Tuesday, 16 September

12:00pm Registration and refreshments on arrival
12:30pm Welcome and opening remarks
Co-chairs: Ian Smith (Emeritus Professor) & Antje Keppler (Euro-BioImaging ERIC)
12:50pm Welcome to Monash University Prato Campus
Ian Smyth (Monash University)
1:00pm Welcome to Italy
Julianne Cowley (Ambassador of Australia to Italy)
1:15pm Australian and European roadmaps and strategic priorities

  • Mihaela Constantin (European Commission)
  • Liz Sonenberg (NRI Advisory Group)
2:15pm The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) landscape
Marialuisa Lavitrano (EOSC Association)
2:45pm Data-driven future for cancer care
Luis Marti-Bonmati (EUCAIM)
3:15pm Comfort break
3:30pm Session 1: Tackling global health challenges through coordinated RIs (panel)
Facilitated by Ian Smith (Emeritus Professor)

4:15pm Wrap-up
4:30pm Group Photo & Networking reception on the terrace

Wednesday, 17 September

9:00am Recap and reflection
Focus: Identifying and qualifying areas for collaboration and collective impact
Co-chairs: Andrew Gilbert (Bioplatforms Australia) & Michael Raess (Infrafrontier)
9:30am Session 2: AI in health and life science
Facilitated by John Eriksson (Euro-BioImaging ERIC)

11:00am Morning tea
11:30am Session 3: Training and workforce development (panel)
Facilitated by Lisa Yen (Microscopy Australia)

1:00pm Light lunch
2:00pm Session 4: Approaches to innovation and translation
Facilitated by Michael Dobbie (Phenomics Australia)

3:30pm Group Photo & Free time

 

Thursday, 18 September

9:00am Recap and reflection
Focus: Shaping strategy and international collaboration
Co-chairs: Jana Pavlic-Zupanc (BBMRI-ERIC) & Merran Smith (PHRN)
9:30am Session 5: Industry and community drivers for distributed RIs
Facilitated by Jim Hennessy (Phenomics Australia)

11:00am Morning tea
11:30am Strengthening the international dimension of research infrastructures on the ESFRI roadmap
José Luis Martínez Peña (ESFRI Chair) – livestream
12:00pm Session 6: Leadership, policy and sustainability (panel)
Facilitated by TBC

1:00pm Light lunch
2:00pm $10m questions (Facilitated group activity)
Facilitated by Jana Pavlic-Zupanc (BBMRI-ERIC) & Merran Smith (PHRN)
3:30pm Wrap-up of formal program and next steps
7:00pm Symposium dinner

 

Friday, 19 September

10:00 Scoping of joint program of works for international cooperation
(white paper / report)
11:30 Morning tea
12:00 Departure