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©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Purpose The Problem Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and acceptedTRANSCRIPT
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Opening RemarksKeith G Jeffery
President, euroCRIS [email protected]
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