NICEST2

NeIC NICEST-2 Negotiations meeting

Europe/Oslo
NordForsk offices

NordForsk offices

Stensberggata 27 NO-0170 Oslo
Description

Invited:

Hamish Struthers, NSC, SE
Anne Fouilloux, UiO, NO
Antti-Ilari Partanen for Risto Makkonen, FMI, FI
Øyvind Seland, METNO, NO
Mats Bentsen, NORCE, NO
Yanchun He, NERSC, NO
Antti Pursula, CSC, FI
Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki/INAR, FI
Shuting Yang for Peter Lang Langen, DMI, DK
Ralf Doescher, SMHI, SE
Michaela Barth, NeIC
Kine Bugge Halvorsen, NeIC
Gudmund Høst, NeIC director (first half until lunch)
Tomasz Malkiewicz, NeIC (first half until lunch)
 

Agenda:

09:15 - 12:00 Joint NICEST2 and Puhuri session

09:15 - 09:30 Opening, round table introductions
09:30 - 09:45 Introduction (GH)
09:45 - 10:15 Business benefits' concept (GH)

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 Project life cycle, benefits and business changes (TM)
11:00 - 11:30 Business case (MB)
11:30 - 12:00 Business Benefit Realisation (TM)
12:00 - 12:15 Summary (GH)

12:15 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 15:30 NICEST2 session

Items to be covered:

  • Practical aspects (Collaboration Agreement, operational steering group composition, contracting project staff, etc.)
  • Clarifying any open questions (role and contribution of consortium members not listed in the budget, missing letter of support from SMHI)
  • Aligning on the initial goals and expected benefits: opportunities to improve even further, business benefit management and preparations for NICEST-2 business case
  • Project budget in detail
  • discussing dependencies (IS-ENES, IPCC, ESGF, EOSC-Nordic, INES, national synergies,..) and project's timeline
  • Desired consortium representation during ongoing project manager recruiting process
  • Additional consortium members


Please note that a NeIC project with ties to EC-funded initiatives must show that NeIC funding adds Nordic value beyond what is planned with the EC funding.

Links for Business Case team work exercise:

Puhuri https://wiki.neic.no/wiki/Puhuri, https://neic.no/puhuri/:

NICEST-2 https://neic.no/nicest2/:

 

Location:

We'll meet within NordForsk premises. The address is:

Stensberggata 27
NO-0170 Oslo

Finding your way:
https://www.nordforsk.org/en/about-nordforsk/contact-us
 

Remote connection:

Morning session: https://cscfi.zoom.us/j/9917669499

Afternoon session: https://zoom.us/j/3989300056