The aim of the workshop is to spread the outGRID vision by defining collaboration agreements among stakeholders aiming to mobilize resources for R&D efforts to (i) develop full interoperability among the three core nodes of neuGRID, LONI, and CBRAIN; and (ii) deploy local neuGRID nodes elsewhere.

Final event report

February 20th
WELCOME AND OPENING
10.00		Houlin Zhao, ITU, United Nations The United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union, Connecting the World
SESSION 1. International and Continental Institutions in the Field of Ageing and Dementia Chairs: Houlin Zhao, ITU; Giovanni B Frisoni, IRCCS Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
10.15		Mario Mauro, European Parliament Chris Smith, House of Representatives, US Congress The EU and US Political Strategy to Meet the Challenge of Ageing and Dementia
10.40		Konstantinos Glinos, DG-INFSO, European Commission e-Infrastructures and Innovative Approaches for Research and Care of Ageing and Dementia
11.00		Tarun Dua, World Health Organization, United Nations Ageing and Dementia as Global Health Challenges
SESSION 2. e-Infrastructures to Foster Drug Discovery for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases Chair: Malcolm Johnson, Telecom Standardization Bureau, ITU,
11.20		Malcolm Johnson Opening Remarks
11.30		Giovanni B Frisoni, IRCCS Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy The Challenge of Drug Discovery for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
11.45		Alan Evans, McGill University, Montreal, Canada CANADA: The CBRAIN e-Infrastructure for brain image analysis
12.00		Charles De Carli, Univ Calif Davis, Sacramento, US; Walter Kukull, Univ Washington, Seattle, US USA: e-Infrastructures in the Alzheimer’s Disease Centers
12.15		Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Centre for Neurosciences, Bangalore, India INDIA: The Indian milieu of e-Infrastructures for brain image analysis
12.30		David Manset, MAAT, France EUROPE: The neuGRID Virtual Imaging Laboratory for Disease Marker Discovery: moving towards GLOBIOS
12.45		Discussion
13.15-14.30 LUNCH
SESSION 3. Roundtable on International Scientific Cooperation in Computational Neurosciences Chairs: Yury Grin, Telecom Development Bureau, ITU and Konstantinos Glinos, EC
14.30		Yury Grin Opening Remarks
14.45		Resource Mobilization in the International Scenario
		INDIA: Subrata Sinha, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar CANADA: Yves Joanette, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Discussion
15.15		International Scientific Cooperation in Computational Neurosciences
		EU: Richard Frackowiak, The Human Brain Project; Peter Coveney, Virtual Physiological Human FRANCE: Jean-Francois Mangin, Fondation Plan Alzheimer and CATI Discussion LEBANON: Hala Darwish, Abu-Haidar Neuroscience Institute Discussion LATIN AMERICA: Philippe Gavillet, GISELA Project; Sylvia Vasquez, FLENI, Buenos Aires Discussion GLOBAL: Kerry Kilborn, ISTAART; Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, WHO Discussion
17.00		END OF MEETING AND COCKTAIL RECEPTION
February 21st
10.00		FOLLOW-UP MEETING. Joint Conclusions and Roadmap Chair: Konstantinos Glinos, DG-INFSO, European Commission
PARTICIPANTS: funding agency representatives     Konstantinos Glinos, EUROPE     Yves Joanette, CANADA     Subrata Sinha, INDIA HEARERS: neuroscientists and ICT scientists
14.00		END OF WORKS

 

ITU's location is shown on the following map:
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The Union's premises comprise three interlinked buildings:
- Montbrillant, the Tower and Varembé (ITU plan)

Entrances:

- The Montbrillant entrance is located at the following address: 2 rue de Varembé, extension 6788 or 6789
- The Tower entrance is located in Av. Giuseppe Motta, extension 5107 or 5108.

   Office numbers in the two buildings begin with M and V, respectively.

