DOORS General Assembly 2022

DOORS General Assembly

Burgas, Bulgaria, 7–9 June 2022.

After a very long year of working remotely on DOORS, we are all thrilled to be having our first major in-person General Assembly meeting, to be hosted by Burgas Free University on 7–9 June. For many of us, this is the first opportunity to meet colleagues face-to-face; something that is critical for a project like ours, in order to build those relationships and deliver real change for the Black Sea.

The meeting agenda will be available to download shortly.

“Black Sea doors and bridges” Event on June 10-11.

Following on from the General Assembly, DOORS is delighted to be participating in Burgas Free University’s International Scientific Conference, “Black Sea doors and bridges” event on June 10-11. It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet with colleagues to discuss innovation and investment in the Black Sea region, linked to the marine environment.

Download the flyer here for more information about the event.

Register for the event here.

Assemble Plus Conference 2022 – Marine biological research at the frontier

Assemble Plus Conference

Online, 13–24 June 2022.

Participate in the Assemble Plus Conference 2022 – “Marine biological research at the frontier” which will take place online between 13 and 24 June 2022. The conference is organised by the Assemble Plus project partnered by a network of marine stations and institutes led by EMBRC ERIC – the European Marine Biological Resource Centre. 

The conference will include keynote speakers, invited lectures by Assemble Plus users, match making with industry, service/technology demonstrations and workshops.  

We strongly encourage you to follow the event and please feel free to spread the word among your circles. This is an opportunity for researchers, academia, industry and policymakers, to be connected and share experiences, knowledge and a chance to establish partnerships. 


“ASSEMBLE 2022 – Marine biological research at the frontier” will showcase recent developments in marine biology and ecology; state-of-the-art technologies available at marine stations and institutes; how to access biological resources and marine research infrastructure; how to improve services provided by marine stations; knowledge transfer to industry, and sustainability of research infrastructures.  

Registration is open until 6 June 2022.

ERIC Forum Policy Seminar on the Socio-Economic Impact of ERICs

ERIC Forum SEI

Online, 29 April 2022.

The ERIC Forum Policy Seminar on the Socio-Economic Impact (SEI) of ERICs will be held online on 29 April 2022. It will bring together the ERICs community with their national, European and International stakeholders and collaborators to pave the way towards evaluating Research Infrastructures’(RIs) full value and contribution to resilient knowledge-based economies.

The objectives of the ERIC Forum Policy Seminar are to:

  • Showcase the diversity of ERICs and their impact (both at an individual level as well as their contributions to tackling societal challenges through, for example: EU Missions, Green and Digital Transitions, ERA Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Present the findings from the ERIC Forum Survey on the SEI assessment practices of ERICs, followed by case studies of SEI assessment by ERICs belonging to different clusters during different phases of their lifecycle,
  • Engage with the relevant ERIC national and EU stakeholders as well as cross-sectoral user communities, taking into consideration their perspectives,
  • Propose joint recommendations on how capturing the diversity, value and impact of ERICs can be supported. 

All Research Infrastructures are invited to participate and share their views with the participating stakeholders including national, regional and EU funding bodies, policy-making entity(s), cross-sectoral users as well as relevant projects and entities working on RI SEI assessment methodologies.

This Seminar shall be held virtually from 09:00 – 13:00 CEST. 

► Register here. The draft agenda is available here.

Green Week 2022

EU Green Week

Brussels + online, 30 May–5 June 2022.

EU Green Week is an annual opportunity to debate European environmental policy with policymakers, leading environmentalists and stakeholders from Europe and beyond. This year’s edition focuses on the European Green Deal – the EU’s sustainable and transformative growth strategy for a resource-efficient and climate-neutral Europe by 2050.

EU Green Week 2022 will take place from 30 May to 5 June 2022. The main hybrid event on 31 May puts three important aspects of the transformation in the spotlight – circular economy, zero pollution, and biodiversity. Throughout the week, partner events will be taking place across Europe and beyond.

Green Week 2022 Session 3 – Biodiversity – Nature Restoration Targets

The Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises that to halt climate change and to build a world resilient and fit for the future, it is essential that our living world is protected and restored. A key element of this plan is the proposal for an EU nature restoration law – setting for the first time a legal framework to restore degraded ecosystems across the whole EU and across all key ecosystems on land and at sea.

The session will explore the multiple benefits we gain from healthy ecosystems, and will look at how they can be realised through restoration actions. The main questions to the panellist will be: Can we afford not to take urgent action now at the national and international level? What is the cost of action versus cost of non-action? What are the sources of funding available?

  • biodiversity
  • 31 May 2022, 12:00 CEST – 31 May 2022, 13:00 CEST
  • Brussels, Belgium
  • Live streaming available

EOSC Symposium 2022

EOSC Symposium 2022

Prague, Czech Republic/online, 14–17 November 2022.

The EOSC Symposium is the main EOSC annual event and this year takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 14–17 November 2022.

Over 500 stakeholders from ministries, policy makers, research performing organisations, service providers, research infrastructures and research communities across Europe and beyond are expected to attend the Symposium to reflect on the EOSC key achievements and strategic challenges and to identify priorities and concrete actions at European, national, and institutional level to speed up the EOSC implementation.

