BRIITE Meeting Agenda

Information technology plays an essential role in almost all biomedical research. To be competitive, biomedical research organizations must provide access to key information technology as part of the institutional infrastructure available to their researchers. At the same time, individual investigators must be allowed maximum flexibility in the pursuit of their research. Determining how best to accomplish these sometimes conflicting goals will be the topic of this meeting — Strategic Planning for IT Support of Grant-Funded Research, II.

This meeting is given a “II” designation because the topic is a continuation of the theme at the 2003 fall meeting. So much has happened in this area in the past year the subject virtually demands a revisit.

We will begin with a general discussion of the overall challenge and an overview of the events of the past year, then turn our attention to a few individual topics which will be discussed in plenary session. Smaller working groups will then convene to elaborate on individual topics.

		IT Support for Grant Funded Research: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Be Going? Robert J. Robbins, PhD Vice President, Information Technology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
		Information Appliances: Targeted Support for High-throughput Laboratory Devices Dan Geraghty, PhD Full Member, Clinical Research Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
		Federated Authentication: The SHIBBOLETH Model Sandra Senti, MBA Executive Director, BSDIS University of Chicago Chicago, IL PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
		caBIG: Strategic Directions J. Robert Beck, MD VP/IT and CIO Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF
		caBIG: Architectural Design Peter Covitz, PhD Director, Bioinformatics Core NCICB/NCI/NIH Bethesda, MD PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS: PDF