1. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Dr. Jørgen Kjems ESFRI PSE RWG chair ESFRI Roadmap and Astronomy

2. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 What is ESFRI? A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures Launched in April 02 Brings together representatives of the 25 Member States, 7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC) ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

3. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Role of ESFRI (and of its ad-hoc Working Groups) To foster an “open method of coordination” between different countries To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy To bring initiatives and projects to a point where decisions by ministers are possible First roadmap in 2006 Update in Dec 2008 A stimulation and incubator role

4. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures The Roadmap First edition 2006 Mandate from the Council of Ministers, November 2004 The Roadmap is the result of two years of intensive work About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from every MS and AS, from most fields and user communities, giving the end product credibility and quality. It is the beginning of an ongoing process

5. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Addressing seven (7) fields of Research and major challenges From about original 200 proposals, thirty five (35) projects have been identified through several review stages Community produced ideas that will open up new and unexpected areas of knowledge Some fields should be stimulated for further integration The Roadmap (2) First edition 2006

6. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Social Science and Humanities CESSDA EROHS ESS DARIAH SHARE CLARIN 6 Projects

7. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Environmental Sciences AURORA BOREALIS EURO-ARGO EUFAR LIFEWATCH ICOS EMSO IAGOS-ERI 7 Projects

8. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Energy HiPER JHR 3 Projects IFMIF Being built

9. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Biomedical and Life Sciences STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY BIOBANKS CLINICAL TRIALS EATRIS INFRAFRONTIER Upgrade of EBI 6 Projects

10. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Material Sciences ESS ESRF XFEL ELI ILL IRUVX PRINS 7 Projects Being built Phase 1 eminent Phase 1 ongoing

11. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Astronomy, Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics European ELT SKA SPIRAL2 FAIR KM3NeT 5 Projects Beeing built Phase 1 eminent

12. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Computer Data Treatment, Particle and Space Physics Inputs from e-IRG, ESA, CERN EUHPC (e-IRG) The CERN Council strategy for particle physics The ESA Cosmic Vision

13. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Global Dimension Several of the projects on the Roadmap require a global approach ESFRI has entered into a dialogue with the OECD Global Science Forum Major players are Australia, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, USA Astronomy is an obvious area for global coordination

14. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Policy Makers Researchers Funders Industry - European Commission supports the ESFRI process in the 7th Framework Programme. - A growing number of national road maps - Important science community inputs i.e. ASTRONET We need an sustained dialogue Who is the Roadmap for ?

15. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Critical Issues Developing transferable and global financial and legal structures for Research Infrastructures Ensuring the human capacity is available and making it attractive for young people Interfaces with industry Part of response to grand challenges

16. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Preparatory Phase facilitating financial engineering for new research infrastructures Inclusion in Specific RTD Programme(s) Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV strategic plans Stakeholders incl. EIROs Member States European Commission Inclusion in national Programmes Projects EIB RSFF

17. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures A new legal framework: ERI The main characteristics of the status of an ERI would be the following: Legal personality recognised in all MS; Reflecting spirit of a truly European venture; Non-economic research services (on basis of excellence); Flexible, to adapt to the needs; Providing some privileges and exemptions; Not a Community body, but being governed by a hierarchy of laws: Community, State(s), Statutes. Approval of the EC scheduled for July 23

18. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Next Steps ESFRI Road Map Up-date 2008: strategic issues like energy, environement and climate change of growing importance; e-infrastructures also need more attention Implementation: some of the projects are already in place and new momentum will be sought under the French presidency based on Road Map Up- date

19. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Many thanks for your attention Merci Gracias Danke Grazie Bedankt Teşekkür ederim Obrigado Kiitos Tack Hvala Köszönöm Ευχαριστω СПАСІБO ありがとう

20. ESFRI Road Mao Up-date 2008 16/06/2008 - Liverpool ASTRONET – European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures Useful links  Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP7) http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/ http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/  ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures) http://www.cordis.lu/esfri/ http://www.e-irg.com  EIB (European Investment Bank) http://www.eib.org