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ENVRI-Hub NEXT & EVERSE Training Webinar: Research Software Quality Assessment

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)

11:00 – 11:05 Welcome and introduction
11:05 – 11:35 Good practices in research software quality assessment: the ENVRI-Hub use case
11:35 – 11:50 The EVERSE framework for research software quality assessment
11:50 – 12:00 Q&A
12:00 – 12:45 Hands-on exercise:
Step #1 Use a preconfigured quality pipeline to assess your code
Step #2 Run a quality pipeline in your own environment
12:45 – 13:00 Debrief in plenary and wrap-up

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.

Register now

EGU25: ENVRI Lunch talk programme

Get your daily dose of highlights from environmental research infrastructures and supporting projects during EGU25! Join our Lunch Talks at the ENVRI Community booth (Entrance Hall, booth 64-65) Monday till Thursday between 12:45 and 13:45. No registration required. Listen to our experts, and join the conversation. Full programme below:

Monday, April 28

ENVRI community core projects: innovation and access

12:45-12:55
“ENVRI-Hub NEXT: Advancing Cross-disciplinary Collaboration and FAIR Data Integration in Environmental Research” by Ulrich Bundke, FZJ & ENVRI-Hub NEXT Technical Coordinator

A brief introduction to the ENVRI-Hub NEXT project: ENVironmental Research Infrastructures delivering an open access Hub and NEXT-level interdisciplinary research framework providing services for advancing science and society

12:55-13:05
“ENVRINNOV: introducing innovation support for, and by, the ENVRI community” by Marina Papageorgiou, ENVRINNOV Project Coordinator

Join this talk to find out how ENVRINNOV can support innovation for your RI and help facilitate collaboration with science and industry to drive development and adoption of new technologies and services. The ENVRINNOV project is developing a common innovation roadmap for the ENVRIs, along with online resources, training and networks to promote innovation for, and by, the community

13:05-13:15
“ATMO-ACCESS: Offering Sustainable Access to Atmospheric Research Facilities” by Ariane Dubost, ACTRIS-FR Communications officer

Showcase of ATMO-ACCESS Transnational and Virtual Access opportunities targeting atmospheric research community and beyond!

13:15-13:25
“Navigating Climate Risks: How to Discover and Access IRISCC Services” by Paivi Haapanala

Demonstration of how users can find, navigate and apply for access to IRISCC services

13:25-13:35
“OSCARS: Open Science. Built by you” by Anca Heinola, Finnish Meteorological Institute

OSCARS flips Open Science on its head by funding researchers directly to create the services and tools they actually need. Through cascading grants, competence centres, and a focus on community-driven innovation, OSCARS builds a more usable, flexible, and truly researcher-shaped EOSC.

13:35-13:45
“Introduction to the IAGOS services for EU projects” by Hannah Clark

Contributions from IAGOS to the projects ATMO-ACCESS, IRISCC and RI-URBANS

Tuesday, April 29

Virtual access and modelling

12:45-12:55
“From Data to Discovery: EGI’s Advanced Computing for Environmental Research” by Marta Gutierrez, Community Support Specialist EGI Foundation

Showcase our services to the environmental research community together with success stories

12:55-13:05
“AnaEE, experimenting and modelling the future of ecosystems” by Biljana Đorđević, Scientific Officer

AnaEE is linked with many RI in the ENV and H&F domain. Its catalogue app is the basis for 4 projects, and several RI in project.

13:05-13:15
“Collaborative virtual labs in the cloud with Notebook-as-a-VRE” by Gabriel Pelouze, LifeWatch

Presentation of NaaVRE, which allows users to create workflows from Jupyter notebooks and run them in the cloud, and the co-development of virtual labs

13:15-13:25
“ENES-RI: towards a sustained climate modelling research infrastructure” by Giovanni Chellini,  ENES-RI Scientific Officer

Presentation of the ENES-RI sustained climate modelling infrastructure currently under preparation as a continuation of IS-ENES

Wednesday, April 30

Services and Opportunities from ENVRIs and projects in the atmosphere, ecosystem and multi-domains

12:45-12:55
“ICOS Greenhouse Gas Observation Data & Services” by Claudio D’Onofrio, Project Manager at ICOS Carbon Portal

In this talk we will present ICOS data products and access with our in-house VRE

12:55-13:05
“SIOS Services for high Arctic research” by Heikki Lihavainen, Director of SIOS

