The European Science Cloud:

Getting from idea to action

Brussels - 20 September 2016

PROGRAMME

10:00 Welcome
• Richard L. Hudson, Editor-in-Chief and Vice Chair of the Board, Science|Business

10:05 What is the European Open Science Cloud?

• Jean-Claude Burgelman, Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Barend Mons, Chair of the High Level Group on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
• Augusto Burgueño-Arjona, Head of Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission

10:30 How open can it be? International, industrial and other participants
Discussants:
• Tiziana Ferrari, Technical Director, EGI.eu
• Giorgio Rossi, Chair, European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
• Bernie Fanaroff, Former Director, SKA South Africa
• Andreas Ebert, National Tech Officer, Microsoft
• Brendan Bouffler, Head of Global Scientific Computing Market Development Business, Amazon
Web Services

11:30 Coffee Break

11:50 Who can use it, and for what? Engaging the user communities
Discussants:
• Eckhard Elsen, Director for Research and Computing, CERN
• Juan Bicarregui, Head of Data Division, Scientific Computing Department, Science & Technology
Facilities Council (STFC)
• Françoise Genova, Senior Researcher, Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre CDS;
Co-Chair, Technical Advisory Board, Research Data Alliance
• Wouter Los, Director of the Zoological Museum Institute for Systematics and Population Biology,
University of Amsterdam
• Peter Wittenburg, RDA Europe Director, Max Planck Computing and Data Facility

13:00 Networking lunch

14:00 Close

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 OTHER PARTICIPANTS

• Paul Ayris, Director, UCL Library Services; CEO, UCL Press; UCL Copyright Officer, University College London (UCL)
• Julian Bauer, Project and Policy Officer, European University Association (EUA)
• Ella Bingham, Head, Research Strategic Support, Aalto University
• Patrick Brenier, Deputy Head of Unit, Data, Open Access and Foresight, DG RTD, European Commission
• Massimo Busuoli, Head of Brussels Office, NTNU
• Frank Callewaert, Global Technology Strategist, European Union Institutions & Customs, Microsoft
• Stephane Ducable, Head of Public Policy EMEA, Amazon Web Services
• Thomas Ehritz, Publications and Media Officer, EUREKA Secretariat
• Maryline Fiaschi, Managing Director, Science|Business
• Mikael Gast, Advisor, Basic Scientific Research, German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
• Enrique Gomez, Project Officer, DG CONNECT, European Commission
• Katleen Janssen, Legal Councel, KU Leuven R&D
• Adalheidur Jónsdóttir, Counsellor for Education, Science and Culture, Icelandic Mission to the EU
• Éanna Kelly, News Editor, Science|Business
• Silke Köster-Riemann, Head of Section EU Office, TU Berlin
• Wainer Lusoli, Policy Officer, Open science and European Open Science Cloud, DG RTD, European Commission
• Maryline Maillard, Science & Technology Counsellor, Mission of Switzerland to the EU
• Cristina Martinez, Deputy Head of Unit, e-Infrastructure and Science Cloud, DG CONNECT, European Commission
• Ross Melzer, Director, Science|Business
• Dora Meredith, National Contact Point, Business Support and Europe Liaison, Innovate UK
• Mihaela Meresi, Policy Officer, Open Data Policies and European Open Science Cloud, DG RTD, European Commission
• Andiswa Mlisa, Scientific & Technical Officer, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
• Niki Naska, Communications and Network Support Manager, EUREKA Secretariat
• Eoin O’Dell, Associate Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
• Per Öster, Director, Research Infrastructures, CSC - IT Center for Science
• Vinny Pillay, Minister Counsellor, Department of Science and Technology, South African Mission to the EU
• Laia Pujol, Researcher, ESADE Business School
• Mafalda Quintas, Science Officer, COST Association
• Franziska Regner, Head of Innovation and Development, ETH Library, ETH Zurich
• Reinhard Schneider, Head of Bioinformatics Core Facility, LCSB, University of Luxembourg
• Cristina Silvano, Associate Professor in Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
• Kadri Sirg, Head of Office, Estonian Liaison Office for EU RTD
• Are Straume, Counsellor for Science and Research, Mission of Norway to the EU
• Ralph Stübner, Science Officer, COST Association
• Hideki Takamatsu, Technical General Manager, R&D, Technology Trend Analysis Group, Toyota Motor Europe
• Patrick Van Hove, Senior Expert, Smart Energy System, DG RTD, European Commission
• Saara Vihko, Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
• Karl-Heinz Weber, Senior Expert e-Science Cooperations, FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
• Martin Winger, International Affairs, European Science Policy, German Research Foundation (DFG)

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