HIFIS & friends All-Hands Meeting 2024

Europe/Berlin
DLR Cologne

DLR Cologne

DLR-Standort Köln Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) Linder Höhe 51147 Köln
Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS Coordinator)
Description

We look forward to welcome you to our HIFIS & friends All-Hands meeting in September 2024, at DLR Cologne! All detailed information will be collected on this page.

---> Register here! (until Aug 31) <----

Important: A valid identification document is required for access to the DLR campus. Passports (Reisepass, Perso) only, no replacements allowed.

Timing

The full timetable is here. See also:

  • Presentations/Materials linked in timetable
  • materials section below (Registrants only)

In brief:

  • For interested early-birds, we will gather for a pre-meeting dinner on Sept 11 evening, in Cologne.
  • For members of HIFIS SAB and Federation Board, we will have an additional closed session (hybrid) on Sept 12 10:00-12:00.
  • The main event will last from Sept 12 noon, to Sept 13 early afternoon.
  • For interested, we will have a tour on DLR campus on Sept 13 early afternoon.

Accomodation

Please do your reservations asap in any of the following nearby hotels:

  • &repeat (in some cases still called 'Jaumanns') - approx 20 mins walk from DLR
  • ART Hotel - approx 20 mins walk from DLR
  • Moxy Köln Bonn Flughafen - approx 30 min with public transport; or 10 min with Taxi from DLR
  • B&B Troisdorf - approx 30 min with public transport; or 15 min with Taxi from DLR

Location and how to get there (and away)

  • See here for a guide and a detailed walkway from nearby hotel to the meeting location
  • The main event will take place in Building 53, Geländeeingang Pforte Nord 55
  • If you want to travel by train, please also consider this offer of the Helmholtz Association.

Restaurant

Transfer to/from day 1 dinner location

The following organised bus transfers are envisioned. We will query all registrants for their actual transfer needs.

  • 12.9. 05:45 pm from DLR to the dinner location (The ASH). 

  • 12.9. 10:00 pm from dinner location to

    • train station (Spich Bahnhof): You can catch trains in the direction of Cologne City, Cologne/Bonn Airport, and Siegburg/Troisdorf.

    • &repeat and ART Hotel

    • Moxy Airport hotel.

In case you want to leave the restaurant earlier/later, it's a 15 minute walk to the train station Spich Bahnhof.

    • Pre-evening dinner
    • Closed Session
    • Day 1 main programme: Day 1
      • 12:00
        Reception & Snacks
      • 2
        Welcome to DLR
        Speaker: Tobias Schneiderhahn
      • 3
        Welcome to DLR Location Cologne
        Speaker: Melanie von der Wiesche
      • 4
        Welcome by HIFIS Coordinator
        Speaker: Philipp Neumann (DESY)
      • 5
        Overview, Agenda, Housekeeping
        Speaker: Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS Coordinator)
      • 6
        Pitches of other Platforms
      • 7
        Updates on HIFIS, General
        Speaker: Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS Coordinator)
      • 8
        Mutual influence between HIFIS and other initiatives
        Speaker: Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS Coordinator)
      • 9
        European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Candidate Nodes
        Speaker: Dr Patrick Fuhrmann (DESY)
      • 10
        Breakout: Developments for 2025 vs 2026ff
      • 15:45
        Break
      • 11
        Breakout: Summary
      • 13
        Wrap-up
    • Day 1 Transfer, Restaurant
      • 14
        Bus shuttle to Restaurant
      • 15
        Restaurant; open end
    • Day 2 main programme: Day 2
      • 16
        Intro Day 2
        Speaker: Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS Coordinator)
      • 17
        Impulse: Consulting Story
      • 18
        Impulse: Service Orchestration Story
      • 19
        Breakout: The way to Consulting 2.0

        HIFIS Consulting is on the brink of being reorganized. In this world café based session, we want to collect your input about the different aspects of consulting.

      • 10:40
        Break
      • 20
        Breakout: Summary
      • 21
        Wrap-up
      • 12:00
        Lunch (take-away)
    • DLR tour: (registered persons only)