Category: Events

LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference 2025 Call for Abstracts

30 June – 03 July 2025
Heraklion, Greece

The BEeS (Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience) Conference 2025 will gather researchers, policymakers, and experts to tackle the Triple Planetary Crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution) through eScience and European Research Infrastructures (RIs).

This year’s conference will explore synergies between LifeWatch ERIC services and emerging technologies to drive innovation for a sustainable future. The program features plenary sessions, thematic services, research presentations, and hands-on demonstrations, highlighting the crucial role of technology, data, and collaboration in addressing global environmental challenges.

Topics
Participants will engage in discussions on biological diversity and conservation, ecological responses to climate change, biogeography, taxonomy, biodiversity monitoring, and habitat mapping. The event will also include interactive booth activities, poster presentations, and training sessions, offering insights into Virtual Research Environments (VREs), Virtual Laboratories (vLabs), and other digital tools.

Call for Abstracts

The conference welcomes researchers in biodiversity, ecosystems, and eScience, with a special focus on early-career scientists, including PhD and Master’s students, to submit their abstracts in one of the six conference topics, by 15 April 2025.

The BEeS 2025 Conference will be hosted by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology, and Aquaculture (IMBBC), in Heraklion, Greece, from June 30 to July 3, 2025.

For more information, visit: https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/

Biodiversity Digital Twins and the Destination Earth Ecosystem

The BioDT Project is reaching the end of its mandate and is organising, in collaboration with Destination Earth, its final event taking place in Rome on 3 April 2025.

The event, available also for online participation, will highlight BioDT’s key results relevant for the European Commission’s Digital Twin strategy and its integration with the DestinE ecosystem.

Sustainability, interoperability, and the potential adoption of BioDT’s results by European Research Infrastructures and data spaces will be the key topics to drive discussions, scientific presentations and panel debates. Moreover, participants will assist to live demonstrations of prototype Digital Twins (pDTs) developed during the project.

For the agenda, registration, and further details, visit: https://biodt.eu/events/biodiversity-digital-twins-and-destination-earth-ecosystem

ENVRI-Hub NEXT at ISGC 2025

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.

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EVERSE Network Launch – 18 February 2025

Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Time: 10:00 CET
Location: Online

The EVERSE Network for Research Software Quality will hold its launch event online on 18 February 2025 at 10:00 CET. The network aims to enhance the policy and practice of research software in Europe and beyond.

The event will include presentations outlining the network’s vision and plans, as well as opportunities for participants to share their insights and contribute to shaping the network’s activities.

  • What issues does your community face with its research software?
  • What benefits can you envisage from engaging with other software experts in science?
  • What would you like to contribute to a software quality network?

Registration

Participation is open to anyone with an interest in software quality. To attend, please register here.

Join us to support the development of a collaborative and effective Network for Research Software Quality.

Register now

eLTER Science Conference 2025: abstract submission deadline extended to 31 January 2025

The abstract submission deadline for the eLTER Science Conference 2025 is now January 31st!

Remember, your abstracts don’t need to be long. Every accepted abstract will receive a DOI, making your work permanently citable and widely accessible. Have in mind that the ARPHA Conference Abstracts (ACA) platform we are using allows for innovative publication that may also include data, citations, figures and tables. Video recordings of conference talks or graphic files of poster presentations can be uploaded after the conference and visualised on your article page.  Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work!

Submit your abstract here for the first eLTER Science Conference and join us in shaping the future of ecosystem research! More info & sessions  elter-ri.eu/science-confer

Deadlines: Abstracts: 31st January (extended) Registration: 25th April (no change)

We look forward to seeing you in Tampere, Finland, in June!

ENVRI at EGU 2025: Join Us in Vienna!

The ENVRI community is delighted to announce its participation in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025, taking place in Vienna from 27 April to 2 May 2025. The conference serves as a platform for showcasing advancements in geosciences and interdisciplinary research, and we are proud to highlight the role of the ENVRI community and supporting projects in advancing environmental science.

Visit the ENVRI Booths

This year, the ENVRI community will host two medium-sized booths (Booths 64 and 65), prominently located at the entrance to the conference venue. These booths will serve as hubs for:

Explore Relevant Sessions

In addition to the booth presence, the ENVRI community is excited to support and promote several key sessions that highlight the role of RIs in advancing environmental science:

Monday, 28 April

ITS3.11/ERE6.3 – ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE THROUGH INTEGRATED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES

Orals | Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST) Room 2.24
Posters on site | Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) | Display Mon, 28 Apr, 14:00–18:00 Hall X4
Posters virtual | Attendance Thu, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) | Display Thu, 01 May, 14:00–18:00 vPoster spot 2

Convener: Anna Santoro | Co-conveners: Gustavo Naumann, Quertenmont Pierre, Elena Garbarino

  • Focus: High-level outcomes from integrated RIs, with an emphasis on policy impacts, governance, and the strategic future of environmental science.
  • Ideal Contributions: Large-scale impacts, strategic insights, and policy-oriented research outcomes.