Getting to ITU:

Arriving by bus
Geneva's public transport system is operated by the Transports publics genevois (TPG) (see their site for timetables, fares, route details, etc.).
Anyone arriving at Geneva Airport can obtain a free ticket (for immediate use) for 80 minutes' travel on the Geneva transport system. The ticket machine is located just before the customs control area. A picture of it can be seen on this web page: http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-67/

Also, if you are staying at a hotel, the establishment will offer you the "Geneva Transport Card" that allows you to use public transport in Geneva free of charge during your stay. Get more information from Genève Tourisme or the establishment concerned.

From Cointrin Airport:
- bus 5 (direction Hôpital, get off at Nations)
- bus 28 (direction Jardin botanique, get off at Nations)
Every 15-20 minutes until 1900 hours, then less frequent; 17 minute journey.
The fare from the airport is CHF 3.00 (select the Tout Genève ticket at the machine, valid for one hour).

From the city centre and railway station:
- bus 5 (direction Aéroport, get off at Varembé)
- bus 8 (direction OMS, get off at UIT)
- tram 13 (direction Nations, get off at Nations)
- tram 15 (direction Nations, get off at Nations)
Frequent service all day and evening; 10 minute journey.
The fare from town is CHF 3.00 (select the Tout Genève ticket at the machine, valid for one hour).

Arriving by car:
Most major car rental companies are represented at the airport.
Parking is available at the Parking des Nations, adjacent to ITU.

Taxis:
Taxis can be ordered by telephone or picked up at the 60 or so taxi ranks located around the city and at the airport.
The fare from the airport to the city centre varies from CHF 30 to 35 and depends on traffic flow, time of day and number of passengers. Within Geneva, including the airport, the amount to be paid is as shown on the meter.
The driver will make a small additional charge for luggage. The tip and VAT are included in the fare, but it is nevertheless customary to give one or two francs.

• From Cointrin Airport (about 10 min; 5,2 km)

Please, refer to the map below:

To enter the UN premises you will need to receive a security badge. For this, you will need to come to the badging desk together with an ID card or passport AND your outGRID invitation printed-out. Badging desks are located at ITU Headquarters in Geneva (Monbrillant building - 2, rue de Varembé - CH-1220 GENEVA) and are open from 08:30-12:00 and 13:30-17:00. The badging desk is very close to the TSB (Telecom Standardization Bureau) building where the outGRID workshop is taking place so you can collect your badges before the workshop.

Participants are expected to make their own accommodation arrangements. Those wishing to reserve a room should do so by contacting directly the hotel of their choice. We hereby indicate some hotels near the event location:

HOTEL CONTACT Hotel Kipling *** T. +41 22 544 40 40 E. kipling@manotel.com Eastwest Hotel **** T. +41 22 708 17 17 E. info@eastwesthotel.ch Hotel d’Angleterre ***** T +41 (0) 22 906 55 55 E. bookan@rchmail.com Hôtel Intercontinental Genève ***** Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7, (from 289euros/night) T. +41 (0)22 9193939 E. inter-geneva@intercontinental-geneva.ch Hotel Eden Genève *** Rue de Lausanne 135, (from 183euros/night) T. +41 (0)22 716 37 00 E. info@eden.ch Hotel Mon Repos *** Rue de Lausanne 131 (from 171 euros/night) T. +41 (0)22 909 3 909 E. reservations@hmrge.ch Hotel Windsor *** 31 rue de Berne, (from 137euros/night) T. + 41 22 715 16 00

• About N4U

  • Fact Sheet

• About outGRID

  • Fact Sheet

  • Video

  • Workshop Fact Sheet

• About neuGRID:

  • Fact Sheet

  • Leaflet at kick off, end of year 1, end of year 2, Final Event Report

  • Short and long version of video

Cristina Bagnoli, Assistant Project Manager
Tel: +39 030 3501361
cbagnoli@fatebenefratelli.it

Niobe Haitas, Project Officer
Tel: +33 (0) 473 405 155 (office)
niobe.haitas @ idgrilles.fr