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
Nominations for external reviewers for the selection of Core Data Resources
As discussed at the HoN meeting on Friday, the ELIXIR SAB recommended the use of external experts, in addition to the HoN committee, in the review of candidate Core Data Resources.
The suggestion is to invite academic and industry experts with strong emphasis on finding reviewers who do not have ties with those candidate data resources. We will look to use members of the the ELIXIR IAC for industry expertise, but would like to ask the HoN to nominate reviewers from academia. They should be senior, active researchers. We also welcome nominations for reviewers with background and expertise on infrastructure services.
Please submit your nominations by Monday 7 November to core-resources@elixir-europe.org. The external review panel will be selected by Director in consultation with the Data Platform.
Minutes from ELIXIR HoNs teleconference, October 2016
Minutes from the HoNs teleconference are now available on Google drive. Please send any comments on the minutes to nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org by next Friday 4 November 2016.
For information
Suggestions for talks at ELIXIR All Hands 2017
Thank you for your suggestions for Flashtalks and Workshop ideas for the ELIXIR All Hands 2017 taking place 21-23 March in Rome. We will now sift through the ideas and come back to you in order for a prioritisation excercise to take place. Following this, we can create a full agenda for the meeting in due course.
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, location TBC (major airport)
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