Event Categories: Researchers

Online, 9 November 2022.

On 9 November, from 13:00-15:00 CET, the EOSC Future project, in which LifeWatch ERIC is partner, is organising a free, open-to-all, hands-on, online workshop on “how to write good and effective descriptions of services”.

A service text description is crucial to both engage with your potential users and make your service discoverable. An optimal service description text should ideally be short and to the point, while still explaining what the service does, who it was developed for, and what benefits users will gain from adopting/using it. Description texts can be used for example during the onboarding of services in catalogues (such as the EOSC Marketplace or the ENVRI Service Catalogue), or in other contexts when you want to advertise a service to various end-user communities.

This training event is built on the materials and concepts originally developed by the ENVRI-FAIR WP6 for the ENVRI Community 2022 Summer School that took place last July.

Clear and comprehensive documentation is absolutely essential for a service to be discoverable and successfully used – both by existing and potential new target groups. There are many components of service documentation, including service catalogue entries, promotional materials, usage instructions and tutorials, technical specifications and richly commented code. As an example of the first of these, a brief service description is a required metadata item to be provided during the onboarding of a service into the EOSC Marketplace.

This event will start by giving an overview of documentation types, and discuss some strategies for creating sustainable and effective service descriptions. This will be followed by practical hands-on exercises focusing on how to prepare service descriptions following the requirements of the EOSC service onboarding protocol. So bring your own service use case along, and join an interactive and productive description writing session!

If you wish to participate, register by 7 November 2022. Agenda and registration form here.

Prague, Czech Republic, 12–13 December 2022.

The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) organises two open workshops every year, each under the auspices of the corresponding EU presidency. During the last years, the e-IRG Workshops have been organised as virtual events due to the Covid-19 pandemic, now the e-IRG Workshop under Czech EU Presidency will be organised as a face-to-face event bringing together all e-IRG stakeholder in Prague.

SESSIONS

1. Session “Coordination and collaboration among European e-Infrastructures – the e-IRG White Paper 202”

The pre-final version of the e-IRG White Paper 2022 will be presented comprising an analysis of responses to the guiding questions which has been sent to the e-Infrastructure initiatives and the further inputs from them will be presented, requesting feedback from the e-IRG major audiences, namely, the policy makers and funders (including the EC, both DG RTD and DG Connect), the e-Infrastructures themselves (commenting also on each others’ views), and the end users.

2. Session “Energy crisis and e-Infrastructures”

This session will deal with the current energy crisis and its impact on European e-Infrastructures.

3. Session “Data Infrastructures and Data Spaces”

Since Data Infrastructures, Spaces and Repositories are indispensable parts of the e-Infrastructure(s) serving the users and accomplishing the European Open Science policy a dedicated session at the e-IRG Workshop is organised. The presentations will span from from policies to the implementation. A main focus will be on the upcoming Common European Data Spaces and their interconnection with the existing data infrastructure landscape in the research domain.

4. Session “Interlinking – interaction between data, publications and PIDs”

Since Data Infrastructures, Spaces and Repositories are indispensable parts of the e-infrastructure(s) serving the users and accomplishing the European Open Science policy a dedicated session at the e-IRG Workshop is organised.

Ingrid Dillo, Coordinator of FAIR-IMPACT, in which LifeWatch ERIC is partner, will be part of a panel discussion, focused on “Data Infrastructures and Data Spaces”, which will address the upcoming thematic European Data Spaces and their interconnection with EOSC and the existing data infrastructure landscape in the research domain.

More information and regisration here.

Online, 8 November – 12 December 2022.

The Synchronisation Force 1st Workshop aims to discuss common challenges and priorities related to turning the FAIR principles into practice.

Four online collaborative sessions between the 21 and 24 November 2022 will assess the implementation of selected recommendations and ambitions from the Turning FAIR into Reality Report (2018), the FAIRsFAIR White Paper (2021), the SRIA (version June 2021) and EOSC Multi-Annual Roadmap (2023-2024).

They will be opened by an introductory session on 8 November and will conclude with a discussion session on 12 December.

The FAIR-IMPACT project (in which LifeWatch ERIC is partner) will invite key FAIR representatives of projects and initiatives in the EOSC framework to the Synchronisation Force 1st Workshop, who can actively engage in the various sessions.

Programme and registration here.

Online, 21–24 November 2022.

In November, EOSC Future is organising a 4-day online course for trainers to enhance their understanding of EOSC and related topics. Participants will also get insights into how to integrate the coursework into their own EOSC training activities.

The course will be divided into 4 modules: 

• Day 1 – 10.00-12.00 CET: Preparing to give training on EOSC
• Day 2 – 10.00-12.00 CET: Using the EOSC Portal
• Day 3 – 10.00-12.00 CET: Addressing legal and ethical issues related to using EOSC
• Day 4 – 10.00-12.00 CET: Crafting your own training using the EOSC Knowledge Hub and other resources

Attendees can sign up for one, all, or a combination of the modules. Registration form here.

Please note: As there are a limited number of spaces, we must be selective in reviewing registrants. Interested participants should meet the criteria listed below.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

1.       Potential and motivation to conduct training on EOSC in your Institution(s) or communities – 50%

2.       Previous experience as a trainer – 50%

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

Geographical location (to establish a balanced representation of European regions)

Gender (to ensure gender equity)

Prague, Czech Republic, 21–23 November 2022.

The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) brings together industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions, and industrial and research activities in the areas of Data and AI.

This year, the event will take place in Prague, Czech Republic in November, with a central theme of “At the Heart of the Ecosystem for Data and AI”.

More information on the EBDF website.