Informatics Europe Sessions
To strength the network of members and allow them to participate actively in the main decisions regarding the strategy for future development of Informatics Europe, as well as keeping them informed of the main activities and outcomes of the organisations’ work, Informatics Europe was organising in Rome the special session: “Dialogue with Members”.
The session was divided in three tracks including:
- Presentations on the progress and important outcomes of Informatics Europe Working Groups and High-Level activities;
- a Creative Coffee Break;
- a Member's Voice track.
During the Creative Coffee break we set up standing tables where people could join to brainstorm on a number of strategic topics that Informatics Europe is already working or planning to work and new topic ideas that members think we should start working.
The topic/tables were:
- China (Asia) relations with the EU - Table Leader: Lynda Hardman
- Support to PhD students and their research careers - Table Leader: Kim Mens
- Women in Informatics Research and Education - Table Leaders: Erika Ábrahám, Letizia Jaccheri
- Leadership - Table Leaders: Mehdi Jazayeri, Susan Eisenbach
- New Ideas - Table Leader: Gregor Engels
- New Ideas - Table Leader: Enrico Nardelli
Table leaders reported back on the outcome of brainstorming, after the coffee break, in the Members' Voice Track where a general discussion created the opportunity for members to be heard and have the opportunity to contribute and shape the future of the organisation.
To close the afternoon, we had the Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly, where members voted for Board elections and approval of financial reports and budget. The main items on the agenda were 2018 external financial audit and financial report; 2019 intermediate financial report; 2020 budget, Board elections, discussion of the organization’s activities.