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
Minutes from ELIXIR HoNs meetings March 2017
Minutes from the ELIXIR HoNs TC held last Friday 17 March to cover non-EXCELERATE matters are now available here.
Minutes from the ELIXIR-EXCELERATE HoN meeting held alongside the ELIXIR All Hands on 20 March can be found here.
HoN Working Group participation and official launch
The HoN Working Group (WG) with the task to develop ELIXIR's scientific planning and internal oversight processes will hold the first TC not long after All Hands meeting. The exact date is being selected based on availability of the WG members.
In case your Node does not have a representative in the WG yet, but would like to participate, please add your representative details to the list of WG members by Mar 26th.
Please note, that the intention is to have max.1 participant per Node and the WG members are expected to take active part in the WG activities. Please also review the suggested scope/objectives of the WG, prioritise the list and potentially provide additional area(s) that should be considered by the WG team for the final scope.
We expect one coordinated answer per Node by the extended deadline of this Sunday Mar 26th. The survey is under this link. If you do not respond by the deadline input from your Node will have only limited impact on the WG scope in this round.
New ELIXIR website design
The new ELIXIR website design is now on a development server. You can see it here.There's a form at the bottom of every page for people to give feedback, so please feel free to use it! The site is a working draft that people can follow, and it will probably change as a result of feedback.
Please note that (1) The home page will be redesigned in the next couple of weeks and (2) the intranet pages have been redesigned but you can't log in to the intranet on the development server yet.
Registration for ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Mid Term Review (10 May 2017, Brussels)
A reminder that all EXCELERATE Work Package Leaders and EXCELERATE HoN committee members are expected to attend the ELIXIR EXCELERATE midterm review taking place on on 10 May 2017 at: Thon Hotel EU, Rue de la Loi 75, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium.
The preliminary agenda for the meeting can be found here (EC Approval Pending).
Further details and registration for the meeting can be found here.
EC Official Communication of the Reporting period 1 (RP1) review meeting Objectives, Date and Reviewer can be found here.
Note: We are collecting now availability to organise a Project Dinner the May 9th 20:00 PM, if you have already filled in the registration, but want to join us please contact let us know using grants@eixir-europe.org.
Please ensure you register ASAP if you have no done it already. If you are not able to attend the meeting yourself, please nominate a representative to attend on your behalf.
ELIXIR HoNs (who are not part of ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Consortium) and TeCs are also welcome to attend the review, but their attendance is not mandatory (and space is limited). Please note this is a formal affair with little room for interactive discussions.
ELIXIR Policy Impact Review meeting. Core Resources (11 May 2017, Brussels)
We would also like to invite you to attend an ELIXIR Policy Impact Review meeting, focused around the ELIXIR Core Resources, being held in Brussels on the following day after the mid term review 11 May 2017 at the same venue than the EXCELERATE Review meeting.
More information about this meeting can be found here,
Registration for this event can be found here.
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, Date and location TBC
Heads of Node TC
- 5 December 2017, 13.00 - 16.00 UK time/14.00 - 17.00 CET