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 last week's update:
All case study documents for the process for the selection of Core Data Resources to be submitted by 1 December to core-resources@elixir-europe.org.
For information
Agenda for HoN TC
The agenda for the ELIXIR HoNs TC on Thursday 8 December 2016, 09:00 - 12:00 UK Time/10:00-13:00 CET is now available via google drive. Alongside HoNs, platform leaders are also invited to take part in the teleconference to provide a short summary of their platform road maps where available. Two project plans for review at the TC (ELIXIRHON/2016/17) will follow shortly.
ELIXIR Board meeting, November 2016
We were pleased to see many representatives from the ELIXIR HoNs committee in Hinxton last week for the ELIXIR Board autumn meeting. The main outcomes of the meeting were the approval of ELIXIR's Work Plan and budget for 2017, a batch of ELIXIR Implementation Studies for 2017, the approval of Hungary's application to join ELIXIR, and the adoption of the ELIXIR ELSI Policy. A full update from the meeting is available via the ELIXIR Website.
8th EXCELERATE WPL phone conference
The 8th EXCELERATE Work Package Leader phone conference was held yesterday. The agenda and notes for the meeting can be found here.
NIH consultation on strategies for Data Management, Sharing and Citation
ELIXIR will respond to the NIH consultation on data management, sharing and citation, which is now open. The draft will be developed by the ELIXIR Hub, with input from the Interoperability Platform in particular. It will be shared with HoN, TrCG and TeCG on 9 Dec, with the final version being finalised by 16 December. Any questions please contact andrew.smith@elixir-europe.org
Key dates and meetings
Heads of Node teleconference
- 8 December 2016, 9-12.00 UK time
Heads of Node meeting (to review submissions to the ELIXIR Core Data Resource Process)
- 6 February 2017, Heathrow, UK
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