EuPA-HUPO Interactions Committee (EHIC) Mike Dunn (Chair) (Ireland) Thierry Rabilloud (France)

1. EuPA-HUPO Interactions Committee (EHIC) Mike Dunn (Chair) (Ireland) Thierry Rabilloud (France) Fernando Corrales (Spain) Connie Jimenez (Netherlands) Helmut Meyer (Germany) Steve Pennington (UK/Ireland) Michael Fountoulakis (Greece) Achim Kraus (Germany)

3. Liaison with HUPO Secretariat This five-person team, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, facilitates Communication and interactions between the national/regional organizations and between HUPO initiatives Vacant, Director General? Wehbeh Barghachie, Congress Director and Project Manager Elizabeth Cooper, Communications and Industry Liaison Manager Sandrine Palcy, Training Coordinator Sylvie Ouellette, Membership and Administrative Coordinator EHIC Mike Dunn (Chair)

5. Liaison with HUPO Executive Council Rolf Apweiler (HUPO President from November 2006) EHIC Mike Dunn (Chair)

6. HUPO Initiatives

7. Liaison with HUPO Education and Training Committee Peipei Ping (Chair) EuPA Education Committee Concha Gil (Coordinator) + Input from EHIC as required

8. Liaison with HUPO Meetings Committee EuPA Conference & Communication Committee Jean-Charles Sanchez, Luca Bini + Input from EHIC as required Every 3 years HUPO Congress in Europe 2008: Location chosen by HUPO Will also be the 2008 EuPA meeting 2011 and Beyond? Need for coordination between HUPO and EuPA for location of meeting Will the European HUPO meeting always be the EuPA meeting for that year?

9. Liaison with HUPO Publications Committee Peipei Ping (Chair) EuPA Conference & Communication Committee Dimitrios Noukakis, Jesus Jorrin Novo + Input from EHIC as required Achim Kraus, Mike Dunn

10. Liaison with HUPO Finance Committee Richard Simpson (Chair) EuPA Funding Committee Pier Giorgio Righetti (Coordinator) + Input from EHIC as required

11. Liaison with other HUPO Committees Nomination New Technology and Resources Ethics Membership Awards Input from selected EHIC members as required

12. HUPO Initiatives

13. Liaison with the HUPO initiatives should be a major focus of the EuPA-HUPO Interactions Committee Increase level of participation of European laboratories in existing HUPO initiatives Enable participation of European laboratories in newly launched HUPO initiatives

14. Liaison with the HUPO initiatives One EHICmember to liaise with Chair of each HUPO initiative HUPO Initiatives Committee (Sam Hanash) HUPO Plasma Proteome Project (Gil Omenn) HUPO Liver Proteome Project (Fuchu He Christian, Brechot, Laura Beretta) HUPO Brain Proteome Project (Helmut Meyer, Joachim Klose) HUPO Mouse and Rat Proteome Project (John Bergeron) HUPO Disease Glycomics/Proteome Initiative (Naoyuki Taniguchi) HUPO Antibody Initiative (Mathias Uhlen) HUPO Bioinformatics/Proteomics Standards Initiative (Ruedi Aebersold, Henning Hermjakob) HUPO Cardiovascular Biomarker Initiative (Peipei Ping, Mike Dunn)

15. EuPA-HUPO Interactions Committee Next planned meetings Siena 12:00-14:00, Wednesday, 6th September 2006 HUPO Long Beach Congress Date and time TBA