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.