During the official dinner of the Spring 2023 membership meeting at the Atomium Restaurant in Brussels, former euroCRIS President Ed Simons was awarded the euroCRIS medal of exceptional merit. The medal was delivered by the current euroCRIS President Jan Dvořák and recognises the massive contribution Ed Simons has made to the research information management community and to euroCRIS over many years.
Previous recipients of the euroCRIS medal of exceptional merit include euroCRIS founder and first President Keith Jeffery (2012) and long-time Board member and Lead for the CERIF Task Group Brigitte Joerg (2014).
