©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Opening Remarks Keith G Jeffery President, euroCRIS

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Purpose The Problem Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

©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 accepted

©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 accepted –Knowledge-based economy –Led by R&D

©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 accepted The problem before us is how to implement that vision

©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 accepted The problem before us is how to implement that vision For wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Purpose The 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Purpose The 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels CRIS+OA= The Route to Research Knowledge on the GRID The GRID OA Repositories (the knowledge) CRISs (the management tool)

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels 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

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Structure The Organisations –ESF –EARMA –ALLEA –CODATA –ERCIM And, of course, the EC euroCRIS has collected together some of the key organisations

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Structure Attendees …… which share this viewpoint They have provided (along with euroCRIS) –Speakers –Other attendees –Funding and / or other assistance As in previous euroCRIS seminar

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Programme We have an exciting 2-day programme –in your folder

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels Programme We have an exciting 2-day programme –in your folder There is plenty of opportunity for participation by everyone –Formal sessions –Social events

©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar Brussels 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