e-Infrastructures Roadmap - Internet Society Nederland

e-Infrastructures RoadmapCrossing the boundaries of scienceIn order to support European wide communi ties that are able to interact in a global environ ment asequals, it is impor tant to encourage sharing of electronic infrastructure resources as a way to createsuitable condi tions for cross-disciplinary inter action, providing fertile ground for innovation andeventual industrial exploitation. This requires advanced ICT collaboration tools such as sharing remotework spaces, high resolution videoconferencing. These can be used in their own right, but arealso very relevant to building the community around the grid even though they are generally notbuilt on grid protocols. Collaboration and information exchange with industry – both as supplier andas a user community – and the rest of the globe is necessarily a part of the entire approach. Of coursecombining the major efforts from the research area and those from industry will be of great help tocreate a mature and sustainable market through orchestration and convergence of competing andcomplementary technologies.A number of destinations are available for crossing the boundaries of science:• Collaboration tools and environments• Working together with industry48 49