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.

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

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.
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.

Sensors and Drones in Atmospheric Sciences: Training Schools by ATMO-ACCESS

November 11-15, 2024

The Cyprus Institute campus in Nicosia (Cyprus) and Empa campus near Zurich (Switzerland)

The ATMO-ACCESS project supports innovative training and education activities related to atmospheric research infrastructures. It is crucial for the future success of European atmospheric facilities to ensure that new generations of researchers acquire knowledge and skills to take advantage of all the essential tools for their research. These two hybrid Training Schools will run in parallel and focus on the operation and scientific exploitation of sensor systems used in urban and remote areas for ground-based applications (Autumn School at EMPA, Switzerland) and on drones (Autumn School at the Cyprus Institute, Cyprus).

This intensive course is suitable for both M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in atmospheric and Earth system sciences who are working with sensor data from atmospheric variables, related to climate change and air pollution.

The application deadline is July 26th, 2024. The list of accepted applicants will be published on the ATMO-ACCESS website latest by mid September 2024.

Click here to read more on the event page.

The Data we need for the Ocean we care for – Satellite event at 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference

Blue-Cloud Event

9 April 2024 17:00–18:30

World Trade Center, Room 9-10, Barcelona, Spain

Data collection, analysis and application are key enablers for ocean data innovation. Data integration/interoperability is needed. A workshop organised as an off-site event of the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference, 9 April 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, will deep dive into cases of success in data sharing practices from European research infrastructures, and how to maximise this potential at global level for contributing to the SDGs and the Digital Twins of the Ocean programmes.

The workshop will be opened by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and will showcase best practices of marine data federation from the Blue-Cloud2026 and the iMAGINE European projects, with specific insights on applications for marine biology and the fishery domain. With input by EMODnet, Copernicus Marine and leading marine research infrastructures, Blue-Cloud (https://blue-cloud.org) is contributing to the open science transformation by an easier discovery and access of blue data, open to all to implement open science and AI. The iMagine initiative (https://www.imagine-ai.eu/) provides a portfolio of image datasets, high-performance image analysis tools empowered with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Best Practice documents for scientific image analysis.

The OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) and the Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS) of IOC/UNESCO will also join the workshop to dive into the education and training needs to ensure data management practices and standards are put in place at a global level.

Last but not least, representatives from the European Digital Twins of the Ocean (EU DTO) Programme and its global counterpart, the DITTO programme, will complement with insights from the global efforts to build awareness around the ensuring cross-regional data sharing towards the development of digital twins of the ocean.

More info on the Blue-Cloud website here.