Programme

Day 1: May 15

Venue: Grand Hotel Sofia, 1, Gurko Str. - 'Sofia Conference Hall', floor 2

[12:00 - 13:45] Registration

[13:00 - 14:00] Lunch


[14:00 - 15:30] Session 1: e-Infrastructure collaboration in Southeast Europe and Eastern Mediterranean and EU initiatives

Chair: Dr. Aneta Karaivanova IICT-BAS, Bulgaria

[14:00 - 14.10] Opening - Prof. Ivan Dimov, Deputy Minister for Education and Science, Bulgaria

[14:10 - 14.40] EOSC implementation roadmap - Dr. Augusto Burgueno Arjona, Head of the e-Infrastructure & Science Cloud Unit of the European Commission

[14:40 - 15.05] Regional e-Infrastructure collaboration: history, status and perspectives - Dr. Ognjen Prnjat, VI-SEEM project coordinator, GRNET, Greece

[15:05 - 15.30] VI-SEEM digital services for Open Science - Dr. Anastas Misev, UKIM, FYR of Macedonia


[15:30 - 16:00] Coffee break


[16.00 - 18.00] Session 2Enhancing the value of the regional collaboration

Chair: Dr. Aleksandar Belic, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia

[16:00 - 16.20] Flagship user community: Digital Cultural Heritage - Dr. George Artopoulos, Cyprus Institute, Cyprus

[16:20 - 16.40] e-Infrastructures in Bulgaria: regional perspective - Dr. Aneta Karaivanova, IICT-BAS, Bulgaria

[16:40 - 18.00] Panel: Value of regional collaboration for research, education and technological development

  • Dr. Sasa Lazovic, Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Government of the Republic of Serbia
  • Prof. Constantia Alexandrou, Director of the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center, Cyprus Institute
  • Dr. Augusto Burgueno Arjona, Head of the e-Infrastructure & Science Cloud Unit of the European Commission
  • Dr. Ognjen Prnjat, VI-SEEM project coordinator, GRNET
  • Mr. Sasa Ivanovic, Ministry of Science and ESFRI delegate, Government of Montenegro
  • Prof. Dr Ramaz Kvatadze, Executive Director, Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association, on behalf of the Eastern Partnership Connect initiative​

[19:30] Dinner at "Laura" restaurant 

Address: Sofia, № 1 "Bulgaria" boulevard, National Palace of Culture / Level 2, entrance to the A4 / the stairs to the right

 

Day 2: May 16

Venue: Best Western Expo Hotel, 149 Tsarigradsko Shosse blvd, "Esplanade I " and "Esplanade II" halls

[09:30-17:00] - parallel tracks

[09.30 - 11.00] Cross Disciplinary & Digital Cultural Heritage, Chair: George Artopoulos || Life Sciences, Chair: Kleitos Sokratous

[11.00 - 11.45] Coffee break and Poster Session

[11.45 - 13.15] Digital Cultural Heritage, Chair: Mihajlo Savic || Life Sciences, Chair: Emanouil Atanassov

[13.15 - 14.15] Lunch break

[14.15 - 15.45] Climate, Chair: Hrachya Astsatryan || Related Project Session, Chair: Andreas Athenodorou

[14:45 - 16:15] Coffee Break

[16.15 - 17.45] Climate, Chair: Theodoros Christoudias || Services, Chair: Anastas Mishev