Remit

To identify what external bodies we should be interacting with in industry, government and elsewhere, and how we best manage those interactions.

Core Members

Hugh Williams (Chair); Roger Dean; Simon Carlile; David Grayden

HCS Executive Contact Point

Denis Burnham [Chair, Conferences and Liaison]

Comments

In the initial proposal, we suggested that we would have an Industry Task Group, with representation from both academia and industry, that would seek ways of connecting the research activities of staff and student network participants with the needs and trends of industry. Two other areas that fall within this remit are the International Advisory Board and the idea of International Partner Laboratories; and at the first HCSNet Steering Committee meeting, the need to build links with external constituencies and users other than industry was identified.

We'd like this Working Group to identify the external constituencies with which we need to connect, along with appropriate motivations for these connections; and to identify how we can develop and manage those connections. One outcome here might be, for example, a proposal for a Users Committee: we want to know who would be on such a committee, what it would do, and so on.

Target Deliverables

By January 27th 2005:
* A five minute presentation on possible activities in this area.

By February 22nd 2005:
* A status report on where the Working Group has got to (pdf format), incorporating ideas generated at the HCSNet Launch Meeting and subsequent discussion.

By April 1st 2005:
* A report outlining the external constituencies with which we should be building connections; the reasons for these connections; how we should manage these connections; and what outcomes might be expected as a result.