Description
The current energy crisis has an impact on all areas of life and thus also on the Research Infrastructures and e-Infrastructures. RIs and e-Infrastructures are recognised as critical infrastructures, because research and innovation ecosystems are more and more linked with societal challenges, local economies and the citizens, and are also enablers for development and economic growth. Nevertheless the increasing costs for maintenance and operation need to be addressed. The following questions will be addressed in this session:
* What is / are the main risks from the energy crises and corresponding cases for e-Infrastructures?
* How can the awareness about the risk case be raised? (and at what level?)
* Which entity is deciding about the financial flows towards the e-Infrastructures?
* What is the logic behind such decisions?
* About the role of the Funders: what is more important for their decisions:
** the possible lack of energy
** the inflation
** the fragmentation of the many e-Infrastructures servers?
* Is “securing operations” the priority number 1 issue or are there priorities?
* What can we learn from commercial providers of e-Infrastructures (and related services)? Do we need a dialogue with them? (lessons learned dialogue)
* What could be the recommendations about efficiency?
* How strong is the impact of the “Energy crisis and its impact on e-Infrastructures” on the research processes?
* How much energy do the e-Infrastructures consume?
