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 2: Enhancing 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
