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Robert-Jan Smits Director, DG Research, European Commission

Towards a European Strategy for Research Infrastructures Opportunities for the Arctic region. Robert-Jan Smits Director, DG Research, European Commission. Definition of Research Infrastructures. Facilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community for:

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Robert-Jan Smits Director, DG Research, European Commission

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  1. Towards aEuropean Strategy for Research Infrastructures Opportunities for the Arctic region Robert-Jan Smits Director, DG Research, European Commission

  2. Definition of Research Infrastructures • Facilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community for: • Conducting leading-edge research • Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges and knowledge preservation • Includes: • Major scientific equipment • Scientific collections, archives and structured information • ICT-based infrastructures • Entities of a unique nature, used for research

  3. Research Infrastructures of pan-European relevance provide unique opportunities for: world-level research world-level training stimulating technology & knowledge transfer ensuring knowledge preservation … in brief for European Capacity Building Research Infrastructures and capacity building

  4. Europe has a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and its teams continue to lead progress in many fields However, our centres of excellence often fail to reach critical mass There is a need to bring resources together and to build a research and innovation area equivalent to the "common market"  Excellence and Research Infrastructures

  5. EU Framework Programme 7 for Research and Technological development: Duration: 2006 - 2013 Budget: 54 billion Euro Main priority: funding collaborative research between top universities, research centres, enterprises in 10 thematic areas Capacity building through action on Research Infrastructures Optimising the use and development of the best existing Research Infrastructures Helping to create new Research Infrastructures  Research Infrastructuresat European level

  6. Mandate from the Council of Ministers,November 2004: need for European Strategy and Roadmap Presentation of European Roadmap: October 2006 About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from every MS and AS, from most fields and user communities, giving the end product credibility and quality. It is the beginning of an ongoing process The European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures

  7. 35 ambitious projects Addressing seven (7) fields of Research and major challenges: Social Sciences and Humanities (6) Environmental Sciences (7) Energy (3) Biomedical and Life Sciences (6) Material sciences (7) Astronomy, Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics (5) Computer Data Treatment, Particle and Space Physics (1) Community produced ideas that will open up new and unexpected areas of knowledge The European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures (2)

  8. Environmental Sciences AURORA BOREALIS IAGOS-ERI 7 Projects EUFAR EURO-ARGO EMSO LIFEWATCH ICOS

  9. Environmental Sciences These projects offer opportunities for the Arctic region

  10. Several of the projects on the Roadmap require a global approach  Major players are Australia, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, USA, Canada EU will enter into a dialogue with the OECD Global Science Forum for the identification, planning, discussion and monitoring of such projects Global Dimension of Research Infrastructures

  11. Policy Makers Researchers Funders Industry Who is the Roadmap for ? The European Commission intends to play an active role under the 7th Framework Programme.

  12. Implementation of the Roadmap: some of the projects will be in place in the next 1-3 years Strengthening the European Research Area: Research Infrastructures as majorcornerstones Update of Roadmap 2008: launch of constructive debate More is to come

  13. Opportunities for the Arctic region! Review existing research infrastructures in Arctic region as regards: ■output ■efficiency and functioning ■scale and scope Need for an integrated monitoring system of climate change in the Arctic region? Update of ESFRI Roadmap 2008

  14. Merci Grazie Danke Bedankt Thanks for your attention Robert-Jan Smits Gracias Hvala Kiitos Tack Obrigado Köszönöm Teşekkür ederim

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