WP2 – Engagement and Dissemination HN Annual Review Dr. Giles Hogben Cloud Security Alliance, EMEA 1 This document produced by Members of the Helix Nebula consortium is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at The Helix Nebula project is co-funded by the European Community Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ ) under Grant Agreement no Members of the Helix Nebula consortiumCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttp://helix-nebula.eu/

WP Objectives The purpose of WP2 is to communicate that HELIX NEBULA – the Science Cloud - is the beginning of a new infrastructure being built in Europe through Public/Private Partnership and the benefits that will bring. Specific goals Present policy-makers, funding agencies and infrastructure operators with an effective alternative to capital-intensive investment in e-infrastructures Encourage scientists to see this "Science Cloud" as their first choice of working environment by demonstrating that concerns about putting research data and software ‘on the cloud’ are being addressed sensibly Mobilise the supplier community (especially telecoms providers, the IT industry and innovative SMEs) to participate and benefit from the public/private partnership Ensure that publicity about HELIX NEBULA is positive and focuses on the efficiencies it brings to the research communities and the societal benefits that can result. 2

Effort Contribution Lead Beneficiary: CSA EMEA Person-Months per Participant ParticipantPerson- months EGI.eu3.00 EMBL1.00 T-Systems1.00 Atos3.00 CloudSigma1.00 SAP1.00 Logica Germany 1.00 CNR1.00 CSA EMEA15.00 TOTAL27 M23 M12 M1 WP2 3

Website Flagship use cases How to become a member of the HN community Events Highlights updated with related articles Announcements and news Registration to Newsletter Direct link to the HN accounts in the social networks HN material online: HN video and interviews, as well as the HN flyer. 4

WP2 Deliverables and Milestones – Period 1 TypeDel. noNameNatureDissemination level Date Delivered Deliverable2.1Communication PlanReportPU05/09/2012 Milestone 5 Short-term Delivery- planning is complete ReportPU11/12/2012 Milestone6 Communication plan delivery ReportPU19/06/2013 5

Branding materials Helix Nebula website graphic design templates (M1) Helix Nebula PowerPoint Presentation Template (M1) Helix Nebula deliverable templates (M1) Helix Nebula flyer (M5) Helix Nebula newsletter template (M4) 6

Overall modifications, corrective actions, re-tuning of objectives D2.1 Communication Plan updated with feedback from T-Systems Refined list of stakeholders compared to communication plan published in M3 Engagement plan 7

Scientific/technical achievements and their impact Helix Nebula Architecture: 544 downloads Strategic Plan for a Scientific Cloud Computing infrastructure for Europe: 282 downloads Communication Plan: 137 downloads Requirements Template: 115 downloads 8

Helix Nebula initiative members Helix Nebula Users Helix Nebula Adopters Helix Nebula Suppliers Atos CloudSigma Cloud Security Alliance Dante - Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe European Grid Infrastructure Interoute Logica SAP SixSq T-Systems Terradue The Server Labs European Organisation for Nuclear Research European Molecular Biology Laboratory European Space Agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales German Aerospace Center European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment at the National Research Council AWST - Applied Science, Software and Technology Capgemini Orange Telefonica Thales Trust-IT Services Switch OpenNebula Ifremer CNRS Trinity College Dublin Visio Terra – Science Consulting for Earth Observation 9 Significant communication results: 14 new partners including 3 new candidates demand- side stakeholders + additional interest in membership

Communication Activities Helix Nebula website complete 3 Helix Nebula articles published by the HN consortium 3 newsletters 24 articles written by outside organizations (HPC, ISGTW, CORDIS news etc) HPC Top Ten cloud initiatives GigaOM network broadcasted video on HN. Monthly calls 10

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Online Presence 31 videos (including ESRIN HN Public event ‘Results and Engagement’) 30 interviews/articles (including at GigaOM Structure Data in October 2012) 12

Social Media Metrics Facebook: total likes friends of fans Weekly Total Reach Twitter: - 50 re-tweeted posts from January-June other accounts’ tweets mention Helix Nebula - 46 new followers from January-June 2013 LinkedIn: - From 122 to 137 members (31% senior, 20% managers, 11% Entry, 8% CXO, 8% Director, 7% owner) - 15 on-going discussions 13

Website Analytics Total page views across all pages on the site from June 2012-June 2013: Using Google analytics and CMS 14 Peak 1 in the website visits coincides with the public event ‘Results and Engagement’ and second general assembly, ESRIN Frascati, Italy from January 2013

Website Analytics 15 Peak 2: Helix Nebula consortium represented at strategic events organised by key stakeholders and the EC: The Future in the Cloud – A Finnish Edge, March 25, Kajaani, Finland. CERN introduced the idea of a forum of national communities to contribute to national cloud strategy plans. The management team presented its Horizon 2020 recommendation paper: Taking Helix Nebula to the Next Level: The transition from Pilot Phase to Viable Service at DG-CONNECT, Excellence in Science on 08 March The 2013 European Cloud Computing Conference, 7 March, Brussels The 10th e-Infrastructure Concentration Meeting in Brussels on the 6th and 7th of March TERENA storage task force meeting, 5th March 2013, Berlin

Dissemination Activities Events Participation - Visibility - New partner members - Commercial, social project impact Participated in 44 events: -Policy makers, eScience end users, industry (4 events, e.g. RSA Conference, San Francisco, USA, 25 January-01 March 2013, RSA Europe 2012) -Industry, government and research communities (5 events, e.g. EC Workshop on Towards an EU strategy of Cloud computing for government and science, Brussels, 26 November 2012, Cloudscape V, Brussels, Feb 2013 ) -Industry and Service Providers (3 events: e.g.ISACA INSIGHTS, Berlin, 11 June 2013) -European eResearch (4 events, e.g. 10th e-Infrastructure Concentration Meeting, Brussels, March 2013, ) -Academia & industry, Science and research (3 events, e.g. ISC Cloud’12, Mannheim, Germany, 24 September 2012) etc. -At least 11 more upcoming events 16

Interaction with other FP7 projects and stakeholders outside the consortium HN Presented to: A4Cloud CUMULUS CIRRUS CSA membership – e.g. at CSA events. Potential new supply and demand-side members 17

Regular high-level interaction with the EC eIRG workshops (Copenhagen, June 2012 & Dublin, June 2013) DCI workshop, Prague, September 2012 Clouds for Science and Public Authorities workshop, Brussels Nov 2012 eConcentration meeting, Brussels, March 2013 European Cloud Computing Conference, March 2013 Dedicated meeting with DG-CONNECT & DG-RTD (March 2013) to present expanded version of “Helix Nebula: the Science Cloud : A Catalyst for Change in Europe” report – focusing on the key potential role of HN in Horizon