e-IRG Workshop under Hungarian EU Presidency

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2nd floor meeting room (Governmental Agency for IT development (KIFÜ), Budapest, Hungary )

2nd floor meeting room

Governmental Agency for IT development (KIFÜ), Budapest, Hungary

KIFÜ, Váci út 35, 1134,
Janos Mohacsi (KiFÜ), Stefan Hanslik (BMBWF)
Description

Note: The venue location and the logistics are at the bottom of the page!

The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) organises two open workshops every year, each under the auspices of the corresponding presidency of the EU Council. The Hungarian EU Presidency e-IRG Workshop is organised as a hybrid event hosted by KIFÜ, and will bring together e-Infrastructure stakeholders in Budapest, Hungary, as well as online and worldwide. 

The event's overarching theme is "The Role of National e-Infrastructures in the Europen Research Ecosystem". A set of sub-topics was proposed by the e-IRG delegations and e-Infrastructure Assembly and the top-3 voted ones have been chosen for the program. These are the following: 

  1. Continued national and EU investments in e-Infrastructures to ensure their long-term sustainability
    • Member States are heavily investing in national and European e-Infrastructures, including among others network enhancements, High-Performance Computing and AI-facilities, data storage, and Open Science initiatives. These investments support cutting-edge research and reinforce Europe’s role in global research infrastructures. Maintaining the financial, operational, and environmental sustainability of research infrastructures is crucial. This includes investments in energy-efficient infrastructures, ongoing modernisation of systems, and ensuring long-term viability.
      Under this topic developments at the national and EU levels will be reviewed, both positive (good practices) and also challenges and how these were overcome or not in specific countries/regions.
       
  2. Major e-Infrastructure developments at the national or EU levels (connectivity, computing (HPC/HTC/AI), FAIR data/open science)
    • Member States and e-Infra Assembly members will report on major developments in their countries or at the EU level, including good practices and challenges faced. And also, how the EU landscape may be affected. Recently ESFRI published its Landscape Analysis as a separate document from the ESFRI Roadmap, which also reports on developments in the digital field (e-Infrastructures). 
      Under this topic developments at the national and EU levels will be reviewed, both success stories (e.g. good practices) and also challenges faced, and how these were overcome or not in specific countries/regions. This topic is closely linked with the above topic.
       
  3. Preparation for EOSC Federation - Interest in EOSC nodes
    • Countries are preparing to become nodes in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) federation, aligning their national infrastructures with EOSC’s technical standards. This involves enabling cross-border data sharing and creating federated cloud services to support collaborative scientific research.
      Under this topic developments at the national and EU levels will be reviewed, both success stories (e.g. good practices) and also challenges faced, and how these were overcome or not in specific countries/regions.

Each e-IRG delegation will reflect on the above three (3) topics, while similar reflections will be made by the major EU e-Infrastructures and related initiatives. There will be two sessions under the Hungarian e-IRG workshop, as presented below. 

Monday 25 November 2024, 13:30-18:30

Session 1:  Reports from countries on e-Infrastructure developments

Tuesday 26 November 2024, 09:00-11:00

Session 2: Reports from EC, e-Infrastructure Assembly, EOSC-A, EuroHPC, and ESFRI

 

Looking forward to a fruitful workshop!

Stefan Hanslik, e-IRG Chair

Janos Mohacsi, e-IRG co-Chair

Fotis Karayannis, Michael Maragakis, Bernd Saurugger, Jan Wiebelitz, e-IRG Support Project

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Venue: Governmental Agency for IT development (KIFÜ) - Contact – KIFÜ

Address: 2nd floor meeting room, KIFÜ, Váci út 35, 1134 Budapest, Hungary - Link to KIFÜ Map, Hotels nearby

Closest hotel: Danubius Hotel Helia

Instructions on how to reach the room: At the reception ask about e-IRG, and they will call KIFÜ and someone will pick you up to enter the closed areas. 

Registration
e-IRG Workshop under Hungarian EU Presidency
Participants
  • Alexander Van den Hil
  • Ana Proykova
  • Andrii Shevchenko
  • Aneta Karaivanova
  • Ann Séror
  • Annabel Grant
  • Arnold Csonka
  • Bernd Saurugger
  • Bertil Beck
  • Cathrin Stöver
  • chris de loof
  • Christian Panigl
  • Christoph Witzig
  • Dale Robertson
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Didier Moreau
  • Ebru Soyuyüce Aydın
  • Enzo Valente
  • Fotis Karayannis
  • Fotis Psomopoulos
  • Franciska Jong
  • Franziska Krauss
  • Franziska Wehner
  • Gergely Sipos
  • Holger Ihssen
  • Ieva Cesevičiūtė
  • Ignacio Blanquer
  • Ildikó Kádárné Kelemen
  • Ilmars Slaidins
  • Imre Szeberenyi
  • Ivan Maric
  • Ivana Budinska
  • Ivana Budinska
  • Jan Růžička
  • Jan Wiebelitz
  • Janos Mohacsi
  • Joao Pina
  • Jos van Wezel
  • José Luis Martínez
  • Judit Garamvölgyi
  • Marta Chinnici
  • Megi Sharikadze
  • Michael Maragakis
  • Mojca Kotar
  • Natalia Manola
  • Panos Argyrakis
  • Paolo Budroni
  • Peter Bogatencov
  • Peter Broennimann
  • Radu Vasiu
  • Ramaz Kvatadze
  • Rosette Vandenbroucke
  • Sabine Neff
  • Slaven Mihaljević
  • Stefan Hanslik
  • Stefan Liebler
  • Stefi Dodig
  • Sylvie Petršová
  • Tamas Maray
  • Tanja Maier
  • Tiftik Hasan Burak
  • Todor gurov
  • tommaso boccali
  • Volker Beckmann
  • Volodymyr Nochvai
  • Wouter Addink
  • Yann Le Franc
  • Yannis Rodopoulos
  • Monday, November 25
    • Session 1 - Report from countries on e-Infrastructure developments
      • 1
        Welcome and Introduction

