This session will bring together those EGI members who are active in the 'Engagement with new user communities' area and will offer them a forum to review and discuss EGI's Engagement Strategy, share recent experiences and define priorities for the next period. The EGI Engagement Strategy is described at http://go.egi.eu/engagementstrategy.
The meeting is open for everyone. Presence of the EGI Engagement board members are expected and is necessary for a successful session:
- NGI International Liaisons
- User Community Board members
- Representatives of Competence Centres
- Providers of user/community-facing tools
- EGI.eu members active in user engagement and support
Please indicate you availability for this meeting in this doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/un5psut69id8ccx6.
The session will focus on the long-tail of science, and particularly on how EGI.eu, the NGIs (NILs) and communities (UCB+CCs) could have an integrated network of services to support the long-tail.
Agenda:
1. The EGI vision for support of the long-tail of science: EGI Marketplace, User registration portal, NGI and community services (Gergely)
2. Flash presentations: National and community-specific perspectives about the long-tail (Participants)
3. Discussion: Cataloguing and integrating long-tail services; Tracking long-tail activities
Attendees are invited to give a flash presentations under point 2. The presentations should cover topics like:
- National/community services provided for the long-tail (VOs, VREs, gateways, portals, etc.)
- Activities and plans to promote these services (events, trainings, support teams, etc.)
- Funding and resource allocation for the long-tail
- The role of EGI to to integrate and promote long-tail services
Email gergely.sipos@egi.eu if you wish to present. If you want to use slides, then please send these to the same address well before the session so these can be downloaded to the presenter laptop.