1. 1 1 st Virtual Forum on Global Research Communities Brussels, 12 th July 2007 Mário Campolargo European Commission - DG INFSO Head of Unit “GÉANT and e-Infrastructures”

2. 2 A new vision for Science  Virtual Research Communities  Improved scientific process… role of simulation  Cross-disciplinarity  Data deluge - Wet-labs versus ICT infrastructures networking grids instrumentation computing data curation… Technology push value added of distributed collaborative research (virtual organisations) Application pull

3. 3 Global Virtual Research Community Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc.

4. 4 Global Virtual Research Community Virtual Community Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Virtual labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Network Grid Scientific Data Economies of Scale Efficiency Gains

5. 5 e-Infrastructures: strategy....... Linking at the speed of the light Sharing computers, instruments and applications Sharing and federating scientific data

6. 6 e-Infrastructures: strategy....... Weather Forecast VO Biomedics VO Astrophysics VO Connecting the finest minds Sharing the best scientific resources Building global virtual communities

7. 7 GÉANT: global reach

8. 8 EGEE: global collaborations

9. 9 Large multi-science grids  >200 sites  >30 000 CPUs  ~30 000 jobs successfully completed per day  100 Virtual Organisations  >2000 registered users, representing 1000s of scientists  >200 sites  >30 000 CPUs  ~30 000 jobs successfully completed per day  100 Virtual Organisations  >2000 registered users, representing 1000s of scientists

10. 10 Focus on scientific data infrastructures

11. 11 e-Infrastructure: evolving approach FP7 FP5 GÉANT 200320042005200620072008200920102011 FP6 GÉANT2 Grid infrastructures Supercomputer grid New users … upgrade … reinforce Repositories Org, policy, intern Data infrastruct. … upgrade

12. 12 FP7: Research Infrastructures Call 2 Integrating activities ICT based e-Infrastructures Construction of new RIs (preparatory and implementation phases) Design studies support measures European policy, international cooperation, emerging needs e-Science Grid e-Infrastructures Studies, conferences and coordination actions supporting policy development, incl. international support to existing research infrastructures support to new research infrastructures

13. 13 e-Infrastructure: core infrastructures FP6 FP7 Network layer Grid layer Data layer User Communities Call 2 - Sep 2007 e-Science grid Infrastructure 50M€ DEISA EGEE OMII Europe …

14. 14 e-Infrastructure: support measures FP6 FP7 Network layer Grid layer Data layer User Communities … international cooperation Call 2 - Sep 2007 14M€ Regarding e-Infrastructures… … coordination actions supporting policy development … … studies and conferences …

15. 15 Further information www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/