understanding of the human brain, make advances in defining and diagnosing brain disorders, and develop new brain-like technologies. 112 Partners in 24 countries in Europe and around the world participate on this key project involving organizations from all G7 countries.  The European Union welcomes continued collaboration on the Research Data Alliance (RDA), which allows researchers and innovators to openly share data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society.  The European Union welcomes continued collaboration on GÉANT, which aims to network the research and education community globally via extensive global partnership.  Canada welcomes collaboration through the Globalink program delivered by Mitacs Inc. with support from the Government of Canada. Globalink supports international research collaboration and the mobility of highly talented undergraduate and graduate level students across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, by enabling students from a variety of countries to participate in four-month research projects at an academic institution in Canada as well as enabling students from Canada to complete a similar research internship at an academic institution or company outside of Canada.  Canada welcomes international collaboration via CANARIE to connect research and education communities to the world by enabling multinational teams to harness their collective expertise and collaborate on global research challenges.  Japan welcomes continued collaboration on national research and education networks including Testbed network (JGN) which provides an open infrastructure for research and development.  Germany welcomes collaboration on reference architecture models that will continue to be primarily industry-led, voluntary and consensus driven, based on principles of transparency, openness, impartiality, market needs and coherence.  The United States welcomes collaboration on the Global Cities Teams Challenge (GCTC) and encourages cities in the G7 to join the Challenge. GCTC’s long-term goal is to establish and demonstrate replicable, scalable, and sustainable models for incubation and deployment of interoperable, standard-based IoT solutions and demonstrate their measurable benefits in Smart Communities/Cities. This program will help communities benefit from the experience of others to improve efficiency and lower costs.  France welcomes collaboration on its “French Tech” initiative, a program bringing together start-ups, R&D centers, venture capital funds, fab labs, media, bloggers, government agencies… in order to support start-ups’ growth and their international development. 4