1. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova WP2 status and plans

2. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova WP2 objectives Define the project programme Oversee the project development and monitor the progress of WP2-WP6 Oversee the scientific aspects of the project (WP2-2) Define a medium term strategic plan for the Euro-VO DCA Ensure visibility of EuroVO-DCA in IVOA

3. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Define the project programme Milestones and deliverables: –Kick-off: first Board meeting, 2 & 3 October 2006 Presentation of the partners Discussion of the WP work program, agreement on the possibility for the WPs to convene specific Workshops –End of kick-off: Preliminary project plan: email discussion, delivered on time –Additional Board meeting: FP7 strategy, 1 & 2 February 2007, Garching (also, status of the WP3 Workshops) –End of Cycle one: Revised project plan (October 2007) Joint Board/PCT meeting?

4. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Data Centres: the project target Definition of a Data Centre in the VObs context http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/twikiDCA/bin/view/EuroVODCA/DataCentresinVO Preliminary census at the end of the kick-off phase, based on the partners’ presentations at the Board kick-off + additional information Census presentation and content: specific item of the meeting Updated and maintained by the PM with help from PCT The Census of European data centres is a final product of the project (November 2008)

5. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Oversee the project development and monitor progress This meeting Tool (required by Brussels, take advantage of it for real monitoring of the project!) : self- evaluation matrix, maintained by the PM/PCT

6. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Oversee the scientific aspects (1) Euro-VO SAC: high level science requirement IST, led by Mark Allen First telecon, 16 November 2006 Charter: maintains the global scientific coherence of DCA activities –Highlighting Scientific Drivers to motivate DCA take-up –Providing real science examples for use in the tutorials and workshops and to test and use the services –Identify science linkage across work packages –Pursure strategies and priorities defined by the Science Advisory Committee.

7. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Oversee the scientific aspects (2) Face-to-face meeting (23 March 2007, ESAC) –Discussion of the Census –Input for the workshop High level goal for Euro-VO scientists: prepare a set of science cases/tutorials to be used as examples in VO talks

8. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Medium term strategy Find a way to get funds for the whole Euro-VO FP7 calls: Scientific Data repositories (yesterday) Euro-VO Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access EuroVO-AIDA Transition to operations after VO- TECH, EuroVO-DCA and the present VOFC activities Includes support to data centres, support to users, R&D on standards and new technologies, outreach

9. WP2 status and plans First PMT meeting, May 3-4 2007, Strasbourg Françoise Genova Visibility in IVOA Feedback from implementation (WP3-2) >>> all IVOA WGs « Pre-standardisation » activities in WP4 >>> Theory Interest Group, Registry, DM, … WP5 Grid >>> Astro-RG Interest Group, Grid & Web services