ITS3.1/CL0.14 – MERGING SOCIAL SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Orals | Mon, 28 Apr, 14:00–17:55 (CEST) Room 2.24
Posters on site | Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) | Display Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–12:30 Hall X5
Posters virtual | Attendance Thu, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) | Display Thu, 01 May, 14:00–18:00 vPoster spot 2

Convener: Hilde Orten | Co-conveners: Claudio D’Onofrio, Hannah Clark, Angeliki Adamaki, Solmaz MohadjerECS

  • Focus: Exploring the intersection of social sciences and environmental studies.
  • Topics: Climate action plans, environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, disaster risk reduction, and resilient communities.

TM15 – Discover New Research Opportunities: How to Get Access to World-Class Facilities, Tools, and Data with Transnational and Virtual Access

19:00–20:00 (CEST) | Room N1

Convener: Magdalena Brus | Co-conveners: Päivi Haapanala, Janne Rinne

Wednesday, 30 April

TM11 – Science, No Fiction: Touchdown. The Environmental Open Science Starship Returns to Earth – The Next Generation of Open Scientists!

19:00–20:00 (CEST) | Room N1

Convener: Jacco Konijn | Co-convener: Magdalena Brus

Thursday, 1 May

ESSI2.3 – ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES WITH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES AND E-INFRASTRUCTURES: CASE STUDIES ON CROSS-DISCIPLINE DATA SHARING AND VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS

Convener: Eugenio Trumpy | Co-conveners: Massimiliano Assante, Angeliki Adamaki, Jacco Konijn, Magdalena Brus, Anca Hienola, Marta Gutierrez

Orals: Thu, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) | Room -2.92
Posters on site: Attendance Thu, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) | Display Thu, 01 May, 08:30–12:30 Hall X4

  • Focus: Technical and scientific advancements in data integration, interoperability, and collaboration.
  • Ideal Contributions: Case studies, tools, and practical solutions showcasing innovations within the ENVRI community.

ENVRINNOV Splinter meeting

The Horizon Europe-funded project “ENVRINNOV – ENVironment Research Infrastructures Innovation Roadmap,” is working towards developing a common Innovation Roadmap for the environmental research infrastructures (ENVRIs) community. As part of the project, a series of capacity building sessions is being developed to promote collaboration and establish a shared understanding of Innovation concepts and processes in the ENVRI community, including on Technology Development, Technology Transfer, and Industrial Approach.

The first session will take place during EGU and aims to:

– Provide a general introduction to the concept of innovation in the context of ENVRIs, and how it can benefit RIs and the ecosystem.
– Demonstrate how the ENVRINNOV project can support ENVRIs in their innovation process.
– Explore ways of enhancing communication and collaboration between ENVRIs and the private sector as a means to accelerate innovation.

For more information, you may contact a.dubost@opgc.fr

How You Can Participate

We invite all ENVRI RIs and supporting projects to:

  • Attend our sessions!
  • Engage with the Booth: Participate by providing materials, hosting presentations, or staffing the booth to represent your RI or project.
  • Join the ENVRINNOV Splinter Meeting: We warmly invite all members of the ENVRI community, as well as anyone interested in innovation in environmental research infrastructures, to participate in this interactive and engaging pilot training session. Feedback from this first session, will help shape further training to be made available to the community.

For more information or questions about the ENVRI presence at EGU 2025, including contributions to the booth, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

We look forward to seeing you at EGU 2025, as we highlight the collective strength and impact of the ENVRI community in advancing environmental research!

ENVRI Community at ICRI 2024

3-5 December 2024, Brisbane, Australia

About ICRI

Hosted biennially, the International Conference on Research Infrastructures is the major professional forum for the global research infrastructure community. ICRI 2024 will bring together policymakers, research institution leaders, facility operators, users and researchers, to discuss pressing topics of interest, trends and challenges facing research infrastructures around the world.

 

ICRI 2024 will be hosted in the beautiful city of Brisbane (Meanjin in Aboriginal language), the capital of the state of Queensland in Australia, traditionally owned by the Turrbal and Jagera People.

Relevant sessions and side events

ICRI 2024 in Brisbane brings together global experts to discuss key advancements in Research Infrastructures (RIs). This event offers invaluable sessions, with highlights for the ENVRI community including:

Main Conference Session
Tuesday, December 3 | 2:00 pm
Improving Critical Ocean and Earth Observations
This breakout session focuses on strengthening Earth observation capabilities and developing sustainable practices across RIs.

ENVRI Community Side Events

  1. Empowering RIs for Global Impact: Digital Tools and Collaborative Solutions
    Monday, December 2 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    This session, led by the EGI Foundation, highlights digital projects like ENVRI-Hub NEXT, iMagine, RI-SCALE, SPECTRUM, and PHENET. Learn how advanced tools and AI integration are transforming RI capabilities and expanding data accessibility for broader impact.
  2. Leveraging RIs for Climate Change Resilience
    Monday, December 2 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
    Organized by the IRISCC project, this session addresses the role of RIs in global climate action, discussing drought, flooding, and air quality impacts from both EU and international perspectives. The session will feature talks from ICOS, eLTER and RIs from outside the Europe

Join us to engage with digital and collaborative solutions that are driving impactful change across environmental and climate research infrastructures.

