ENVRI-Hub NEXT at EGI 2026

EGI Conference 2026 (1)

Ghent, Belgium

The annual EGI conference takes place from 21 to 25 September 2026. Organised by the EGI Foundation, in collaboration with partners from the EGI Federation, the event brings together digital and research infrastructure providers, data scientists, policy-makers, and innovators, to advance data-intensive science.

This year, the conference is also a chance for the ENVRI-Hub NEXT Project members to gather together for the project’s final meeting, on 21 and 22 September, and hold a public session included in the EGI Conference programme.

The session, called “Aligning and exploiting environmental data to overcome global challenges”, addresses the need to shift from siloed data collection to integrated, interdisciplinary analysis, to tackle the complexity of global environmental challenges. The ENVRI-Hub NEXT project is at the forefront of this transition, providing the technical framework to align environmental data streams into a cohesive, machine-actionable ecosystem.

Gabriel Pelouze (LifeWatch ERIC) will contribute in the Panel with guests from environmental research organisations (more info about the full session here: https://indico.egi.eu/event/6931/sessions/5591/#20260923).

2nd ENVRI-Hub User Group Meeting

ENVRI User Group

The ENVRI-Hub provides access to environmental research infrastructure, data, and digital tools across multiple disciplines. It helps researchers tackle environmental challenges by offering interoperable, FAIR resources. A collaborative space, called the ENVRI-Hub User Group, allows users of the ENVRI-Hub to collaborate, test new tools, provide direct feedback, define training needs, and join a network of like-minded individuals.

On 10 November 2026, the ENVRI-Hub users will meet again, online, to explore the live ENVRI-Hub deployment, discover advanced functionalities updates, and gather final feedback to help steer the platform’s sustainability and future updates.

The registration is available for members of the Users Group, click here to join it: https://envri.eu/envri-hub-user-group

ECSA 61: the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association Conference 2026

Brussels, Belgium

From 24 to 27 August 2026, a global, multidisciplinary community of researchers and professionals is gathering in Belgium to discuss the urgent challenges posed by the triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution – with threats to biodiversity representing a particularly major concern for both the planet health and human societies. This is the focus of “ECSA 61: Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine biodiversity: the way forward“. Organised by Elsevier and the ECSA Association, the conference features sessions and workshops across four main topics: Physics, Ecology, Biogeochemistry, and the Human Dimension.

The focus is on international collaborative actions across maritime areas where there is urgent need to assess and manage threats, and to plan future initiatives that ensure a sustainable use of estuaries, coasts, and seas.

Building on the results of several Horizon Europe projects, this will also be an opportunity to showcase the most recent advances in coastal marine research, and their application for European and international policies. For the first time, ECSA 61 also includes a “Science-meets-Policy” day on 27 August, providing an opportunity to discuss research findings with managers and decision-makers.

For more information on this event, visit: https://www.estuarinecoastalconference.com

MARBEFES Autumn School 2026

MARBEFES Autumn School 2026

Lecce, Italy

From October 26 to 29, 2026, the Autumn School “Protecting marine biodiversity with the MARBEFES Toolbox” will be held in Lecce, Italy.

Its objectives include: showcasing the various tools and services integrated in the Toolbox created under MARBEFES to enhance its uptake, demonstrating practical applications of these tools and their impacts in real contexts to maximise their exploitation, and conducting an hands-on session where participants can experiment with the Toolbox and its services.

Participants will also learn how to best help practitioners and policy makers maximise the ecological value, and optimise a sustainable socio-economic use of the marine system for present and future generations.

For the duration of the programme, MARBEFES will provide participants with travel, lodging, and lunch (according terms and conditions).

More details in the coming weeks, stay tuned!

High-throughput biodiversity monitoring workshop by BMD project:

BMD Biodiversity Monitoring Workshop

Seville, Spain

The Biodiversity Meets Data project (BMD), aims to enhance access to high-throughput biodiversity monitoring tools, analyses, and data to support evidence-based conservation efforts across Europe.

On 5 and 6 November 2026, BMD is offering another exciting opportunity to learn how to use new monitoring and AI analysis tools, focused on the detection of species listed under the Habitats and Birds Directives. The workshop will take place in Seville, Spain, right after the Eurosite Annual Meeting, where the project’s team will be facilitating various interactive sessions under the theme Conservation & Monitoring.

Workshop participants will gain practical training on biodiversity monitoring and analyses, including camera traps and acoustic recorders with AI species identification, and publication of biodiversity data in GBIF.

