EVERSE Webinar on Software Quality Landscape and Indicators

Software Quality

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

EMSO Strategic Workshop

EMSO Strategic Workshop

The EMSO ERIC Strategic Workshop represents a crucial opportunity to discuss and implement the strategic direction of EMSO ERIC.

The event will feature thematic sessions that provide a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in EMSO marine research and service provision. There will also be plenary sessions with key representatives from international organisations, research institutions, EU projects, and technology companies.

Alberto Basset, LifeWatch ERIC, will take part in the event to present an overview of the Service Centre.

Visit the event page for more information: https://emso.eu/emso-eric-strategic-workshop-2/

AGROECOLOGY Partnership Event

Agroecology Partnership event

Seville, Spain

From 31 March to 2 April 2025, the city of Seville, Spain, hosts the AGROECOLOGY Partnership event, a key gathering that brings together leading actors from across Europe to advance the transition towards sustainable agroecological systems.

Organised by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), with collaboration from LifeWatch ERIC and the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development of Andalusia, this event is framed within the European Partnership on Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures.

Over three days, participants will engage in a dynamic programme of activities, including:

  • The 7th in-person Executive Team Meeting
  • The first physical meeting of the Science and Stakeholder Advisory Board (SciSAB)
  • An Alignment Workshop with sister initiatives
  • A technical visit to IFAPA, the Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training

These sessions will address the current state of play, explore synergies with related initiatives, and identify future strategic actions for the 2025–2027 period. Topics include science-policy interactions, co-creation of knowledge, sustainable production systems, and the use of data platforms to support agroecological transformation.

LifeWatch ERIC, will actively participate in the event through its ICT Core team, Agroecology Coordinator Dr José Manuel Ávila Castuera, and Senior Scientific Manager Dr Iria Soto Embodas. will participate actively in the event. The infrastructure will contribute its expertise in biodiversity and ecosystem research to support the development of integrated, innovative, and sustainable solutions for agriculture in Europe.

This high-level event represents an important opportunity to align agendas, strengthen collaboration, and foster impactful contributions to Europe’s agroecological transition.

Bridging Disciplines: Advancing Research Data Management for Collaborative Innovation

Bridging Disciplines

Bucharest, Romania

The international conference “Bridging Disciplines” takes place on 20 and 21 March at the InterContinental AthéNéE Palace Hotel, in Bucharest.

The objective of the conference is to bring together thought leaders from multiple domains, to discuss the role of metadata, data stewardship, and cross-domain integration for the improvement of data management, sharing and re-use.

Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC’s CEO and Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology, and Aquaculture (IMBBC) of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), chairs the session on Life Sciences, on 20 March at 15:45.

The session focusses on collaborative interfaces between Scientific Domains and Disciplines: it explores data interoperability in the life sciences and environmental research, highlighting strategies for integrating diverse datasets to address global challenges.

UEFISCDI organised the conference, funded under the EEA and Norway Grants and co-organised by the Romanian Social Data Archive, with the partnership of LifeWatch ERIC and several other Research Infrastructures.

For more information visit: https://bridge.uefiscdi.ro/

Biodiversity Digital Twins and the Destination Earth Ecosystem

Rome, Italy

The BioDT Project is reaching the end of its mandate and is organising, in collaboration with Destination Earth (DestinE), 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

FAIR-IMPACT Workshop on Data FAIRness assessment with F-UJI

F-UJI webinar

The FAIR-IMPACT Project supports the ambitious goal to realise an EOSC of FAIR data and services, by promoting the implementation of FAIR-enabling practices, tools and services in Europe and beyond. In order to expand Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable solutions across EOSC, the project is identifying proven domain solutions and facilitating their interoperable uptake across scientific domains.

By doing so, it will contribute to transforming the way researchers share and exploit research outputs within and across research disciplines, and to the facilitation of scientific multi-disciplinary cooperation, improving public trust and reproducibility in science.

Within this framework, the project organises a series of public workshops, the FAIR Implementation Series, and on 20 March is happening the next one, called “Using F-UJI to Assess the FAIRness of your Data“.

