Why this conference

As Research activities have become a factual and undeniable asset for future developments, Universities have been paying more attention to Research Information Systems, which simplify and empower the management of projects, structures, teams, financial means and scientific activities of laboratories and research groups.

As a result, EUNIS aims at helping its members to gain an insight of the existing Research Information Systems in different European countries, highlighting trends, goals and difficulties. In addition, EUNIS wants to push and support collaboration to improve research information availability and sharing, towards the development of an European Research Area.

Conference topics

• Research Information Systems in different European countries
• Main Research processes supported by Information Systems
• Research funder institutions and Research performer institutions viewpoints
• European Research Area, how HE Institutions are getting ready for that
• Collaboration opportunities, what information and services could be shared

Agenda and speakers proposal
09:15 – 09:30	Welcome and Opening EUNIS, CINECA
09:30 – 10:00	Responses to the UK Government Agenda Frederique van Till, Stuart Bolton (JISC, UK)
10:00 – 10:30	The research documentation system Frida Grete Christina Lingjærde, Andora Sjogren (University of Oslo - Frida, Norway)
10:30 – 11:00	Research Information Systems, the Dutch way Marjan Vernooy-Gerritsen (SURF Foundation, Netherlands), Bert van Zomeren (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00	The Architecture of GRAAL, an Information System about Research Units Jean-François Desnos, Geneviève Gras (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France) Béatrice Meier-Muller (Université de Strasbourg, France), Laurent Pilet (Clermont Université, France)
12:00 – 12:30	IT support for research management - A perspective from HIS Uwe Huebner (HIS, Germany)
12:30 – 13:00	Transforming Research Information Systems José Luis Poy (SIGMA Gestión Universitaria, Spain)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30	Research information systems for Higher Education Institutions in Italy Pierluigi Bonetti, Fabrizio Luglio (Cineca, Italy)
14:30 – 15:00	OCU’s Research Management System: Spanish Universities using it, experiences and main future challenges Dolores Alonso, Juan Jesús Alcolea (OCU, Spain)
15:00 – 15:30	euroCRIS and Research Informations standards Geert Van Grootel (euroCRIS)
15:30 – 17:00	Panel: Research data sharing, interoperability and collaboration Moderator: Donatella Castelli Panelists: Alonso, Alcolea, Bolton, Bonetti, Lingjærde, Luglio, Huebner, Poy, Sjogren, Vernooy-Gerritsen, van Grootel, van Till, van Zomeren. We close the conference talking about what’s coming next. The conference speakers will debate about why and how to improve research information availability and sharing, also looking at the upcoming European Research Area.