Eiroforum Working Group, Training and Career Development

Europe/Zurich
Virtual

Virtual

Zoom Meeting ID
68077583901
Host
Stefan Roiser
Passcode
56299623
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Attendees: Eva Belonohy (Euro-Fusion), Elizabeth Eastwood-Bazrdo (CERN), Laura Angeletti (ERIC), Benjamin Salignat (CERN), Stefan Roiser (CERN), Tina Weilmuenster (ESA), Rachel Coulthard-Graf (EMBL), Andy Yates (EMBL)
Apologies: Angela Arndt (ESO)

News

 

  • the next meeting of the directors will be held on February 12th in Heidelberg. Stefan will present the working group's status
  • A new training catalog for high-energy physics has been established at training.cern.ch, which aims to centralize training materials and information from various communities focusing on trainings organised within the communities
    • EIROfusion training platform at http://elearning.euro-fusion.org
    • A series of presentations about training programs and training offerings across the EIROforum organizations was proposed.
    • The TeSS technology used for the training.cern.ch platform is currently being further developed into a multi-tenancy platform and the possibility to connect various instances' training cataloge
    • Benjamin emphasized the importance of peer training and suggested inviting platform developers to the next meeting which was agreed for the November meeting.
    • Elizabeth offered to share information about CERN's train-the-trainer programs, which Eva expressed particular interest in
  • Eva proposed a knowledge management workshop on maintenance equipment, scheduled for November 12th, with a focus on hardware maintenance challenges in research facilities. The workshop will feature four speakers and potentially two half-day sessions, with an interest in discussing maintenance of inaccessible components and remote handling systems. The workshop aims to address maintenance of 30-year-old equipment and explore topics like predictive maintenance and maintenance policies for hard-to-reach components
    • Rachel suggested sharing the information with the EIROforum instrumentation Working Group. 
Competency frameworks workshop

 

  • see also attached slides from Laura
  • Upcoming workshop on December 2nd, which will focus on competence frameworks at international research infrastructures and include presentations from various organizations
    • Suggestion to increase the question time after presentations to encourage more discussion.
Leadership Development Programs
  • see attached brainstorming document, please comment !!
  • Eva suggesting a focus on exposure to senior management and access to discussions at the EIRO Forum level.
  • The group agreed to further develop the program concept and potentially present a concrete proposal to directors in February.
     
Next steps
  • Stefan to prepare slides for the EIRO Forum directors meeting on February 12th in Heidelberg and share them with the group.
  • Stefan to invite a developer from the TESS training platform to present at the November meeting.
  • Eva to circulate information about the hardware maintenance workshop planned for November 12th.
  • Stefan to reach out to CERN Beams people for potential speakers for Eva's hardware maintenance workshop.
  • Eva to contact the instrumentation Working Group about the hardware maintenance workshop.
  • Laura to share the final program and registration link for the Workshop on Competence Frameworks and Career Development .
  • Laura to send the workshop slides to Stefan to upload to the agenda page.
  • All members to review and provide comments on the leadership program document before the November meeting.

 

 

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