The workshop will introduce the automated FAIR data assessment tool (F-UJI) and showcase experiences of performed assessments and demos on how to use the tool.

For registration and detailed agenda, please visit:

https://fair-impact.eu/events/fair-impact-events/using-f-uji-assess-fairness-your-data

EGI Conference 2025 and Call for Contributions

EGI Conference 2025

EGI is the federation of computing and storage resource providers: an open ecosystem for research and innovation with the mission to deliver advanced computing and data analytics services for research and innovation. The federation supports data-intensive research with a wide range of advanced computing services.

Every year, the EGI Foundation (the coordinating body of EGI) organises the federation’s flagship event, the EGI Conference, gathering international scientific communities, computing and service providers, representatives of European research projects, security experts, community managers, and policy makers.

All these stakeholders come together to advance research and innovation in data-intensive processing and analytics. If you want to get a feel for the conference, we were there in 2024 to present a few of our services, and we summarised the main highlights in this article.

Besides the talks and presentations, this conference offers a safe and open environment for discussions and networking, making it a key reference event in this domain.

This year’s edition will take place in Santander, Spain, from 2 to 6 June, hosted by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain’s largest public research institution and a key player in the European Research Area (ERA).

The organisers invite participants to share their expertise and ideas with the #EGI2025 audience through a Call for Contributions. They are accepting proposals for short and long talks, posters, and demonstrations. The call opened on 3 February and will remain open until 20 March.

For more information about the EGI Conference 2025, please visit: https://www.egi.eu/event/egi2025/

PATH2DEA Webinar series on digital tools for sustainable farming

PATH2DEA Webinar

Online

The PATH2DEA project aims to enhance the potential of agroecological farming systems, by supporting the adoption of digital tools and technologies. Farmers’ competence and views, matched with the rich repertoire of digital solutions already available in agriculture, can help tailor technologies to the end users’ needs.

The project involves multiple actors, including early adopters of digital agroecological farming, represented by six Showcase farms located in different pedo-climatic regions to validate the project’s conclusions.

As part of its ongoing activities, PATH2DEA has also established a Digital Agroecology Cluster and is now organising a webinar series with two key projects within the Cluster: D4AgEcol and REFOREST. This series consists of two webinars focused on the role of digitalisation in sustainable agricultural practices, and in particular agroecology and agroforestry.

The first appointment, on 18 March, will present tools currently available on the market for sustainable agriculture, and their practical applications. The second one, scheduled on 15 April, will dive into farmers’ perceptions of the tools, and barriers to adoption.

Visit this page for the detailed agenda and registration: https://www.path2dea.eu/agroecology-cluster/webinar-series.html

BioDT Webinar on digital modelling for nature protection

BioDT Webinar

Online

The Biodiversity Digital Twin (BioDT) project offers advanced simulation and prediction models to tackle critical global biodiversity challenges, addressing complex biodiversity dynamics through practical use cases. LifeWatch ERIC is part of this impressive consortium of 22 partners, all working together to drive evidence-based solutions for biodiversity protection and restoration across Europe.

On 27 February, the project members will host a webinar dedicated to the role of Digital Twins in environmental protection: experts from leading Digital Twins initiatives will gather together to discuss how technologies such as real-time monitoring and advanced simulations can be leveraged to support environmental protection and disaster response. Moreover, a cross-collaboration between these digital tools will enhance their impact, and this is the main aspect the webinar is focused on, with examples of practical applications for research institutes, environmental agencies and emergency responders.

The one-hour webinar will feature speakers from InterTwin, DT-GEO, TerraDT, ClimateDT and DestinE, and a round of interactive discussions.

Agenda and registration here: https://biodt.eu/events/biodt-webinar-how-can-cross-use-digital-modelling-tools-help-nature-protection

BEeS 2025: LifeWatch ERIC Annual Conference

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.
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.
The conference welcomes researchers in biodiversity, ecosystems, and eScience, with a special focus on early-career scientists, including PhD and Master’s students. 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/