RI Events

The Digital Infrastructures for Research conference will be held this year in Brussels, Belgium, from 30 November to 1 December 2017. The event will take place at the Square Meeting Centre, and is organised jointly by EGI, EUDAT, GÉANT, OpenAIRE, PRACE and RDA Europe.

Make your voice heard and be involved at the first EOSC Stakeholder Forum organised by EOSCpilot in The Square, Brussels, on 28-29 November 2017. The event aims at charting a course towards a concrete and sustainable EOSC, identifying first steps on the EU added-value of EOSC and its building blocks to make European Open Science a user-friendly reality. Specifically, the event will:

- Communicate the early results of the EOSCpilot project, collect feedback on the pilot's findings, and raise the questions which remain open in the shape of the EOSC. Identify possible EOSC shapes and features to clear up the vision of the EOSC with concrete and user-oriented attributes, taking into account the first HLEG report and the EOSC's pilot Science Demonstrators. The event will collect ideas shared by stakeholders to help shape the direction of the EOSC.Discuss the practical possibilities of the EOSC and identify minimal viable products to deliver European added value e.g. architecture, functionalities, training or collaborative tools, with all stakeholders and assess their feasibility, value, cost, sustainability, openness and user-friendliness.

- Prioritize the implementation roadmap with stakeholders identifying the most urgent steps they believe are necessary to build the EOSC, and by comparing ideas in Panel Discussions.

- Present and discuss possible governance, funding and business models to sustain the EOSC aiming at light and Pan-European frameworks. Shape and show your interest in taking part of the EOSC Advisory Stakeholder Forum.

- Share Good Practices and local initiatives fostering Open Science, which could be generalized to the EOSC, including the EOSC Pilot Science Demonstrators, and other Open Science friendly organisations and associations, in order to inspire all EOSC builders.

The EOSC Stakeholder Forum will be followed by the DI4R event taking place at the same venue on 30 November and 1 December.

Find More and Register at https://eoscpilot.eu/events/eosc-stakeholder-forum-shaping-future-eosc 

​Big Science Business Forum 2018 will be the first one-stop-shop for European companies and other stakeholders to learn about Europe’s Big Science organisations’ future investments and procurements worth billions of euros. The forum will offer your business the chance to:

Learn about business opportunities in the coming years, within a wide range  of business areas.
Meet representatives from Europe’s Big Science organisations and their key suppliers.
Network and establish long lasting partnerships via business-to-business meetings (B2B), business-to-customer meetings (B2C) and in the open exhibition area.
Get insight into procurement rules, IPR, technology transfer and how businesses can interplay with the Big Science market.
Big Science as a business area – 16 parallel sessions

BSBF2018 will address 16 topics of Big Science as a business area. Extensive parallel sessions will focus on Big Science investments in the coming years in the following areas:

• A1 Procurement, IPR and standards
• A2 Remote handling systems
• A3 Cryogenic technology
• A4 Affiliated Big Science organisations I (TBC)
• B1 Technology transfer
• B2 Superconductivity and superconducting magnets
• B3 Safety systems, licensing and protection of hazardous installations, access control, fire and gas detection
• B4 Affiliated Big Science organisations II (TBC)
• C1 Electrical, electronics, electromechanical and RF systems
• C2 High precision and large mechanical components – manufacturing and assembly
• C3 Instrumentation and Control and CODAC
• C4 Engineering methodologies and tools
• D1 Diagnostics, detectors and instruments
• D2 Vacuum and leak detection technologies
• D3 Basic material technologies and advanced manufacturing techniques
• D4 Information and Communication Technologies

The investment potential of Europe’s Big Science market – plenary session I

In the program’s pleanary session I, delegates have a unique opportunity to get to know the investment potential of Europe’s Big Science market when high level speakers from the nine organising Big Science organisations will present their individual organisations.  See the list of prominent speakers in the program overview.

Best practices of the Big Science market – plenary session II

In plenary session II, delegates will get to know the best practices there is on the Big Science market when prime contractors, SMEs and Industry Liaison Officers participate in a roundtable discussion. Read more about Plenary session II: Big Science as a market.

Still not convinced of why you need to participate?

Then read why other companies have chosen to sign up. Read their motivation for participation here.