DL.org, DC-Net and GRDI2020 have forged a strategic alliance that places interoperability centre stage.

Opening up new research perspectives relies on accessibility and interoperability across geographical and discipline boundaries. The ICT2010 Networking Session, Global Information Infrastructures for Science & Cultural Heritage: The Interoperability Challenge, explores interoperability from diverse perspectives. The Session, taking place
on Wednesday 29 September from 9:00 to 10:30 in Room 1102 at ICT2010 in Brussels offers an important forum for developers, programme owners, researchers and implementers across diverse application domains, spanning scientific data infrastructures, cultural heritage infrastructures and Digital Libraries to share knowledge and
formulate guidelines on how to address the interoperability challenge. The session delivers insights into new research perspectives for Digital Library and information infrastructure interoperability emerging from the findings of the host projects, as
well as policy & investment priorities for Europe’s Digital Agenda. It is particularly relevant to the Cooperation & Capacities pillars of FP7, regarding the Thematic Priority of Digital Libraries and e-Infrastructures as a crucial asset underpinning EU research and
innovation policies.

Networking Agenda

Expert Panel Session

09:00–09:05 DL.org presentation

Donatella Castelli, Institute of Information Science and
Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (ISTI-CNR), Italy

09:05 – 09:10 DC-Net presentation

Antonella Fresa, ICCU-Italian Ministry of Culture, Italy

09:10–09:15 GRDI2020 presentation

Hilary Hanahoe, GRDI2020 Coordinator - Trust-IT Services Ltd., UK

09:15 – 09:30 The Interoperability Concept

Costantino Thanos, Institute of Information Science and Technologies,
National Research Council of Italy (ISTI-CNR), Italy

09:30 – 09:45 Interoperability from the Digital Library Perspective

Donatella Castelli, Institute of Information Science and
Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (ISTI-CNR), Italy

09:45 –10:00 Interoperability from the Cultural Heritage
Perspective

Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

10:00 –10:15 Interoperability from the e-Science Perspective

Yannis Ioannidis, ATHENA RC/IMIS, Greece

Q&A

10:15–10:30 An interactive discussion will offer a springboard for
further exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas.