©eurocris/keith g jefferycris seminar 200409 brussels 20040920 1 opening remarks keith g jeffery...

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Opening RemarksKeith G Jeffery

President, euroCRIS k.g.jeffery@.rl.ac.uk

www.eurocris.org

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PurposeThe Problem

• Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

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PurposeThe Problem

• Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

• The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and accepted

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PurposeThe Problem

• Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

• The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and accepted– Knowledge-based economy

– Led by R&D

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PurposeThe Problem

• Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

• The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and accepted

• The problem before us is how to implement that vision

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PurposeThe Problem

• Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

• The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and accepted

• The problem before us is how to implement that vision

• For wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life

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PurposeThe Assertion

• Research and Development Information– For the political decision-maker– For the funding organisations– For the entrepreneurs– For the innovators themselves– For the media– For the general public

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PurposeThe Assertion

• Research and Development Information– For the political decision-maker– For the funding organisations– For the entrepreneurs– For the innovators themselves– For the media– For the general public

• Is the key to– Improved European performance

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R&D Information

• Requirement is to ensure information about R&D is available to these groups

• CRIS (Current Research Information System)

• CERIF (Common European Research Information Format)– Standard format– Allows interoperation

• A key topic at euroCRIS seminar 2003 CRIS: one thread of this seminar

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R&D Information

• A principal product of R&D is publications• (others are products and patents)• White literature (published, peer-reviewed)• Grey literature (often internal, know-how)• Increasingly publications (white and grey)

are open access– Recent declarations: Budapest, Bethesda,

Berlin..– UK Parliamentary Science and Technology

Committee OA: one thread of this seminar

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The GRID

• Deutsche Bank 2000: ‘forget the web make way for the GRID’

• ERCIM News Issue 45 (look out for 59)• National and EC Projects• EC DG INFSO F2 Expert Group NGG 1&2• a topic at euroCRIS Seminar 2003• GGF happening in parallel with this

meeting GRID: one thread of this seminar

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CRIS+OA=The Route to Research

Knowledge on the GRID

The GRID

OA Repositories(the knowledge)

CRISs(the management tool)

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CRIS+OA=The Route to Research

Knowledge on the GRID

• CRIS: management of R&D activity through information – better decisions– better technology transfer / innovation /

exploitation• Open Access: open access to R&D

knowledge – easy knowledge availability– Improved R&D quality

• GRID: A universal computation, information and knowledge surface– The basis for the future of Europe

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StructureThe Organisations

– ESF– EARMA– ALLEA– CODATA– ERCIM

And, of course, the EC

euroCRIS has collected together some of the key organisations

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StructureAttendees

• ……which share this viewpoint• They have provided (along with

euroCRIS)– Speakers– Other attendees– Funding and / or other assistance

As in previous euroCRIS seminar

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Programme

• We have an exciting 2-day programme– in your folder

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Programme

• We have an exciting 2-day programme– in your folder

• There is plenty of opportunity for participation by everyone– Formal sessions– Social events

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Programme

• We have an exciting 2-day programme– in your folder

• There is plenty of opportunity for participation by everyone– Formal sessions– Social events

• A report will be produced by euroCRIS and placed on the website together with the presentations