VRE community event

Date 21-22 June 2007
Location Northampton

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Programme

Day One
Time Item & speaker Topic
11:00 Arrival delegates / check in
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Introduction / welcome (Frederique van Till) Welcome and introduction to day 1
13:30 JISC VRE1 programme (Frederique van Till) JISC view of VRE1 wrap-up
14:00 Panel 1 - Technological solutions
  • Neil Chue Hong (chair)
  • Mike Daw (Access grid)
  • Peter Balmforth (EVIE)
  • David Argles (CORE)
In VRE1 different technical approaches have been tested.
  1. Is it best to base a VRE on a VLE structure?
  2. What is the best way to develop software for research?
  3. Should we use embedded or web-based VRE solutions?
  4. What is the best way forward for VRE’s according to your experience?  
14:30 Panel 2 - users and community
  • AlexVoss(NCESS)(chair)
  • Chris Crowther (BVREH)
  • Simon Hodson (Pol. Disc.)
  • Richard Procter (CARET)
  1. Is there a great difference between the Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, if so what is the difference?
  2. Based on your experience in VRE1, how can you make sure users are engaged and informing you of their real needs?
15:00 Break
15:30

Panel 3 - Sustainability

  • David Wallom (chair)
  • Matthew Mascord (IBVRE)
  • Matthew Dovey (JISC)
  • Ross Gardler (OSS-watch)
VRE sustainability can be assured in different ways for different kinds of projects.
  • By finding new funding
  • Absorbing a VRE in research funding; getting institutional support; selling the software licenses to commerce

In this panel we would like to hear different experiences about:

  1. Further funding (why, how and where?)
  2. Institutional sustainability (how, what level?)
  3. Commercial sustainability (when?) and the different issues that arise when tackling this.
16:00 eReSS (Jim Farmer) The eReSS interoperability will give an overview of their findings on the different technology used by the 15 VRE1 projects.
16:45 Tavistock Institute (Kari Hadjivassiliou) The Tavistock Institute will give an overview of their findings of the recent review of the experience of the 15 VRE1 projects.
17:30 End
Day Two
Time Item & speaker Topic
9:00 Introduction / welcome (Frederique van Till) Welcome and introduction to day 2
9:05 JISC VRE2 and VRE2½ (Frederique van Till) JISCs view on VRE2 and the future of VRE’s. This presentation will set the background for the following presentations and panel discussion.
9:30 VRE2 documents and manuscripts (Ruth Kirkham) Introduction to the documents and manuscripts project of Oxford University.
10:00 VRE2 VERA (Mark Baker) Introduction to the VERA project of the University of Reading.
10.30 Coffee break
10:45 VRE2 CREW (Mike Daw) Introduction to the CREW project of the University of Manchester.
11:15 VRE2 myExperiment (Matt Lee) Introduction to the myExperiment project of the University of Southampton.
11:45 Questions
12:15 Tavistock Institute (Kari Hadjivassiliou) The Tavistock institute will lead a discussion on how the 4 VRE2 projects might practically work together to address some of the challenges they all face and to help each other solve problems as they arise.
12:45 Lunch
13:30

VRE frameworks introduction

  • e-Framework (Wilbert Kraan, CETIS)
  • OMII UK (Neil Chue Hong)
  • eReSS (Chris Awre)
  • OSS Watch (Ross Gardler)
  • e-Framework view on VRE’s in the future
  • OMII UK view on VRE’s in the future
  • eReSS’ views on interoperability in VRE2
  • Standards relating to VRE’s
14:30

Technological standards panel

  • Matthew Dovey (Chair)
  • e-Framework (W. Kraan)
  • OMII UK (N. Chue Hong)
  • eReSS (Chris Awre)
  • OSS Watch (Ross Gardler)
Within the VRE programme there are several important issues in the near and distant future:
  • software licensing
  • interoperability
  • relations with the commercial world
  • which platform should we choose?
  • where is it all going?

Members will discuss their view of what obstacles will need to be tackled in future. What issues should be solved today?

15:25 Questions and conclusion
15:30 End
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