Key Contributors Update 9 September 2016

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.

Action items

From ELIXIR HoNs meeting @ ECCB:

EXCELERATE partners:

  • Send any requests for items for inclusion in the Second EXCELERATE Grant Agreement amendment to grants@elixir-europe.org by end of September.
  • Ensure that the beneficiaries affiliated with your Node and which you represent in the EXCELERATE Heads of Nodes committee complete the resource review survey as soon as possible.

Full minutes from the meeting to follow.

For your information

ELIXIR HoNs TC in October As advised at the HoNs meeting on Sunday, we will be in contact shortly to find a time and date for a HoNs teleconference in October in order to review proposals for Implementation Studies for inclusion within the 2017 Work Plan. ELIXIR Project Management Network - Monthly Phone Conferences The first of the ELIXIR project management network monthly phone conferences on 'EC funding rules and project financial reporting' will take place this Monday 12 September.

Everyone is welcome. Interested parties should register for the Project Management Network to receive further information. Please pass this on to colleagues where relevant.

Phone conferences will continue to take place every second Monday of the month from 13:00-14:00 UK time.

For more information see the ELIXIR Project Management Network Google calendar.

Key dates and meetings

Heads of Node teleconference

  • October 2016, date and time TBC

Heads of Node teleconference

  • 8 December 2016, 9-12.00 UK time

ELIXIR All Hands meeting

  • 21-23 March 2017, Rome, Italy (preceded by ELIXIR SAB meeting, 20 March 2017)

ELIXIR-EXCELERATE midterm review

  • 10 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium. Time and agenda TBC.

ELIXIR Policy event:

  • 11 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium, Time and agenda TBC