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Tuesday, 16 September

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

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

  • Marialuisa Lavitrano (BBMRI-ERIC)
  • John Eriksson (Euro-BioImaging ERIC)
  • Andrew Gilbert (Bioplatforms Australia)
  • Merran Smith (PHRN)
4:15 Wrap-up
4:30 Group Photo & Networking reception on the terrace

Wednesday, 17 September

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

  • Sach Jayasinghe (QCIF)
  • Bob Grossman (University of Chicago)
  • Jeff Christiansen (Australian BioCommons)
  • Florian Jug (Human Technopole)
  • Wojtek Goscinski (National Imaging Facility)
11:00 Morning tea
11:30 Session 3: Training and workforce development (panel)
Facilitated by Lisa Yen (Microscopy Australia)

  • Kelly Vere (UK Technician Commitment)
  • Sach Jayasinghe (QCIF)
  • Linda Chaabane (Euro-BioImaging)
  • Tanja Ninkovic (RICapacity)
  • Annette Wittmann (EMBL Australia)
1:00 Light lunch
2:00 Session 4: Approaches to innovation and translation
Facilitated by Michael Dobbie (Phenomics Australia)

  • Jose Marquez (EMBL Grenoble)
  • Stuart Newman (Therapeutic Innovations Australia)
  • Jose Polo (EMBL Australia)
  • John Hooper (University of Queensland)
3:30 Group Photo & Free time

 

Thursday, 18 September

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

  • Peter Gray (Bioplatforms Australia)
  • Jens Habermann (BBMRI-ERIC)
  • Rebecca Glauert (PHRN)
  • Andrea Guzman Mesa (ELIXIR Europe)
  • Sarah Flaim (National Imaging Facility)
11:00 Morning tea
11:30 Strengthening the international dimension of research infrastructures on the ESFRI roadmap
José Luis Martínez Peña (ESFRI Chair) – livestream
12:00 Session 6: Leadership, policy and sustainability (panel)
Facilitated by TBC

  • Liz Sonenberg (NRI Advisory Group)
  • Michael Raess (Infrafrontier)
  • Plamena Markova (EMBL)
  • Liz Jazwinska (Phenomics Australia)
  • Lisa Yen (Microscopy Australia)
1:00 Light lunch
2:00 $10m questions (Facilitated group activity)
Facilitated by Jana Pavlic-Zupanc (BBMRI-ERIC) & Merran Smith (PHRN)
3:30 Wrap-up of formal program and next steps
7:00 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
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