EGI Strategy (EOSC hub week, Malaga, 16 - 20 April 2018)

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Chair – EGI Council
Strategy
Matthew Dovey

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EGI Federation - Strategy
http://go.egi.eu/strategy2020
• During 2017, started a process of
revision
• Mature version available
• On-going work to develop a 3-year
implementation plan
Current strategy approved in 2015
• Feedback from NGIs
• Most important activity which
EGI Federation can help NGIs
with
• Most important activity whith
NGIs can help EGI Federation
(and hence other NGIs with)

3. advanced computing
for research
to be at the forefront of an international community that empowers people to expand the horizons of research and innovation
vision
enable people to transform data, software and expertise into knowledge and innovation
mission
research communities & research infrastructures
target groups
policymakers & funding agenciesSMEs & industry
community building consultancy & supporttechnical services policy advocacy
offering
…
coordination trainingtechnical services certification & audit
integration and management
…
federate digital
capabilities, resources
and expertise
strategic goals
provide an operational
governance over the
federated infrastructure
co-create and integrate
open and user-driven
services and solutions
facilitate users
finding and using
the best services
be a trusted
distributor of
research data
training
supplier groups
generic service providers technology providers …thematic service providers
Openness Collaboration Innovation Trustworthiness Inclusiveness
be a trusted
policy
adviser
develop skills
across users or
operators
Overview of the new EGI Strategy
Draft available: http://go.egi.eu/strategy-draft

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Strategy and Innovation Board (SIB)
• Advisory board set up to provide advice and guidance to the EGI
Council and to EGI Foundation leadership about the strategy in terms
of:
– Relationship and service provision to user communities
– Relationship to other e-infrastructures
– Relationship to industry
– Technology and innovation
– e-infrastructure organisation and management
• Composition Objective
– Public research: 3
– Computing/Data: 2
– Big industry: 1
– SMEs: 1
• Terms of reference: https://documents.egi.eu/document/2131

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Strategy and Innovation Board (SIB)
Current members
• Prof. Ian Foster: Distinguished fellow and senior scientist in the
Mathematics and Computer Science division at Argonne National
Laboratory; Professor in the department of Computer Science at the
University of Chicago
• Michela Magas: Director, Stromatolite Innovation Lab; EU Woman
Innovator of the Year 2017; Advisor, Innovator’s Strategic Advisory Board on
People-Centred Innovation to G7 Leaders; Advisor, Innovation, Advisor,
Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group, European Commission (OISPG)
• Prof. Giorgio Rossi: Professor of Physics at the Università degli Studi di
Milano; ESFRI Chair since July 1st, 2016; Chair of the GSO-G8+5 group on
Global Research Infrastructures in 2017
• Prof. John Wood: Chair of the ATTRACT advisory board based at CERN in
Geneva. He was a founder member of the European Strategy Forum for
Research Infrastructures and became chair in 2004 where he was
responsible for producing the first European Roadmap. He became the first
chair of the European Research Area Board in 2008-11.

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EGI Strategy Innovation Fund (SIF)
• Fund to stimulate more targeted and agile
innovative projects that align with the EGI's vision,
mission and strategy
• Areas of impact
– Higher user satisfaction
– Improve performance (e.g. better usability, lower
operational costs, better scalability and stability)
– Increase technical sustainability of software
• Different types of projects will be supported
• 1 Call per year starting from 2018

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