The next ELIXIR Belgium Consortium Meeting will bring together both FWO-IRI project partners and the wider Belgian ELIXIR community for a day of updates, discussions, and collaboration.

The morning program is dedicated to FWO-IRI project partners, focusing on project news and progress. From late morning onwards, the meeting opens to the full Belgian ELIXIR community. The agenda features short presentations on selected topics, dedicated sessions for in-depth discussion, and networking opportunities to exchange experiences and strengthen connections across the community.
 

Programme
 

For FWO-IRI project partners only
 

      9:00   Arrival with coffee/tea
 

      9.30   FWO-IRI project meeting

For the whole Belgian ELIXIR community
 

     11:00   Coffee/tea
 

     11:30   Session I : Data in action: tools & training - Chair: Rafael Andrade Buono (VIB)

• Exploring the Bio2Byte service infrastructure, Adrian Diaz (VUB)
• SPLASH your training: enhancing learning in life sciences, Bruna Piereck (VIB)
• The ENA Data Submission Toolbox: publishing data in bulk, the easy way, Bert Droesbeke (VIB)

     12:30   Lunch
 

     13:45   Session II : Experiences with service deployment in the cloud - Chair: Nishkala Sattanathan (UAntwerp)

• Hands-on experience running Galaxy in VSC cloud, Paul De Geest (VIB)
• Running diagnostics pipelines and WiNGS in AWS, tbd (UZA)
• Navigating service deployment in Azure, tbd
• Service deployment in Google cloud: lessons learned, Joe Ibrahim (UAntwerp)
• Practical insights into using EuroHPC for protein structure prediction and design, Jos Vandoorsselaere (Puxano)
• Open discussion

     15:00   Break
 

     15:30   Session III: Know, show, grow: driving service improvement - Chair: Kim De Ruyck (VIB)

• The power of numbers and more: capturing impact, Kim De Ruyck (VIB)
• PLAZA: collecting user statistics, feedback, and driving engagement, Michiel Van Bel (UGent)
• TCRex: measuring impact and recruiting users effectively, Pieter Meysman (UAntwerp)
• Unipept & Dodona: gathering feedback and user insights for maximum impact, Bart Mesuere (UGent)
• tbc
• Open discussion

     16:45   Closure
 

     17.00   End of the day

Registration
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required

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Organising committee: Nishkala Sattanathan, Goran Vinterhalter, Rafael Buono, Kim De Ruyck.