Strategic Seminar Palace of the Academies, Brussels 2005

1. Strategic Seminar Palace of the Academies, Brussels 2005 CRIS06 8th CRISconference, Bergen, May 2006

2. CRIS + Open Access = The Route to Research Knowledge (2004) - 32 participants - Report printed by CCCLC Driving the ERA Forward by Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges. The Need for Intergration over European Current Research Information Systems (2003) - 27 participants - Report printed at CCCLC

3. By invitation only • Network building with partners • But… • The Palace can take 50 persons • 15-20 persons from eurCRIS memebers • 100 euro pr person

4. Partners • ESF European Science Foundation • EARMA European Association of research Managers and Administrators • ALLEA All European Academies • Codata Committe for data for science and Technology • ERCIM European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics • euroCRIS european Current research information systems

5. ‘TheResearch Information System and the ResearchProcess in a GRIDs Environment’ 19-20 2005, Palace of the Academies, Brussels The proposition: Research Process Improvement using GRIDs 0900-0930 Welcome and Introduction Why EuroCRIS, why this group of partners, why this seminar 0930-1000 The Research Process : From application to publication 1000-1030 e-Research: a GRIDs environment 1030-1100 break 1100-1130 THE RESEARCH PROCESS ON THE GRIDS SURFACEe-support for the process stages 1100-1130 e-workprogramme: Formation of the workprogramme; consultation and convergence (e-communications, repositories, CRISs of past programmes and results, access GRID and videoconferencing) 1130-1200 e-proposal: Generating the proposal and submitting it; proposal evaluation and contract negotiation (CRISs to store re-usable information (CVs, publications, past projects…), ensure novelty, e-forms with inbuilt constraints / rules, CRISs to judge quality of proposal, e-refereeing)

6. 1200-1230 e-Project: project set-up and management: milestones, deliverables, resources, risks (CRIS, project management system, integration of finance system, HR system) use of GRIDs environment for project execution 1230-1330 LUNCH RESULTS ON THE GRIDS SURFACEe-support for managing results information 1330-1400 Products & Patents: results for wealth-creationProducts: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Patents: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1400-1430 Publications: results for assessmentPublications: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Grey Literature: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1430-1500 Human Resources: the hidden treasureKnow-How: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Trained Staff: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1500-1530 BREAK QUALITY , METRICS & EXPLOITATION: Measurements for Management Assurance 1530-1600 Publications Quality: the myth and the reality how to achieve by the process (peer reviewing, reviewer databases and choosing the right ones, editing to improve readability)Measuring Output; volume and quality (ISI citations, a true measure?)Grey Literature Quality; how to achieve by the process Measuring Output; volume and quality 1600-1630 How good are your staff?Know-How and staff Quality: how to achieve by the processMeasuring Output; volume and quality 1630-1700 The elusive desideratumExploitation: From Research prototype to successful product

7. THE NEW IT ENVIRONMENTWill it help the research process? 0900-0930 Cheaper to store than to collectThe new cost equation; limitless storage and compute powerERCIM 0930-1000 Managing the information or managing the real world that the information represents?CRISs and Electronic Libraries on the GRIDs surface: a system for managing research information 1000-1030 Workflow: can e-process improve the research process?Need for Workflow to support the research process; collect relevant information at the right place at the right time 1030-1100 BREAK IT SOLUTIONS: NEXT GENERATION 3 Steps to Nirvana? 1100-1130 Catalogue it!Metadata (DC, OAI-PMH, research data exchange & standards, syntax & semantics) 1130-1200 Autonomics: self-adjusting SystemsSecurity, Privacy, Scaling, Self*EC-GRIDS 1200-1230 Research process of the future?Workflow on the GRIDs surface 1230-1330 LUNCH 1400-1430 Discussion 1430-1500 Next Steps

8. CRIS06 8th CRIS conference, Bergen, May 2006

9. Suggested title "Interoperation and Trading using CRISs: Beyond the Hanseatic League" 11-13 May 2006, Bergen

10. Why & When • 15 years since the firste CRIS conference • 11. May to Saturday 13. May 2004 • Raddisson SAS Hotel at Bryggen

11. Bergen seen from Fløyen SAS hotell

12. Raddisson SAS Hotel Bryggen Conference price: • Pr night in single room NOK 895 /€106 • Pr night in double NOK 545/€65 • Indoor swimming pool, weight-training facilities and a relaxing sauna and

13. Dinner, Thursday 11 May Fløyen

14. Bergen Harbour Fløyen Bryggen

15. How to reach Bergen? • Direct • Amsterdam, KLM • London Gatwick and Standsted • Most flights via Copenhagen or Oslo • Sabena, KLM, Lufthansa, Air France, Alitalia,… • Flights approx. from 1500 - 2500NOK (over the weekend) www.sasbraathens.no

16. Troldhaugen, Edvard Griegs Home

17. Local Art Galleries

18. Local Art Gallery, China Collection

19. Activities for accompanying person • Sightseeing at Bryggen and Haakonshallen ending with lunch on Traktørstedet • Visit to Troldhaugen and the Stave Church • Tour of the local Art galleries • Visit to Håkonshallen • Aquarium • Sightseeing in Old Bergen, open air museum • Norway in a Nutshell • Train to Voss, with local train to Flåm • Boat to Gudvangen • Return to Bergen by buss or boat

20. Fedje

21. Norway in a Nutshell