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e-Infrastructures state of play

Annual Project Concertation Meeting Geneva, 4 November 2010

Kostas GlinosEuropean Commission - DG INFSO

Head of Unit, Géant and e-Infrastructures

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Digital Agenda for Europethe policy context

DAE is one of the flagships of "Europe 2020: a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"

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International participation (funding by AIDCO & RELEX programmes,

technical management by INFSO)

Funding provided by AIDCO & RELEX programmess and technical management by e-Infrastructures unit (INFSO)

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Computing layer: Distributed Computing & PRACE

PRACE €20M

eScience Environment

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e-Infrastructures Call9:currently open/deadline 23.November