The e-InfraNet workshop on the ‘Open agenda’ took place in the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on the 27th and 28th of October 2011.
Most of the Presentations made at the workshop as well as the ‘Nano Report’ of the event are available here.
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Members of the e-InfraNet consortia and other representatives from Higher Education and Research Institutions attended a workshop in Bristol, UK on the 26th and 27th of May 2011 to investigate the feasibility of the establishment of a pan European Green ICT network to address the Human Capacity deficit in the area of Green ICT which may inhibit Higher Education and Research Institutions from fully engaging with and implementing energy reducing solutions and processes.
Dr. Per Öster spoke about the impact of a virtualised future on Grid Services
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The e-InfraNet project held a two day workshop around the Cloud agenda on the 29th and 30th of March 2011 in the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium.
The primary aims of the workshop were to identify key policy, technical and cultural issues associated with using the Cloud at the European, Governmental and Researcher levels. The workshop sought to identify in particular key national and EU collaboration issues that will promote more effective use of the cloud across the ERA and the priority areas for work to achieve this, including whether the EU should engage on a pan-European level, as a series of individual national initiatives or through collaborations between member and other states?
It examined the real opportunities that the cloud offers for researchers as well as the barriers both technical and non-technical that impede its application for the research community.
The e-InfraNet project hosted a session at the Terena Networking Conference (TNC) which took place in Prague on the 16th- 19th of May 2011
This session entitled e-Infrastructure policy issues- the e-InfraNet project and the ENPG heritage was chaired by Dr. Malcolm Read (JISC, UK) and the project was represented by the following speakers:
Dr. Malcolm Read (JISC, United Kingdom)- The potential role of NRENs in Cloud Provision
Mr.Brian Boyle- (HEAnet, Ireland)- HEAnet’s National Data Storage Infrastructure
Ms. Marjut Andler, CSC, Finland)- Green Datacenter, Policy Issues, Partnerships and Practical Considerations
DC Net (Digital Cultural Heritage Network) have signed an MoU with e-InfraNet. The principal aim of the DC net project is to develop and to strengthen the co-ordination of the public research programmes among the European countries in the sector of digital cultural heritage. The two projects will collaborate along a broad framework exchanging information about past and present e-Infrastructure related programmes, policies and priorities in Europe, sharing recommendations and participating in each other’s events and training activities. e-InfraNet looks forward to engaging with the DC Net project especially with regard to its work in the Open Area.
e-InfraNet held a workshop on Green and Environmental Computing in Helsinki (Espoo) on Wednesday 27th- Thursday 28th October 2010.
Over the past few years, Green ICT has become a hot topic and is today at the heart of Europe’s efforts to tackle the problems of climate change and global warming. Although the reflections on Green ICT were originally limited to reducing the environmental impact of ICT products and devices – the “ICT carbon footprint” – it is now recognized that ICT can also have a major environmental impact by enabling energy efficiencies in other sectors.
This eInfranet workshop addressed both sides of the challenge and presented some of the most original projects and initiatives in the field, from the development of greener computers, data centers, and networks, to the use of the enabling effect of ICT in higher education, government and industry. It also reviewed the EU and Members States’ green strategies and policies with keynotes from EC and eInfranet partners’ government representatives.
SEERA-EI(South-East European Research Area for eInfrastructures) and eInfraNet recently signed and MOU. Both parties recognise a need for harmonising and co-ordinating the related national efforts and establishing a common European endeavour in order to serve successful integration of the diverse and parallel local and regional policies in the field of e-Infrastructures.