South Africa, 12–15 June 2023.
The 18th International Conference on Open Repositories 2023 (OR 2023) will take place close to Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 12-15 June. The conference will be hosted by Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service. The venue of the conference will be the Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West.
For more information about previous Open Repositories conferences and their governance please visit OpenRepositories.org.
More details on the programme upcoming.
Online, 5–6 December 2022.
Recently, a range of new functionalities and resources have become available on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) to support data intensive research, data discovery and more. There has been much discussion on the EOSC vision, but what is the actual added value for researchers and end users?
On 5-6 December 2022, EOSC Future and the INFRAEOSC-07 projects (C-SCALE, DICE, EGI-ACE, OpenAIRE Nexus, Reliance) are hosting an online showcase event for researchers: “Pan-European digital assets supporting research communities – Benefits & opportunities”. The thematic focus of this event will be 3 UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate action (SDG 13), Industry, Innovation & infrastructure (SDG 9) and Good health & wellbeing (SDG 3).
Over 2 half-day webinars, a series of use cases, presented by real users, will show how EOSC digital assets, developed and provided by EOSC Future & the INFRAEOSC-07 projects, can help research communities throughout and beyond Europe do their work more effectively. The interactive and first-hand format of the event will show how research communities working to address global challenges can be leveraged by EOSC services.
You can find the agenda as pdf here.
Online, 7 December 2022.
The EOSC Future project, in which LifeWatch ERIC is partner, is running a training session on 7 December. This module is intended for EOSC providers who will onboard services to the EOSC Portal on how to write the mandatory privacy policy (PP) and terms of use (TOU) documents. The module is disciplinary agnostic and applicable to providers working with a range of stakeholder groups.
Learning objective: to up-skill EOSC users how to write PP & TOU documents when onboarding services.
It is advised that providers taking this course will have first completed the introduction to EOSC course developed for the stakeholder communities in which they train.
Please note that the workshop will be limited to 40 participants and we will enforce the following criteria if there are excess numbers:
Registration is open until Friday, 2 December – 17.00 CET. Sign up here!
The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the Agricultural University-Plovdiv.
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The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities).
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The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.
To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.
To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.
To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.
To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.
To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.
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