1. External communications Anne Asserson Research Administration Department, UiB Tartu, May 2005

2. Strategic seminar Web pages Contacts

3. Partners ESF European Science Foundation EARMA European Association of research Managers and Administrators ALLEA All European Academies Codata Committe for data for science and Technology ERCIM European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics euroCRIS european Current research information systems

4. Partners interest in the seminar (1) ESF: publication quality of scholarly work in Europe; (2) EARMA: evaluation of research, league tables, bibliometrics and scientometrics; (3) ICSU/CODATA: publishing metadata standards and the interfacing to original scientific datasets; (4) ALLEA: publishing through and for learned societies; (5) ERCIM: IT to support the process, intersection with the DELOS network and associated projects

5. euroCRIS September Seminar Palace of the Academies, Brussels, CRIS + Open Access = The Route to Research Knowledge (2004) - 32 participants - Report printed by CCCLC

6. Driving the ERA Forward by Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges. The Need for Intergration over European Current Research Information Systems (2003) - 27 participants - Report printed at CCCLC

7. ‘TheResearch Information System and the Research Process in a GRIDs Environment’ 19-20 2005, Palace of the Academies, Brussels The proposition: Research Process Improvement using GRIDs 0900-0930Welcome and Introduction Why EuroCRIS, why this group of partners, why this seminar 0930-1000The Research Process : From application to publication 1000-1030e-Research: a GRIDs environment 1030-1100break 1100-1130THE RESEARCH PROCESS ON THE GRIDS SURFACE e-support for the process stages 1100-1130e-workprogramme: Formation of the workprogramme; consultation and convergence (e-communications, repositories, CRISs of past programmes and results, access GRID and videoconferencing) 1130-1200e-proposal: Generating the proposal and submitting it; proposal evaluation and contract negotiation (CRISs to store re-usable information (CVs, publications, past projects…), ensure novelty, e-forms with inbuilt constraints / rules, CRISs to judge quality of proposal, e-refereeing)

8. 1200-1230e-Project: project set-up and management: milestones, deliverables, resources, risks (CRIS, project management system, integration of finance system, HR system) use of GRIDs environment for project execution 1230-1330LUNCH RESULTS ON THE GRIDS SURFACEe-support for managing results information 1330-1400Products & Patents: results for wealth-creationProducts: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Patents: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1400-1430Publications: results for assessmentPublications: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Grey Literature: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1430-1500Human Resources: the hidden treasureKnow-How: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected Trained Staff: the process for production, where in the process is the information collected 1500-1530BREAK QUALITY, METRICS & EXPLOITATION: Measurements for Management Assurance 1530-1600Publications Quality: the myth and the reality how to achieve by the process (peer reviewing, reviewer databases and choosing the right ones, editing to improve readability)Measuring Output; volume and quality (ISI citations, a true measure?)Grey Literature Quality; how to achieve by the process Measuring Output; volume and quality 1600-1630How good are your staff?Know-How and staff Quality: how to achieve by the processMeasuring Output; volume and quality 1630-1700The elusive desideratumExploitation: From Research prototype to successful product

9. THE NEW IT ENVIRONMENTWill it help the research process? 0900-0930Cheaper to store than to collectThe new cost equation; limitless storage and compute powerERCIM 0930-1000Managing the information or managing the real world that the information represents?CRISs and Electronic Libraries on the GRIDs surface: a system for managing research information 1000-1030Workflow: can e-process improve the research process?Need for Workflow to support the research process; collect relevant information at the right place at the right time 1030-1100BREAK IT SOLUTIONS: NEXT GENERATION 3 Steps to Nirvana? 1100-1130Catalogue it!Metadata (DC, OAI-PMH, research data exchange & standards, syntax & semantics) 1130-1200Autonomics: self-adjusting SystemsSecurity, Privacy, Scaling, Self*EC-GRIDS 1200-1230Research process of the future?Workflow on the GRIDs surface 1230-1330LUNCH 1400-1430Discussion 1430-1500Next Steps