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Consortium as a whole. The e-ScienceTalk consortium consists of five partners, all with extensive experience in communicating grid technology though traditional and new media. CERN, QMUL and APO have established a proven track record during GridTalk of delivering successful communications projects aimed at e-ScienceTalk’s target audiences, and will draw on staff with demonstrated skills in these areas. The first year reviewers stated that “The GridTalk project has made excellent progress, even exceeding expections.” E-ScienceTalk will build upon this successful work by these partners in GridTalk, bringing onboard the technical expertise of Imperial College, who also have a strong record in grid dissemination through the e-Science Activity in the High Energy Physics Group. E-ScienceTalk will also bring the project management of the project onboard from XXX.xx, from the CAO/Dissemination Manager, which will allow the project to benefit from close collaboration with the XXX.xx dissemination team, the EGI network of NGIs and EGI-InSPIRE collaborating projects, as well as EGI’s membership of the European E-Infrastructures Forum. As a collaboration between an international body (CERN), a Dutch foundation (XXX.xx), two universities (QMUL and Imperial College) and a small-medium sized enterprise (APO), the consortium represents three key facets of Europe’s S&T community. The partners are based in three EU member states (FR, The Netherlands and UK) and one Associated Country (CH). The consortium members provide complementary areas of expertise, which are reflected in the work packages for which they are responsible: • XXX.xx has the main objective of coordinating pan-European distributed computing activity within Europe on behalf of its stakeholders, NGIs, EIROs, and others. It will be independent of any particular institute or application community and will participate in a wide range of collaborations within Europe and beyond. • QMUL is responsible for dissemination for GridPP, the UK’s particle physics grid. In this role it has developed an award-winning website, overseen the production of successful demonstrations, produced widely-reported press releases and held stands at many grid and computing events. In the policy area, QMUL has produced the series of GridBriefings published during GridTalk, a guide to GridPP for UK policy makers and provided speakers to policy conferences and in Parliament. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx has particular experience in science policy, having worked in the European Parliament. • APO’s experience of web and print design and new media will be crucial in further developing the GridCafé website and interactive content. As the site’s original designer, APO is in a unique position to build on its strengths and add new and innovative content, as well as to develop the GridCast and GridGuide sites. This project will also provide the opportunity for a small company to continue to develop its activities and personnel, and engage with international partners who could become future customers. APO’s print design experience is also essential for producing eye-catching and engaging GridBriefings and marketing materials for iSGTW and the e-ScienceTalk project itself. • Imperial College designed and built the Real Time Monitor for GridPP and will bring essential technical expertise to the consortium. The RTM demonstrates the global reach of grid computing in a highly visual and engaging way. Bringing Imperial College into the e-ScienceTalk consortium will greatly enhance the co-development of the Real Time Monitor and the GridGuide, smoothing the communication between the GridGuide and RTM developers. Imperial College is also a major centre for grid dissemination and e-Science in the UK in its own right. • CERN is a well-known centre for grid communications and has hosted the editor of iSGTW since the publication’s launch. CERN has also managed the EGEE’s dissemination activities throughout all three phases of the project. CERN’s position at the hub of many grid projects, including the WorldWide LHC Computing Grid, puts it in an excellent position to source and share contacts, dissemination materials and success stories, which is vital for the continued success of iSGTW as well as the other e-ScienceTalk products. CERN also attracts high profile visitors from governments, business, funding agencies and international projects who will be exposed to presentations, events and materials from e-ScienceTalk. In addition, the e-ScienceTalk consortium will work in collaboration with numerous grid and e-Infrastructure projects throughout Europe and beyond − without this close collaboration there would be no possibility of delivering the work programme. Plans for ways to collaborate with these projects have been included throughout the document and are also summarised below. Also included is a non-exhaustive list of the projects that have expressed an interest in working with e-ScienceTalk. Some of the projects have also provided formal Letters of Support, which are included in Annex 1.

