ERF Homepage

Communiqué

The 2nd ERF seminar will take place on the 19 Oct 2010, PSI Villigen (Switzerland) - Human Capital for Modern Research Infrastructure.|

Future Access to European Research Infrastructures:

Benefits to Academia, Industry and Society

Lund, Scandic Star Hotel, the 27th of October 2009

Lund-2

(Michel Van der Rest)

Welcome Session

Welcome - Ulf Karlsson, Chairman of the VR Committee for Research Infrastructures|

Introduction - Michel Van der Rest, ERF Chairman|

Lund-4

(Ake Kvick and Prof Ulf Karlsson)

Plenary Session

Research Infrastructures : an overview on the fields in Europe, Marc Heppener, ESF Director of Science & Strategy Development|

Evaluation: review on criteria and methodology for defining the Open Access, Giorgio Margaritondo, Vice-President EPFL|

Impact assessment of the European FP7 Transnational Access Programme, Hervé Péro, DG Research – Head of the RI Unit|

Benefit of RIs to industrial trade and wealth creation, Alfons Molenbroek, Haldor Topsøe Limited

APS study on the Access to Major International X-Ray & Neutron Facilities , Henry Glyde, University of Delaware|

Lund-3

Parallel Sessions

Users facility point of view and offering	Open-private access conditions	Access to projects funded by research agencies
How can European countries which have no facilities get access, Helena Aksela, Professor at Oulu University\|	How can the access to RIs for industry be made easier – a TOTAL point of viewJean-François Minster, Scientific Director, TOTAL, Paris\|	Submitting proposals to RIs: how to respect the excellence in avoiding the double evaluation?, Wolfgang Sandner, Director of the Max-Born Institute of Berlin\|
What should be the best practices for improving the efficiency of access in European RIs ?, Friso Van der Veen, PSI/SLS, Villigen\|	How can strategic access to RIs foster technology advancement – outcomes from the GENNESYS study, Helmut Dosch, DESY Chairman, Hamburg\|	How to consider the access for funded programmes ? example in Neutron community, Michael Steiner Scientific Director, CEO, of Hahn-Meitner-Institute\|
How to conciliate the increase of users requirements and the operation of a national network ? the code of deontology of RENATER, Dany Vandromme, RENATER Director General, Paris\|	How a virtual network of theoreticians does handle the request of experimentalists and industrialists ? the case of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, Anne Matsuura, ETSF Executive Director\|	How to consider the access to high computing facilities for funded programmes ; the solution jointly proposed by GENCI and the ANR, Catherine Rivière, GENCI General Director, Paris\|

Reports on the Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Users facility point of view and offering, Ake Kvick, MAX-Lab|

Session 2: Open-private access conditions, Aart Kleyn, FOM Director|

Session 3: Access to projects funded by research agencies, Jean-Pierre Caminade, SOLEIL|

Conclusions

Carlo Rizzuto, ESFRI Chairman|

Findings ERF Seminar 2009|

Lund-1

ERF: European association of national Research Facilities laboratories has been initiated to promote cooperation between individual European national large-scale research facilities laboratories, for example supporting research with neutrons, lasers, synchrotron light and ions. Among its' objectives are:

To coordinate development of forefront facilities for European research;
To develop mechanisms and best practice for international provision of large-scale research facilities;
To act as a source of scientific and technical expert opinion for national and European policy making;
To act as a single voice – representing a large constituency for large-scale research facilities – with decision makers;
To facilitate the availability of resources for large-scale research facilities by cooperation and also through the initiation of specific joint initiatives or consortia;

The initiating associates are: