The project GLORI (Sustainability and global dimension of European Research Infrastructures) is aiming at organizing a Conference on Research Infrastructures devoted to discussing the sustainability challenge and global dimension of RI. The sustainability challenge and the related funding issues will be further addressed taking stock of the developments under former Presidencies notably as regards synergies between EU priorities and funding.
The Conference will be organized under the auspices of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and it will take place in Tenerife during the last week of September 2023. The Observatories of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will be the main venue for this Conference that will bring together the RI community from Europe and beyond.
The specific objectives of the conference are the following:
• To gather main European and international actors in the Research Infrastructure scene, fostering contact, collaboration, and creation of synergies between the actors and disciplines involved
• To optimize the use of funding sources for Research Infrastructures. The event will enable an open discussion on how the different funding sources at European, national, and local level can be used and/or combined throughout the RI lifecycle.
• To identify challenges and potential solution for the environmental & energetic challenges RI face within the current context and in line with the Green Transition and Digital Transformation
• To highlight the importance of research infrastructures for the European research and innovation, show how the European RI connect at global scale and foster their role to drive international cooperation and science diplomacy.
• To discuss preliminary ideas for next Horizon Europe strategic Plans