If you’re going to the Symposium, make sure to check out the following events held by the FAIR-IMPACT consortium:

  1. 16 November: Joint FAIR-IMPACT and Skills4EOSC lighting talk on stakeholder engagement (7 minute slot in one of the FAIR enabling practices sessions)
  2. 16 November, 16:30-18:00: EOSC PID Policy and FAIRCORE4EOSC: Measuring Compliance – WP3 joint session with FC4E
  3. 17 November, 11:00-12:30: Semantic interoperability in EOSC–  joint session with FC4E
  4. 17 November, 13:30: Towards a shared value proposition for PIDs in EOSC – WP3 session

For any questions about the Symposium please contact eosc-symposium-programme@eoscfuture.eu

You can find videos from the event here.

EOSC Future Aggregators and Integrators Webinar

Integrators Aggregators Webinar

Online, 3 May 2022.

Starting in February 2022, EOSC Future (one of the projects in which LifeWatch ERIC is currently involved) will organise ‘ask me anything’ webinars.

On the first Tuesday of every month, participants will have the chance to ask questions about a variety of EOSC services and resources.

During these exclusive Q&A sessions, resources and resource categories available on the EOSC platform will be presented, discussed and, in some cases, tested out.

The session on aggregators and integrators will take place online from 14.00-15.00 CEST.

Ask me anything about…

The EOSC Future ‘ask me anything’ webinars aim to encourage uptake among users as well as show potential service providers how their resources could be featured through EOSC.

For each session, EOSC community members, experts and project coordinators will present an EOSC resource. As needed, there will be a demonstrative use case to show how a specific type of resource can be accessed and used via the platform. For all webinars, particular emphasis will be placed on answering any and all questions from the audience.

Registration

Register here for the aggregators and integrators webinar.

Visit the EOSC Future website for updates on upcoming webinar topics and dates.

ZEEKERWETEN

Zeekerweten

Belgian Coast, Belgium, 8 May 2022.

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), coordinator of the LifeWatch Belgium consortium, is organising – together with Natuurpunt, SciVil, Iedereen Wetenschapper and EOS Magazine and many other organisations – the first citizen science festival of the Belgian coast: ZEEKERWETEN. It is a LifeWatch Belgium initiative.

During this open-air event, citizens can discover the biodiversity of the Belgian coastal region. Together with experts, they learn tricks and tools to make the invisible life at sea, on the beach, in the dunes and elsewhere on the coast visible. By doing that, they get the chance to become a real citizen scientist.

A surprising and fascinating day for young and old, moving scientific knowledge to a higher level!

Check the practical details and the program on www.zeekerweten.be (Dutch only).

Several LifeWatch Flanders colleagues will host interesting stands with fun hands-on activities.

Start/End: Sunday, May 8, 2022 – 10:00 to 16:00

13th LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly

LifeWatch ERIC

Online, 29 March 2022. The 13th General Assembly of LifeWatch ERIC will take place on 29 March 2022. The GA will go ahead online, in accordance with COVID-19 health guidelines. Its members will be advised of joining instructions.

Transfiere 2022

Transfiere 2022

The biggest professional and multi-sectoral Forum for knowledge and technology transfer that takes place in Spain, and that gathers the most relevant players in the national and international R&D&i ecosystem.

This year, as every year, LifeWatch ERIC will be among the participants, waiting to welcome you at its exhibition booth!

African Union – European Union Summit: A Science Agenda

au-eu summit

Online, 14 – 18 February 2022.

The AERAP Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform will organise side events at the AU-EU Summit on 14 – 18 February 2022. The purpose of the meeting will be to promote awareness of the contribution of collaborative research and development as a critical aspect of EU-Africa relations and collaborations, in particular in addressing global challenges together.

The general topics for the Summit side event will include:


1. The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, NDICI, also known as Global Europe. The Communication from the Commission on the Global Approach to Research and Innovation is a key paper: ….to serve as a guide in implementing the international dimension of the new EU programme for civil research and innovation, Horizon Europe, and its synergies with other EU programmes, in particular the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe.

2. How to accelerate an inclusive approach to collaborative research, recognising African leadership and the untapped potential of women and girls to contribute to science and innovation.

3. Consider how to leverage synergies between funding mechanisms led by the EU and others including development finance provided by the African Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and others.

4. Raise awareness of the unforeseen and unintended impact of regulations on potential research collaborations with Africa. These include data privacy, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the In-vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR), the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and the Clinical Trials Regulation. Good regulation cannot act as a barrier between African and EU and other researchers. African nations need to build their enabling regulatory environment and regulatory compliance with the EU.

5. Indigenous knowledge can be a force for good and part of the equation when promoting Africa-Europe science collaboration, including developing relevant information services and linking indigenous knowledge to data capacities; patent data. WTO TRIPS Art. 66.2 is critical to supporting technology transfer.   

6. The meeting will also consider the importance of the SDGs in this context, including enabling local and community (UN Local 2030) science as part of the global response.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) met in Kigali, Rwanda, on 26 October 2021, took stock of progress regarding the priority areas adopted during the last AU–EU Summit held in 2017, in Abidjan. This press release provides some guidance on priorities for the AU-EU Summit on 17-18 Feb 2022.

To join this event please register here. For more information, please see the AERAP website.