VPH ARGOS POLICY BRIEF: final public draft
After the ARGOS Finale Meeting held on 11th May 2011 in Budapest, the final public draft of the ARGOS VPH Policy Brief has been released. The document recommends governments of the European Union and the United States of America to support the establishment of a permanent International Multistakeholder Advisory Group (VPH/MAG) as a first step towards the creation of a transatlantic VPH Cyberinfrastructure, a global infrostructure that will integrate all digital infrastructures that share data, information, or models relative to biomedicine.
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Comments and revisions on this policy draft, as well as the opportunity for experts to express their support for the brief by being added to the list of contributors, are still possible until Sunday, June 12th, 2011, when the document will be officially closed. Comments, revisions, as well as requests to be listed as contributor, should be sent by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it After that date, a book with the final version of the ARGOS Policy Briefs and contributions of the speakers of the Finale Meeting will be published via IOS Press, as a conclusion to the Argos Project which started in January, 2010. Once completed, these briefs will be submitted for the attention of many policy makers and key stakeholders in Europe and the United States.