At the annual EGI conference, international scientific communities, computing and service providers, European projects, security experts, community managers, and policymakers gather to advance research and innovation in data-intensive processing and analytics in a safe and open environment with room for in-depth discussion, new insights, networking, and a lot of fun!

EGI2025 takes place at the stunning Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, Spain, from June 2nd to June 6th, 2025.

For this edition of the EGI annual conference, we are hosted by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP).

Early Bird tickets available until May 9 (Full price until May 20). Register now: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2025_Registration

ENVRI-Hub NEXT at EGI2025

ENVRI-Hub NEXT takes part in the conference via several contributions:

“The Invisible Infrastructure: IAM, Interoperability and the Architecture of Trust” session
Wednesday 4 June, 14:00-15:30
Ville Tenhunen, EGI Foundation – Seamless and secure access to research infrastructure data: AAI in ENVRI-Hub NEXT and IRISCC

“Software Quality: Ensuring Open Source Excellence 1” session
Wednesday 4 June, 14:00-15:30
João Machado, LIP – A CI/CD and GitOps approach for ENVRI-hub Next Applications

Check out the full programme at this link.

Research Software Quality Assessment: from local development to production environments

NEW DATE: Wed 21 May 2025 | 11:00-13:00 CEST

A joint online training event by ENVRI-Hub NEXT and EVERSE.

This hands-on training session aims to provide developers with a practical approach to code quality assurance (QA), including: research software FAIRness and sustainability, containerisation, and security assessment of their applications, all integrated within GitLab CI pipelines.

The main goal is to equip developers with the tools and procedures needed to maintain code quality, build secure container images, and automate deployments efficiently from local development to production environments.

Participants will be provided with a git account to upload their code into a preconfigured quality pipeline.

Target audience

Application developers and research software engineers across all scientific domains.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Docker, Quality Assurance (QA) concepts, and DevOps pipeline fundamentals.

Learning objectives

• • Compare good practices for code deployment, management, and monitoring.
  • Use a preconfigured pipeline to assess your code.
  • Run a quality pipeline in your own environment.

Trainer panel

• • Miguel Viana, DevSecOps Engineer, LIP – Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics
  • João Machado, Research Assistant, LIP – Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics
  • Zhiming Zhao, Associate Professor, Informatics Institute, UvA – University of Amsterdam

Agenda (all times CEST)

How to register

Places for the hands-on session are limited to guarantee the ideal trainer-to-trainee ratio. Your registration request will be reviewed before approval.

Date: 16-21 March 2025
Location: Taipei

The rapid evolution of AI is reshaping scientific discovery across a wide range of research fields. At ISGC 2025, the focus will be on the practical deployment of AI technologies, particularly how they have been successfully integrated to accelerate research and address complex challenges. From machine learning models to large language models (LLMs), AI’s transformative impact is undeniable, and the conference will showcase real-world use cases and share valuable lessons learned in deploying these technologies. By showcasing the practical uses, ISGC 2025 aims to provide participants with actionable insights into how AI can be applied to enhance their research and drive innovation in their fields.

In parallel, hybrid quantum computing is emerging as a promising game changer, similar to the rise of AI in recent years. As quantum computing continues to complement traditional supercomputers, it holds the potential to solve problems that were previously thought intractable. ISGC 2025 will explore the current state of hybrid quantum systems, discussing their deployment and the challenges in integrating these cutting-edge technologies. Together, AI and quantum computing represent the future of computational science, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation. ISGC 2025 will foster an environment for sharing ideas and solutions, helping participants refine their approaches and collaborate to overcome the challenges of deploying these transformative technologies.

ENVRI-Hub NEXT at ISGC 2025

Marta Gutiérrez David, Community Support Specialist at the EGI Foundation, is giving a keynote speech “Bridging Environmental Research Infrastructures in Europe, ENVRI-Hub Next” on 20 March at 11:45 local time.

The project ENVRI-Hub NEXT builds on years of collaboration to provide interoperable datasets, services, a knowledge base supported by AI-driven search engine and training across key Earth system domains—atmosphere, marine, ecosystems, and solid Earth—while leveraging advanced distributed e-infrastructures such as EGI.

This keynote will explore the technical foundations of the ENVRI-Hub gateway and its role in enabling environmental research infrastructures (RIs) to jointly investigate the full chain—from essential climate variables to global climate indicators and Earth system feedback mechanisms. The ENVRI-Hub is evolving towards establishing an Environmental Node, aligning with Europe’s vision of building the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation as a network of Nodes to support cross-disciplinary scientific research and innovation.