ISTC Meeting Spring 2016 Bratislava CIO

direct mail Prior to the meeting we would like to encourage you to revisit or fill for the first time our resource compari https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/112ZJuzkgczhc-VQO91IyjeTx4LhPQDCicnYgAe39ooY/edit#gid=0 The afternoon before the main CETAF ISTC meeting there will be a meeting of the

Proposed topics, please send you requests for additional topic to gregor.hagedorn at the mfn-berlin.de
 * Information about new developments at each institution
 * New initiative "100 most important (human pathogenic/plant pathogenic/vector/plant use/) species" (from Copenhagen meeting of some NHMs)
 * Results of the CETAF CIO questionnaire
 * Funding situation and opportunities, EU eInfrastructure policies
 * Potential and experiences in redirecting resources from the management of Office software to research data management through use of cloud services (e.g. gdocs, office 365)

See also the main page for the ISTC Meeting Spring 2016 Bratislava

CETAF CIO Questionnaire for those who had not answered it in the first round:
Type of strategic decisions  1. developing a vision for the overall information strategy of institution including strategic decisions regarding hardware (server, client) purchases, choice of office and back office software, as well as administration of IT services
 * (Name, email, comments)

2. deciding which scientific information systems to deploy, including collection databases
 * (Name, email, comments)

3. coordinating information networking, data science activities, and interoperability with international infrastructures?
 * (Name, email, comments)

4. investments into strategic in-house or collaborative software developments
 * (Name, email, comments)

5. develop the strategy for long term sustainability of information systems
 * (Name, email, comments)

6. overview the strategic decisions regarding IT security or certifications according to ISO quality or archival standards
 * (Name, email, comments)

7. open data open content policy
 * (Name, email, comments)