        Stefan Hanslik, e-IRG Chair, Janos Mohacsi, e-IRG co-Chair

      • 2
        Reports from countries, e-IRG delegations - first set

        Each country should reflect on the top-voted topics among the e-IRG delegations, see below namely:
        1) "Continued national and EU investments on EU e-Infrastructures (long-terrm sustainability)"
        2) "Major e-Infrastructure developments at national or EU level (network, computing (HTC and HPC), FAIR data and open science)
        3) "Preparation for EOSC Federation - Interest in becoming nodes"

        Each country should have a presentation of NOT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES (followed by 1-2 questions)

        1. AUSTRIA, Christian Panigl, ACOnet, Paolo Budroni, TU Wien and Stefan Hanslik, BMBWF
        2. BELGIUM, Chris de Loof, BELSPO
        3. BULGARIA, Ana Proykova, Sofia University and Aneta Karaivanova, IICT-BAS
        4. CROATIA, Slaven Mihaljević, University Computing Centre SRCE
        5. ITALY, Tommaso Boccali, INFN and Enzo Valente, GARR
        6. FRANCE, Volker Beckmann, MESR
        7. GREECE, Panos Argyrakis, AUTH
      • 3:30 PM
        Session Break
      • 3
        Reports from countries, e-IRG delegations - second set

        Each country should reflect on the top-voted topics, see below namely:
        1) "Continued national and EU investments on EU e-Infrastructures (long-term sustainability)"
        2) "Major e-Infrastructure developments at national or EU level (network, computing (HTC and HPC), FAIR data and open science)
        3) "Preparation for EOSC Federation - Interest in becoming nodes"

        Each country should have a presentation of NOT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES (followed by 1-2 questions)

        1. HUNGARY, Janos Mohacsi, KIFÜ and Tamas Maray, HUN-REN SZTAKI
        2. LATVIA, Ilmars Slaidins, Riga Technical University
        3. NETHERLANDS, Alexander Van den Hil, SURF
        4. SLOVAKIA, Ivana Budinska, Slovak Academy of Sciences
        5. SPAIN, Ignacio Blanquer, UPV
        6. SWITZERLAND, Peter Broennimann, SERI and Christoph Witzig, Switch
        7. UKRAINE, Volodymyr Nochvai, Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems NASU, NOSC-UA DIH KAU and Andrii Shevchenko, Kyiv Academic University
      • 4
        Follow-up discussion - Session Summary

        The main purpose of this session would be to identify some good practices and main points from the national interventions.

  • Tuesday, November 26
    • Session 2 - Report from EC, e-Infrastructure Assembly, EOSC-A, EuroHPC, and ESFRI
      • 5
        Welcome and Introduction

        Stefan Hanslik, e-IRG Chair, Janos Mohacsi, e-IRG co-Chair

      • 6
        Report from EC, e-Infrastructure Assembly, EOSC-A and ESFRI

        EC - Current status and outlook on e-Infrastructures (Connectivity, Computing, Data)
        e-Infrastructure Assembly developments - MoU and other updates from e-Infrastructures
        EOSC-A update
        ESFRI update
        EuroHPC update

        The stakeholders should reflect on the top-voted topics, see below namely:
        1) "Continued EU investments on EU e-Infrastructures (long-term sustainability)"
        2) "Major e-Infrastructure developments at EU level (network, computing (HTC and HPC), FAIR data and open science)
        3) "Preparation for EOSC Federation - Interest in becoming nodes" (relevant to only part of the stakeholders)

        Each stakeholder should have a presentation of NOT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES (followed by 1-2 questions) - 15’ max

        1. EC, DG RTD, Bertil Beck
        2. e-Infrastructure Assembly, Cathrin Stöver-GEANT, Gergely Sipos-EGI Foundation, Jos van Wezel-EUDAT, Natalia Manola-OpenAIRE
        3. EOSC-A, Ignacio Blanquer, EOSC-A director
        4. ESFRI, José Luis Martínez, ESFRI Chair
      • 7
        Follow-up discussion - Session Summary
      • 11:00 AM
        Coffee Break
      • 8
        e-IRG Delegates meeting - Closed