ESFRI Workshop on the Future of Research Infrastructures in the European Research Area

With the next Roadmap of European Research Infrastructures, foreseen for publication in 2021, ESFRI will end the second cycle of its Roadmaps, comprising also the editions of 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2018. Responding to the invitation of the Competitiveness Council to strengthen its strategic role, ESFRI has started a comprehensive reflection process on the role of Research Infrastructures and ESFRI itself in the evolving European Research Area (ERA). The “ESFRI Workshop on the Future of Research Infrastructures in the European Research Area” (6-8 November 2019, Los Cancajos, La Palma, Canary Islands) will accommodate a platform to explore key relevant issues that emerged through the roadmap process.

The last two editions of the ESFRI Roadmap on Research infrastructures have demonstrated clearly how the landscape of research infrastructures in Europe has evolved and matured. Extensive evidence derived from ESFRI’s work on the long-term sustainability of research infrastructures suggests that the facilities that have now become operational face very different challenges to the ones early in their lifecycle. Recognising the nature of these challenges and designing the way to the Roadmap 2021, ESFRI has to foster synergies between regional, national and European levels in priority setting and funding of Research Infrastructures. The Workshop will touch upon emerging concerns and challenges and will support the preparation of a formal ESFRI document due in December 2019.

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