EuroVO-DCA project: Definition of the medium term DCA strategy

Reference documents and sites

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum, Workshop on Future Large-Scale Projects and Programmes in Astronomy and Astrophysics, December 2003/April 2004, Final Report, 11 August 2004
• The International Virtual Observatory Alliance: Web site; IVOA standards: Documents and standards; Working Groups
• The European Virtual Observatory Euro-VO

Current European programmes

• FP6 Research Infrastructure site
• eContentplus Programme (DG Information Society)
• ASTRONET: Towards a strategic plan for European astronomy (ERA-Net)
• OPTICON: Optical Infrared Coordination Natwork for Astronomy
• RadioNet: Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe

Information on FP7

• Documents on e-Infrastructures in FP7 (including the Capacities Work Program, fact sheets, etc)
• Information event on the first calls for proposals under the eInfrastructures activities of the 'Capacities' specific program, FP7, Brussels, 6 February 2007
• First Anouncement of Opportunity (AO)
• 'Participate in FP7'
• IST 2006 - Strategies for leadership, Helsinki, 21-23 November 2006, including in particular
  • FP7 ICT Work Program, with links to the Draft Work Program 2006-2007
  • How to submit a proposal
  • eInfrastructure for Competitive Research and Innovation in Europe
  • There is also interesting additional information in an accompanying meeting organised by Panlab, which was held in Helsinki on 20 November 2006: 3rd Concertation Meeting on eInfrastructure, Specific theme: FP6-funded testbeds - have a look in particular at the general picture given by Aymard de Touzalin's talk
• Information session on Research Infrastructures under FP7, Brussels, 27 October 2006
• European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
• European Infrastructure for Repositories of Scientific Information, Brussels, 8-9 June 2006

-- FrancoiseGenova - 31 Oct 2006