Presenting SIOS Services with showcases, including POLARIN project providing TA and VA to Polar stations and ice breakers

13:05-13:15
“eLTER’s services for researchers” by Ulf Mallast, Head of eLTER Service Development

Introducing eLTER’s new researcher-focussed services that promote access to data, research sites and socio-ecological platforms

13:15-13:25
“Transdisciplinary services for research in AgroEcology, a new approach” by Michel Boër, coordinator

Agroserv is the first infra-serv project in agroecology. We feature common services between several RIs, 5 living-labs, and specific integrated catalogue of 150 services

13:25-13:35
“ACTRIS Services for Science, Society, and Innovation” by Giulia Saponaro, Senior Officer, Communications and External Relations

Interested in atmospheric research? Learn how ACTRIS connects you with world-class facilities, data, and an expert community to advance your research and tackle today’s atmospheric challenges

Thursday, May 1

Marine domain Research Infrastructures, projects and training opportunities

12:45-12:55
“GEORGE – Next Generation Technologies for Ocean Observations” by Janne-Markus Rintala, Project Cooridator

Presentation on the key technology innovations and training opportunities for RI professionals

12:55-13:05
“Argo in polar latitudes” by Birgit Klein, Argo Germany lead

Extending Argo towards the ice covered areas

13:05-13:15
“AMRIT services for the European and Global Ocean Observing Systems” by Sara Pero

Introduction to the AMRIT project and how it is supporting Marine RIs integration

13:15-13:25
“EMSO Academy: Advancing Marine Science Expertise” by Sara Pero

From summer school to training, the EMSO opportunities for enhancing skills in marine science

13:25-13:35
“SeaDataNet – Evolution of the infrastructure and current status” by Alessandra Giorgetti

SeaDataNet has been developed since 2006 as a pan-European marine data infrastructure based on over 100 national oceanographic data centres and almost 900 data providers. SeaDataNet services and standards are used by regional and European data infrastructures to format, harmonise and make accessible measurement data.

13:35-13:45
“Blue-Cloud 2026 – Federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters” by Dick M.A. Schaap, Blue-Cloud 2026 Technical Coordinator

Giving an overview of Blue-Cloud VRE, Virtual Labs, WorkBenches, and Data Lakes and its federation with EDITO

 

In addition to the booth presence, the ENVRI community supports and promotes several key sessions that highlight the role of RIs in advancing environmental science. You can read more about the ENVRI Sessions and Splinter meetings on the main ENVRI at EGU event page.

EVERSE Webinar on Software Quality Landscape and Indicators

The EVERSE project (https://everse.software) aims to create a framework for research software and code excellence, collaboratively designed and championed by the research communities, in pursuit of building a European network of Research Software Quality and setting the foundations of a future Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence.

The project has organised a series of webinars, the first of which will happen on Tuesday, 15th April 2025, at 10 AM CEST. This event takes place in the context of the project’s work on community-led best practices for developing high-quality research software, which has the objective of building a knowledge hub called the Research Software Quality toolkit (RSQKit).

Following a recent landscape survey on best practices in Research Software Quality (RSQ), Jutta Schnabel (Friedriech-Alexander University) will present the results of the work led so far, and Daniel Garijo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) will focus on indicators and dimension for RSQ.

For the full agenda and registration details, visit this page: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1531998

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:

Join the Lunch Talks at the ENVRI Community booth Monday till Thursday between 12:45 and 13:45. Read more about the Lunch Talk programme.

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

SPM19 – ENVRINNOV Innovation through Collaboration Training

Convener: Ariane Dubost | Co-convener: Valentina Tegas
Wed, 30 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) | Room 2.61

 

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.

If you are interested in taking part, please register here.

Draft event programme is attached here.

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

 

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

ESSI2.7 – BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN USER NEEDS AND SUSTAINABLE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA SOLUTIONS: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES

Convener: Convener: Christian Pagé | Co-conveners: Hannes Thiemann, Christin Henzen, Heinrich Widmann, Christopher KadowECS, Wolfgang zu Castell, Paul Kucera

Orals | Thu, 01 May, 08:30–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.92
Posters on site | Attendance Thu, 01 May, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) | Display Thu, 01 May, 14:00–18:00 Hall X4

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.

How You Can Participate

We invite all ENVRI RIs and supporting projects to:

  • Attend our sessions!
  • Engage with the Booth and talk to our experts
  • 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!

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.

Official website

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 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/