1. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 1 Opening Remarks Keith G Jeffery President, euroCRIS k.g.jeffery@.rl.ac.uk www.eurocris.org

2. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 2 Purpose The Problem Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim

3. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 3 Purpose The Problem Europe has to compete with North America and the Far East / Pacific Rim The ‘ERA Vision’ has been articulated and accepted

4. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 4 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

5. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 5 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

6. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 6 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

7. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 7 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

8. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 8 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

9. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 9 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

10. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 10 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

11. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 11 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

12. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 12 CRIS+OA= The Route to Research Knowledge on the GRID The GRID OA Repositories (the knowledge) CRISs (the management tool)

13. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 13 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

14. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 14 Structure The Organisations –ESF –EARMA –ALLEA –CODATA –ERCIM And, of course, the EC euroCRIS has collected together some of the key organisations

15. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 15 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

16. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 16 Programme We have an exciting 2-day programme –in your folder

17. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 17 Programme We have an exciting 2-day programme –in your folder There is plenty of opportunity for participation by everyone –Formal sessions –Social events

18. ©euroCRIS/Keith G JefferyCRIS Seminar 200409 Brussels 20040920 18 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