Consortium as a whole. ‌ The e-ScienceTalk consortium consists of five partnersSARNET2 Consortium will gather 41 organizations. Practically, all the European actors in research on nuclear energy, including Research organizations and Universities, are participating actively to SARNET2 project. As the end-products developed by the network (ASTEC, scientific databases) may be used not only for R&D activities but also for other purposes, under conditions that are defined in the Consortium Agreement, several organizations from the Industry (EDF, TRACTEBEL SUEZ, AREVA NP) are directly contributing to SARNET2. In return, the end-products of the network that will capitalize the large amount of knowledge acquired in this area will contribute to the improvement of safety of existing and future NPPs. In addition, most of the Technical Safety Organisations to the Regulatory Authorities are also actively participating in SARNET2. An Advisory Committee, comprising managers of end-user organisations, including Vendors, Utilities and Regulatory Bodies from Western and Central Europe, will provide the Steering Committee and the General Assembly with extensive experience advices on strategic orientations of the research activities of SARNET2, with the ultimate goal of a better prevention and mitigation of severe accidents in communicating grid technology though traditional European NPPs. Finally, three non-European major partners (AECL, KAERI and new mediaUSNRC) complement the span of organizations to cover even more efficiently all the domains of the research in severe accident. CERNBesides, QMUL and APO have established they provide a proven track record during GridTalk wider view in terms of delivering successful communications projects aimed at e-ScienceTalk’s target audiences, and will draw on staff with demonstrated skills in these areasneeds. The first year reviewers stated that “The GridTalk project has made excellent progressEducation and Training” of young researchers and engineers, even exceeding expections.” E-ScienceTalk necessary to maintain existing nuclear knowledge, is another product of the Consortium. This trained work force will build upon this successful work by these partners in GridTalk, bringing onboard part also provide future qualified staff to Europe’s nuclear industrial sector to accompany the technical expertise development of Imperial College, who also have a strong record in grid dissemination through the e-Science Activity sector in the High Energy Physics Groupnext decades. E-ScienceTalk will also bring the project management of the project onboard from XXX.xx, from the CAO/Dissemination Manager, which will allow the project to benefit from close collaboration with the XXX.xx dissemination team, the EGI network of NGIs and EGI-InSPIRE collaborating projects, as well as EGI’s membership of the European E-Infrastructures Forum. As a collaboration between an international body (CERN), a Dutch foundation (XXX.xx), two universities (QMUL and Imperial College) and a small-medium sized enterprise (APO), the consortium represents three key facets of Europe’s S&T community. The A few SARNET2 partners are based in three EU member states (FR, The Netherlands and UK) and one Associated Country (CH). The consortium members provide complementary areas of expertise, which are reflected in the work packages for which they are responsible: • XXX.xx has the main objective of coordinating pan-European distributed computing activity within Europe on behalf of its stakeholders, NGIs, EIROs, and others. It will be independent of any particular institute or application community and will participate in covering a wide range of collaborations within Europe competence though not complete, whereas others are specialized in very specific areas and beyondthus complementarities are developing. • QMUL Overall, it is responsible estimated that the xxxxxxxx xxxx of competence for dissemination for GridPP, the UK’s particle physics grid. In this role it has developed an award-winning website, overseen the production of successful demonstrations, produced widely-reported press releases and held stands at many grid and computing events. In the policy area, QMUL has produced the series of GridBriefings published during GridTalk, a guide to GridPP for UK policy makers and provided speakers to policy conferences and in Parliament. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx has particular experience in science policy, having worked performing experiments needed in the severe accident domain, analysing them, developing models and integrating them in the ASTEC code is met for all types of NPPs in Europe. New European ParliamentUnion Countries are appropriately associated to most projects. • APO’s experience of web Furthermore, SARNET2 will also maintain strong links with other European projects (ASAM-PSA2, SNE-TP, ENEN…), with the ISTC projects, with the ISTP (in particular the Xxxxxx.FP programme), and print design and new media with international organisations (OECD/NEA, mainly the CSNI/GAMA Group …). Thus SARNET2 will be crucial in further developing the GridCafé website and interactive content. As the site’s original designer, APO is in a unique position to build on its strengths and add new and innovative content, as well as to develop the GridCast and GridGuide sites. This project will also provide the opportunity crucible for a small company to continue to develop horizontal type of integration of a vast range of multidisciplinary activities with its activities and personnel, and engage with international partners who could become future customersmain end-product: the integral code ASTEC. APO’s print design experience is also essential for producing eye-catching and engaging GridBriefings and marketing materials for iSGTW and The knowledge gained by the e-ScienceTalk project itself. • Imperial College designed and built the Real Time Monitor for GridPP network will be integrated into ASTEC through improved models so that it will be capitalized and will bring essential technical expertise be applicable to the consortium. The RTM demonstrates the global reach all types of grid computing NPPs in a highly visual Europe (… and engaging way. Bringing Imperial College into the e-ScienceTalk consortium will greatly enhance the co-development of the Real Time Monitor and the GridGuide, smoothing the communication between the GridGuide and RTM developers. Imperial College is also a major centre for grid dissemination and e-Science in the UK in its own right. • CERN is a well-known centre for grid communications and has hosted the editor of iSGTW since the publication’s launch. CERN has also managed the EGEE’s dissemination activities throughout all three phases of the project. CERN’s position at the hub of many grid projects, including the WorldWide LHC Computing Grid, puts it in an excellent position to source and share contacts, dissemination materials and success stories, which is vital for the continued success of iSGTW as well as the other e-ScienceTalk products. CERN also attracts high profile visitors from governments, business, funding agencies and international projects who will be exposed to presentations, events and materials from e-ScienceTalk. In addition, the e-ScienceTalk consortium will work in collaboration with numerous grid and e-Infrastructure projects throughout Europe and beyond − without this close collaboration there would be no possibility of delivering the work programme. Plans for ways to collaborate with these projects have been included throughout the document and are also summarised below. Also included is a non-exhaustive list of the projects that have expressed an interest in working with e-ScienceTalk. Some of the projects have also provided formal Letters of Support, which are included in Annex 1worldwide).