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Benefits of Research Infrastructures beyond Science - 1st Steering Committee Meeting -
| Location | London |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 September 2009 | 8:30 - 18:30 |
| Calendar file | .vcs .ics |
Leading in technology is a prerequisite for leading in the marketplace. Large-scale scientific research infrastructure investments generate major technology spin-offs and boost innovation.
COST seeked to support the identification of these economical/societal benefits through a workshop on one the world’s proposed scientific mega-projects for the next decade: the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The many technical challenges posed by the SKA project need solutions, e.g. handling of massive data streams, the related data storage and processing, low energy computing, “mass-production” of
high-precision antennas of grand dimensions, precision construction in a huge area and many more. COST will help to deliver solutions and support the innovation chain directly through this workshop and the potential new initiatives (e.g. Actions) stemming from it.
Steering Committee
- Simon Berry - Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
- Louis Brennan - Trinity College, IE
- Phil Crosby - SKA Program Development Office SPDO, UK
- Marco de Vos - ASTRON, NL
- Philip Diamond - University of Manchester, UK
- Bernie Fanaroff - South Africa Project Office, ZA
- Martin Gallagher - Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research DIISR, AU
- Martin Grabert - COST Office, BE
- John Humphries - Australian SKA Industry Consortium, AU
- Justin Jonas - SKA South Africa, ZA
- Jonathan Kings - Investment New Zealand, NZ
- Gian Mario Maggio - COST Office, BE
- Corrado Perna - National Institute for Astrophysics INAF, IT
- Magda Radwanska - COST Office, BE
- Elena Righi-Steele - DG Research - European Commission, BE
- Nigel Rix - Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network, UK
- Richard Schilizzi, SKA Program Development Office SPDO - UK
- Julia Stamm - COST Office, BE
- Jim Ulvestad - National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRAO, US
- Patricia Vogel - Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NL
Registration
Upon invitation only
Contact Information
Ms
Antje Teegler
Conference Officer
COST Office
Avenue Louise 149
B-1050
Brussels
Belgium
Tel. +32 2 533 3857
Fax +32 2 538 8486
ateegler@cost.esf.org
