please provide your feedback and comments on the document to Susanna Repo (susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org) by Fri, 13 July 2018. The HoN are asked to consider if the document is ready to be published or if changes are necessary prior publication.

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 action

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Final Reminder! Request for Nodes to indicate priorities for resources in ELIXIR 2019-23 Programme

On Tue, 19 June 2018 Niklas sent a request to the HoNs to consider the activities in the 2019-23 ELIXIR Programme and indicate ELIXIR Nodes priorities for resourcing and participation in the Programme.

Each Node is asked to return a coordinated response based on this template to juan.arenas@elixir-europe.org by Fri, 13 July.

For information

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Extraordinary ELIXIR Board meeting

The extraordinary ELIXIR Board meeting took place in Barcelona on 2 July. Most of the discussion revolved around the 2019-2023 ELIXIR Scientific Programme and Financial Plan. Member States were supportive of the Scientific Programme, and most were supportive of Scenario A of the Financial Plan, however not all countries could support it. The consensus was that the Financial Plan put to the Board for approval in November would be slightly lower than in Scenario A with modified phasing of the budget to avoid steep changes in individual country contributions. The ELIXIR Hub is currently working on an updated Financial Plan to reflect this.

The Board also voted unanimously accepted Cyprus as an ELIXIR Observer and approved the Collaboration Agreements of France and Slovenia.
The Board furthermore approved the Commissioned Services Contracts between the ELIXIR Hub and
the Italian ELIXIR Node, the Dutch ELIXIR Node, and the Norwegian Node;
the Italian and the Dutch ELIXIR Node; and the Slovenian ELIXIR Node.

The minutes of the meeting will be shared with Board members in the coming weeks, with Heads of Nodes in copy.

For information

Ongoing

Final Reminder! Biohackaton - The second round of hacking topic proposal will close on Thu, 12 July 2018.

The first round of topics have also been announced on the ELIXIR website.

Final Reminder! The RIR application will close on Mon, 16 July 2018. This is ELIXIR Hub-organised review process to build the Service Portfolio of the Recommended Interoperability Resources.

Please contact Sira (sirarat.sarntivijai@elixir-europe.org) for questions.

The Application process webinar recording is available on the ELIXIR website.

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