On June the 9th and 10th, our PANACEA project Manager attended at the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, Jagiellonian University, Czerwone Maki 98, 30-392 Kraków, Poland a two (half) day meeting.The meeting was co-organised by the European Science Foundation, SOLARIS and Europlanet. This event was strategically organised just before the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) meeting and forum to be held in Krakow on June 10 to 12.

The meeting was open to all Research Infrastructures (RIs) in the European Research Area (ERA).Around 30 representatives of a diverse range of research infrastructures were present. The meeting covered a broad spectrum of aspects on the role of distributed RIs within the European research landscape, as well as challenges and opportunities for laboratories and facilities in those parts of Europe where currently there are fewer RIs.

The comments shared during the workshop and beforehand helped guide a light revision of the white paper, retaining the main argument, but sharpening the focus and to better define the boundaries of the commentary.