European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : CHAIN-REDS Conference: 'Open Science at the Global Scale: Sharing e-Infrastructures, Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Progress'

"The CHAIN-REDS project partners are proud to announce the 'Open Science at the Global Scale: Sharing e-Infrastructures, Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Progress' Conference to be held in Brussels on 31 March, 2015 at Marivaux Hotel. This major event in the field of e-Infrastructures for Research and Education is organised by the CHAIN-REDS project, under the aegis of the European Commission (DG CONNECT). The conference aims at bringing together policy-makers and research stakeholders from all the regions targeted by the project (Asia, Africa, Arabia, Europe and Latin America) to discuss major developments and perspectives in the field of global e-Infrastructures for Research and Education. The CHAIN-REDS main outcomes will be presented on this occasion: - The development of a Distributed Computing Infrastructure interoperation model between Europe and other regions - The promotion of international standards and technical guidelines for interoperability of cloud services across continents - One of the largest existing e-Infrastructure-related digital information systems, the CHAIN-REDS Knowledge Base - A complete methodology for better sharing and using scientific data - The CHAIN-REDS Science Gateway: a single portal for accessing remote computing and data services anywhere in the world - The support of the creation of Identity Federations to make Authentification and Authorisation easier for users and service providers worldwide - The main outcomes of the six awareness-raising workshops organised by CHAIN-REDS in Asia, Africa, Arabia, and Latin America ..."