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Science and Technology Facilities Council staff are members of several committees and working groups which produce policy documents to guide the development of the UK and European e-infrastructure for researchers.

Science and Technology Facilities Council staff are members of several committees and working groups which produce policy documents to guide the development of the UK and European e-infrastructure for researchers. Some of the strategic reports produced in this way, and which set the policy framework within which the e-Science Centre operates are available below:

Science & Technology Facilities Council e-Science Centre Department Strategy

ISTAG 2004 - Final Report - Grids, Distributed Systems and Service Architectures

eIRG 2005 - e-Infrastructures Roadmap

Cistrana 2005 - National Policy Priorities and RTD Programmes in the Field of ICT

NGG Expert Group 2006 - The third report of the Next Generation Grids Expert Group

ERCIM 2006 - Anticipating Future and Emerging Information Society Technologies

ESFRI 2006 - European Roadmap on Research Infrastructures

Challengers 2007 - Interaction of European and International Grid Communities

OSI 2007 - Developing the UK’s e-Infrastructure for Science and Innovation

RCUK '08: UK Large Facilities Roadmap

ESFRI 2008: European Roadmap for research infrastructures

EC DG INFSO & Media, Mar '09:  ICT INFRASTRUCTURES FOR e-SCIENCE