Participation is limited to 30 places! Express your interest via this online form until 1 September 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS-6zwzYOGeOZliCGukApDgLy08QJolk-uEjHmHHzj6IaXpw/viewform

More info about the workshop: https://bmd-project.eu/news/biodiversity-meets-data-high-throughput-biodiversity-monitoring-workshop-analysing-and-mobilising-camera-trap-acoustic-recorder-data

EVERSE webinar: a Training Catalogue for Research Software Quality

EVERSE Network Webinar

The EOSC EVERSE Project aims to create a framework for research software and code excellence, collaboratively designed and championed by research software engineering communities and the five EOSC cross-disciplinary Science Clusters.

On 23 June, EVERSE is launching a webinar to introduce EVERSE Training: a training catalogue for early career scientists and engineers, designed as a one-stop-shop for trainees to discover content (such as course materials, tutorials, workshops and schools) and for trainers to showcase their work.

In fact, with training materials on research software quality often scattered across different platforms and formats, it can be hard to find the right content at the right time. This webinar, open to everyone with no prerequisite knowledge needed, can support trainers, research software engineers, or people involved in research software training or training metadata.

It will also be a chance to explore the underlying infrastructure behind the catalogue, and get metadata recommendations for useful, findable and reusable training resources.

Info and registration: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1697013

Marine SABRES in Fairs in Iceland for Fishermen’s Day

Marine SABRES in Fairs - Iceland

Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

On 7 June 2026, on the occasion of the Fishermen’s Day, celebrated annually on the first Sunday of June in Iceland, the Marine SABRES in Fairs will take part in a rich outreach and educational programme hosted and organised by the Marine & Freshwater Research Institute in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

Visitors of all ages will be welcomed to a diverse programme combining science, education, and hands-on activities. They will have the opportunity to discover how marine scientists work in practice: from field data collection and species monitoring to ecosystem analysis and interpretation of environmental change.

More info: https://www.lifewatch.eu/2026/05/29/marine-sabres-in-fairs-joins-fishermens-day-in-iceland/

“Wetlands in Action” webinar

The Horizon Europe sister projects: ALFAwetlands – Wetlands Restoration for the future, RESTORE4Cs, REWET, WET HORIZONS are glad to host you on another session of the “Wetlands in Action” webinar series, focusing on the latest developments in wetland science, innovation, and cross-project collaboration.

The webinar takes place on 06 May 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30 CEST.

The sessions will focus on

  • Measurement of above-ground carbon inputs and losses in wetland soils
  • The RESTORE4Cs interactive platform and toolbox
  • Making natural areas and ecological restoration resilient to climate change by improving available information
  • The ServiPeat decision support tool/app for visualising spatial data products

For the detailed agenda and speakers, visit: https://alfawetlands.eu/register-for-wetlands-in-action-webinar-6

Marine SABRES in Fairs in Gran Canaria at FIMAR 2026

Marine SABRES Fairs - FIMAR 2026 - Event

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

From May 22 to 24, 2026, LifeWatch ERIC will take part with “Marine SABRES in Fairs” at FIMAR 2026 – Feria Internacional del Mar, co-organising the event together with ULPGC-ECOAQUA (University Institute for Research in Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems).

Throughout the three-day fair, professionals, researchers, citizens and all those interested in marine sustainability will be invited to visit the Marine SABRES exhibition booth and discover the project’s activities. The event will provide an opportunity to interact with experts, explore innovative approaches to marine sustainability, and discover how Marine SABRES contributes to turning knowledge into action for the protection of marine ecosystems.

More info:https://www.lifewatch.eu/2026/04/28/marine-sabres-in-fairs-gran-canaria-fimar-2026/

New ENVRI-Hub for Environmental Research

The ENVRI-Hub NEXT (https://www.lifewatch.eu/envri-hub-next) project supports the ENVRI Science Cluster in providing interdisciplinary science-based services. In particular, the project has the objective of creating a robust conceptual and technical framework that will facilitate the integration of environmental science communities into the European Open Science Cloud, guided by the science-based framework of Essential Climate Variables.

Over the past two years, ENVRI-Hub NEXT has reimagined and rebuilt the central platform for Europe’s environmental research infrastructures (RIs), and is now ready to officially launch the upgraded ENVRI-Hub!

This session, will provide an overview of its major changes and new architecture and offer live demonstration of new features, that will allow user to discover and access FAIR data and services. Researchers, data scientists, and anyone whose work relies on integrated environmental data, are welcome to join the session.

For details and registration visit: https://envri.eu/webinar-introducing-new-envri-hub-environmental-research