ei-africa » Statements

Leonardo Flores Añover’s Statement

Website editor — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:18:20 +0000

“The ‘2010 Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference’ (Dec. 9-10, 2010 – Helsinki, Finland) is designed to anyone with an interest in e-Infrastructures. Please mark your calendar for this unique opportunity for all parties involved in e-Infrastructures (from strategy to management) to increase the visibility and the impact of their activities, to network, and to expand their knowledge. Meet and discuss with your worldwide peers and with high-level policymakers! Understand what is important when implementing NRENs or RRENS! Examine key components of effective e-Infrastructures developments and applications! Hear about success stories and case studies presenting innovative approaches and strategies! Investigate and discuss best practices for e-Infrastructures application development in Africa (e-Learning, e-Security, earth observation, e-Health, etc.)! Benefit from valuable opinions and long experience of acknowledged experts in the field! Stay up to date with latest developments and trends in the e-Infrastructures field!”

Leonardo Flores Añover
Scientific Officer, GEANT and e-Infrastructures Unit
Directorate-General Information Society and Media (DG INFSO), European Commission
April 2010

Mario Campolargo’s Statement

Website editor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:01:58 +0000

“The global world of research is undergoing a revolution underpinned by advanced communication infrastructures like the world-leading pan-European research network GÉANT, the advances in Grid infrastructures enabling new ways of scientific collaboration and resource sharing and the wider and open availability of repositories of scientific data. By providing increased productivity and the ability to collaborate on research independently of geographical location, these e-Infrastructures are the key drivers of emerging global virtual research communities, thus enabling scientific excellence. e-Infrastructures are an important growth area not only for Europe but for the entire world, enabling research and scientific communities to work together supporting individual collaborative initiatives in ways that were unthinkable just a few years ago.”

Mario Campolargo
Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures
Directorate-General Information Society and Media (DG INFSO), European Commission
(European e-Infrastructures Success Stories Communication – 2008)

Kostantinos Glinos’s Statement

Website editor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:42:44 +0000

“It is essential to bring together scientists from different scientific fields, and to give them access to top-of-the-line computational and data resources. This is what e-Infrastructures are about: enabling collaboration, sharing resources, and providing access to information. In fact, today we cannot imagine advanced research without the intensive use of sophisticated e-Infrastructures.”

Kostantinos Glinos
Head of Unit, GEANT and e-Infrastructures
Directorate-General Information Society and Media (DG INFSO), European Commission
(Zero-in Magazine – April 2009)