3rd Euro-BioImaging Stakeholder Meeting - Break-out sessions

During the Break-Out Sessions, the Euro-BioImaging WP Chairs will present the status and achieved milestones and deliverables of their Work Package and present the next steps for 2012. The major objective of these sessions is to discuss and collect the input and feedback from all Euro-BioImaging Stakeholders.

Session I - 30 January, 2012 (15:15 - 17:15)

Medical Imaging - From patient to population (WP10)

Chairs: J. Frokiaer & L. Donoso

• Review of objectives of each task under WP10 and achievements up today
• Main findings from survey: discussion on limitations and ways to overcome them
• Ongoing proof-of-concept studies
• Strategies for involvement of key “champions” and institutions to feed the results from the project
• Future immediate actions (for year 2012)
• Other business

Access to Innovative Technologies- ALM (WP7)

Chairs: R. Pepperkok & B. Geiger

• Major results of Euro-BioImaging Survey related to WP7
• Major results of Euro-BioImaging open call for Proof-of-Concept Studies related to WP7
• Bottlenecks for providing access to innovative light microscopy technologies
• Emerging imaging technologies – update

Legal, Governance and Ethical Issues (WP2)

Chairs: S. Schumacher & E. Beem

• Report on recent developments in WP2
  Evaluation of legal and governance models
  IPR and ethical issues: a policy for Euro-BioImaging especially in view of the medical imaging community
• Next steps
  Suggest one or more legal structures for Euro-BioImaging
  Define IPR and ethical policy
  Prepare Memorandum of Understanding

Session II - 31 January, 2012 (09:00 - 11:00)

ALM- General Access (WP6)

Chairs: A. Musacchio & J. Swedlow

• Report on 2011 meetings
• PCS Process Report and Progress Update
• Major results of the Euro-BioImaging Survey and WP6 Milestones for 2012
• Next WP6 Meeting (Autumn 2012)

Access to Innovative Technologies- Medical Imaging (WP9)

Chairs: J. Hennig & O. Speck

• Overview of WP9
• Report on status of innovative imaging technologies
• Report on Proof of Concept Studies
• Status of national imaging communities and infrastructure

Finance Planning (WP4)

Chairs: W. Spek & F. Martens

• Introduction to Euro-BioImaging WP4 and status quo
• Update finance planning & activities
• Tour de table funders and views on financing Euro-BioImaging Research Infrastructure
• Concluding remarks & follow up

Training (WP13)

Chairs: P. Hozak & A. Frangi

• Presentation of the outcomes of the pan-European Euro-BioImaging survey important for WP 13
• Collection of the feedback from the stakeholders
• Identification of criteria for training activities under Euro-BioImaging umbrella (operational rules, access rules, quality control)
• Discussion on content for a model course for managers of Euro-BioImaging facilities
• Identification of imaging community requirements for an Euro-BioImaging training office
• Introduction of collaboration with the technical WPs on training issues

Session III - 31 January, 2012 (11:30 - 13:30)

Molecular Imaging (WP8)

Chairs: S. Aime, A. Jacobs, J. Sharpe, C. Schultz

• Status of the Euro-BioImaging Preparatory Phase in the field of Molecular Imaging
• Survey of resources and user needs in Europe
• Proof-of-concept studies
• Eligibility criteria for Euro-BioImaging nodes

Process Plan (WP3)

Chairs: K. Lohmann, I. Baines

• Work recently completed or in process:
  Results of the Survey
  Strategic Inventory Map
  First Working Plan
  Strategy for integration of new future partners and methodologies
  Tool box for eligibility criteria for new partners

• Update to Euro-BioImaging Vision Paper
• Business plan first draft

Data Storage and Analysis (WP11)

Chairs: W. Niessen & M. Unser

• Preparation of the workshop on open source biological image analysis at ISBI 2012
• Preparation of the workshop on open source medical image analysis at ISBI 2012
• Current state and planning of WP11 proof of concept studies
• Current state and planning in data storage/access for biological data

User Access (WP12)

Chairs: J. Eriksson & K. Nikolaou

• Introduction on WP12 – progress report
• Survey outcome- User Access Policies
• Report and open discussion of survey results regarding access policies
• Proof-of-Concept Studies: First experiences from User Access to technology RIs
• Perspectives: User access policies to i) training and ii) data
• Outlook- webaccess portal:An integrated Euro-BioImaging webaccess portal