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16 September 2010
Catherine Gater

Kostas Glinos hands over the EC's contribution to EGI

Kostas Glinos hands over the EC's 25 million euro contribution to EGI-InSPIRE

Kostas Glinos was pleased to hand over the EC's 25 million euro contribution to establishing EGI to Steven Newhouse, Project Director of EGI-InSPIRE.

Kostas, Head of Unit "GÉANT & e-Infrastructure" in the Directorate General for Information Society and Media, spoke at the opening plenary of the EGI Technical Forum in Amsterdam on Tuesday 14 September, and reminded the delegates that EGI is the result of ten years of EC engagement and 100 million euros of funding. The European Grid Infrastructure is now an essential e-Infrastructure and expectations are high for the future.

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