More information

Go to the ICRI 2024 website for more information: https://icri2024.au/

 

Launch Event: OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services

On 15 January 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30 CET, join us online for the launch of the 2nd OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services.

This Open Call is the last of the two calls (total worth ~16 million EUR) foreseen in the frame of OSCARS to support research communities from any scientific domain to take up open science and foster the involvement of scientists in EOSC.

Participants will learn more about the scope and content of the call, and will have the chance to raise any question about its scope, content, conditions, and the application process.

Researchers from all scientific disciplines are welcome to apply to the 2nd OSCARS Open Call before January 15th, 2025, with proposals for the development of Open Science projects or services, that together will drive the uptake of FAIR-data-intensive research throughout the European Research Area (ERA).

Projects are funded with a lump sum between 100,000 and 250,000 EUR, and can be proposed in the fields of any of the Science Clusters and beyond, by any researcher or group of researchers.

By the end of OSCARS, it is expected that a series of valuable scientific results and new services will be available, leading to an increased uptake of Open Science by researchers and to promote cross-border and cross-domain cooperation in the long run.

WHY ATTEND?

  • To learn about OSCARS and the funding opportunity given by the 2nd OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services.
  • To ask any question about the call, and get useful answers to increase the chances of submitting a successful proposal.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Researchers from all scientific disciplines
  • Data scientists
  • Members of research infrastructures

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

OSCARS is a four-year EU-funded project that strives to foster the uptake of Open Science in Europe by consolidating the achievements of world-class European research infrastructures in the ESFRI roadmap and beyond into lasting interdisciplinary FAIR data services and working practices.

Webinar on Lessons Learned from ENVRI-Hub Next Landscape Analysis

Date: 3 September 2024
Time: 10:00 – 12:00 CEST
Register now

Overview:

Join us for a 2-hour interactive webinar, “Lessons Learned from the ENVRI RIs Landscape Analysis,” where we will share key insights and findings from the recent landscape analysis questionnaire on metadata, vocabularies, AAI, and licenses across ENVRI Research Infrastructures (RIs).

Objectives:

  • Share key findings from the landscape analysis questionnaire
  • Foster discussions and collaboration among ENVRI RIs

Presenters:

RI representatives who participated in the questionnaire will contribute short presentations during the webinar.

Agenda:

  • 10:00 – Welcome and Summary of questionnaire – Vocabulary (Markus Fiebig, ACTRIS)
  • 10:15 – Summary of questionnaire – Licences (Shridhar Jawak, NILU)
  • 10:25 – Summary of questionnaire – AAI (Shridhar Jawak, NILU)
  • 10:35 – Motivations, questions, challenges as seen by RIs (3 min each)
    • ACTRIS ERIC – Markus Fiebig
    • AnaEE – Dario De Nart
    • eLTER – Jan Bumberger
    • EPOS – Daniele Bailo
    • Euro-Argo ERIC – Delphine Dobler
    • IAGOS – Damien Boulanger
    • ICOS – Maggie Hellström
    • LifeWatch ERIC – Lucia Vaira
    • SeaDataNet – Peter Thjisse
    • EISCAT – Carl-Fredrik Enell
    • EMSO ERIC – Aljaz Maslo
    • SIOS – Lara Ferrighi
  • 11:15 – Discussion
  • 11:50 – Conclusion

Participation:

We encourage all ENVRI-Hub Next Consortium Members and ENVRI community RIs to join this valuable opportunity to learn from each other and explore potential collaborations.

Register now

ENVRI at EGI2024

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

ENVRI at EGI2024

ENVRI-Hub NEXT takes part in the session “Powering Collaboration: Technical Computing and Data Continuum Requirements” on Wednesday, 2 October 16:45-18:oo, where Ulrich Bundke, Scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich presents “ENVRI-Hub-NEXT: an Ambitious Leap in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Data Access”.

LifeWatch ERIC is holding the demonstration “Improving Biodiversity Data and Services discoverability: the LifeWatch ERIC Metadata Catalogue”, introducing this centralised platform for discovering and disseminating data and services, on 2 October at 14:30.

Come visit us at the Exhibition, as ENVRI-Hub NEXT will be featured at the EGI booth, while LifeWatch ERIC will have its booth. An ENVRI-Hub NEXT poster will also be available during the dedicated session.

Official Website

ENVRI-Hub NEXT all-hands meeting

The ENVRI-Hub NEXT all-hands meeting is also co-located with EGI2024 on the 3-4 October. Project partners will meet to discuss technical updates, the timeline for the first deployment of ENVRI-Hub NEXT, collaboration opportunities with other initiatives, as well as a deep dive into communications, user engagement and training. Check agenda and info on indico.