This document summarizes an end of programme meeting for JISC's Virtual Research Environment (VRE) Programme. The agenda includes discussing the future of the VRE Programme and VRE Phase 3. It explores where to invest future funding, including benefiting current projects, rapid innovation, tools and demonstrators, and investigating issues and directions. International collaboration is also addressed, as well as building virtual research communities and sustainability, and engaging the public. Mobile interfaces, hybrid environments, and electronic lab notebooks are areas identified for further development. Contact details are provided for further information.
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VRE End of Programme Meeting
1. Aston Business Centre – 22 June 2011 Presenter or main title… JISC’s VRE Programme – end of programme meeting Session Title or subtitle… Christopher Brown c.brown@jisc.ac.ukDigital Infrastructure Team
2. Welcome and Introductions Welcome to Aston Business School http://www.conferenceaston.co.uk/ Wireless Username password 22/06/2011 | Slide 2 chriscb77@gmail.com
8. VRE – where next? Benefits realisation and embedding Follow on funding for VRE3 projects Explore leading edge technologies – Rapid Innovation Tools and demonstrators Exploration of VRE issues and future directions Investigate and determine where future funding should be spent National and international perspective International outlook Knowledge Exchange (JISC, SURFfoundation, DFG, DEFF) SURFfoundation (Starter Kit, SURFconext) Project Bamboo/Mellon Foundation TERENA 22/06/2011 | Slide 8
9. VRE – where next? Virtual Research Community Community building and sustainability Building communities from VRE3 outputs Develop a starter kit (VRE “Infokits” via JISC Advance) Engaging the general public (open science; citizen science) Disseminating research/research impact within the research community/scholarly comms. “the virtual laboratory” Mobile interfaces Hybrid environments/hybrid reality E-lab notebooks 22/06/2011 | Slide 9
10. Further Details Programme Websites http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/vre http://code.google.com/p/vreri/ Christopher Brown, Programme Manager (e-Research) E-Mail: c.brown@jisc.ac.uk Tel: +44 7891 501177 Matthew Dovey, Programme Director (e-Research) E-Mail: m.dovey@jisc.ac.uk Tel: +44 7876 445403 Programme hash tags: #jiscvre #vre #vreri 22/06/2011 | Slide 10