SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSATLANTIC EU-U.S. COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF LARGE SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES

Purpose & Scope

The purpose of the EU-U.S. symposium on Large Scale Research Infrastructures (LSRI) is to increase mutual understanding and raise awareness on planning and management processes of the LSRI in Europe and in the USA. The symposium will bring together major LSRI funding organizations, officials, major research infrastructure executives and other related experts and scientists to discuss how LSRI are developed and managed, the priorities and strategic perspectives for development of LSRI, ongoing initiatives at the EU Level, national level in Europe and in the USA, as well as good practice examples on selected topics of mutual interest including recommendations for tackling challenges to trans-Atlantic cooperation.

The full-day event will be organized in plenary sessions in the morning followed by 4 theme specific parallel sessions in the afternoon (see Programme).

The purpose of the plenary sessions is to highlight and discuss the opportunities and challenges faced in LSRI development and management by EU and U.S. The specific objectives include:

• The reflection on current trends in LSRI in Europe and in the U.S.
• The enhancement of dialogue and the knowledge exchange between major stakeholders in EU and U.S.

The purpose of the parallel sessions is to promote good knowledge sharing practices in the selected thematic fields, to identify obstacles to collaboration, and to contribute towards developing new strategies and modalities in future collaboration that address these issues. Parallel sessions will provide overviews of the selected projects supported by EU and U.S. and present the results of these projects as well as sharing experiences and lessons on transatlantic cooperation. Based on the presentations and discussions, suggestions and recommendations for addressing issues to further strengthen the collaboration within these themes will be drafted.

The symposium will be held back to back with the separate International Research Infrastructures Conference on September 30, 2010, organized by the European Research Infrastructures Network of National Contact Points (EuroRIs-Net) . All participants of the bilateral EU-US workshop would be welcome to attend the larger conference on the previous day, therefore allowing more time and opportunities for networking and interactions.

Symposium Final Report

Agenda

List of Speakers

Biographies of Speakers and Chairs

Presentations

If you have any problem with downloading the presentations from the above link, please go the following web-site and select "Presentations" from the drop down menu:

http://www.euussciencetechnology.eu/bilat-usa/documents-publications.html

Logistics

Questions & Contact

Berna Windischbaur, Project Manager

E-mail: info@bilat-usa.eu

Tel:+43 057755 4602