1. Collaboration Facilitation Interest Group CTSA Informatics All-hands – Oct 15 th 2008

2. Facilitating the process of collaboration Identifying and facilitating the selection of collaborators Related governance and interoperability issues Focus

3. Recognition that using virtual environments to facilitate collaboration is experimental and no major successes to build on. Host webinars to allow us to learn from each other. Also include occassional external vendors or non-profits with relevant solutions. Activities

4. Meeting: Using Digital Environments to Support Research; Nov 12/13 th, Bethesda/NIH Outcomes: –Case-study based group problem-solving –Discussion on what is best addressed nationally –Exploration of white paper or publication to capture learning over the last year. Moving Forward