Wednesday at EGI2024 is going to be packed with insightful sessions, starting with the first plenary meeting, “A view from the bridge: a look at innovative practices in our community”. The plenary sees the participation of members from the EGI Community who will share their experiences innovating in their field. In particular, Nanjiang Shu from NBIS, one of Sweden's largest research infrastructures, will explain how NBIS advances bioinformatics through its multidisciplinary team and innovative partnerships. By integrating with SciLifeLab platforms, the SciLifeLab Data Centre, the National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputing in Sweden (NAISS) and ELIXIR, NBIS provides sophisticated support and analytical tools, enhancing research locally and contributing to major European projects like the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive and Genomic Data Infrastructure. Davide Salomoni from the Italian Research Centre on HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing will guide participants through the Foundation's initiatives to enhance digital resources and services, establish new facilities, and drive ambitious research programmes. Finally, Nadia Pinardi from the University of Bologna and CMCC will delve into the CoastPredict Programme and its GlobalCoast initiative, which creates globally replicable solutions to enhance coastal resilience. This effort includes the development of the GlobalCoast Cloud digital platform that transforms coastal monitoring and forecasting by harnessing extensive data and cloud-based computing.
Empowering Open Science: EOSC and Community Impact
The morning programme continues with the session “Empowering Open Science: EGI’s Community Impact on EOSC” touching on the current status of the EOSC, then focussing on the ongoing process to define the EOSC Federation as a network of EOSC Nodes, also addressing the pilot Nodes that are being established in EOSC Beyond and the EOSC EU Node. This session will have a second part in the afternoon. The session “Maximizing Data Efficiency and Availablity: Innovations in Data Management Platforms” will delve into cutting-edge technologies and strategies for enhancing data management and access to federated data sources developed through EU projects, showcasing examples of how scientific communities use and integrate these advanced platforms. Further, “Global perspectives on advancing Open Science with computational infrastructures” will address the Global Open Science Cloud and initiatives to foster collaboration on a larger scale.
Afternoon Insights: High Energy Physics, Radio Astronomy and High-Performance Infrastructure
The afternoon programme will cover the “Roadmapping for high energy physics and radio astronomy” session organised by SPECTRUM around the project’s efforts to create a roadmap for the future of data-intensive research in High Energy Physics and Radio Astronomy, requiring a federated European Exabyte-scale research data federation and compute continuum, encompassing HTC, HPC, Cloud and Quantum technologies. “National Perspectives: EGI Member Countries' Latest Developments and Future Initiatives” will offer a deep dive into the national initiatives to support local research communities and contribute to the EGI Federation, allowing participants to explore how national perspectives within the EGI Federation are driving progress and fostering a robust ecosystem for scientific research and innovation.
Simplifying Science Through User-Friendly Platforms
After the last break, three more sessions will complete the day. “Simplifying Data-Driven Science with User-Friendly Platforms and Gateways” will highlight user-friendly platforms and gateways that simplify computing infrastructure, allowing researchers to focus on data-driven science and collaborate effectively. to learn about EGI Federation services, their coordination of EGI infrastructure, and how they empower service providers and research communities through integration, access, and innovation. Then, the session “Advancing Together: New Features and Roadmaps of the EGI Federation services” will guide participants through the EGI Federation services, the coordination of EGI infrastructure, and how they empower service providers and research communities through integration, access, and innovation. Last but not least, the session “Powering Collaboration: Technical Computing and Data Continuum Requirements” will zoom in on how modern scientific organisations need scalable and flexible environments for high-performance computing, data management, and collaboration, requiring advanced hardware, software, and infrastructure to enhance research and innovation.
The second conference day will be celebrated with a social dinner at the fantastic Torre del Parco venue.