OntoPortal Workshop 2026

OntoPortal Workshop September 2026

Paris, France

From 21 to 25 September, members of the OntoPotral Alliance and invited guest will meet for the OntoPortal Workshop 2026 in Paris, France, hosted by the Observatoire de Paris (home to the OntoPortal-Astro team). This collaborative workshop, now at its 5th edition, revolves around technical, content, and management sessions (the details of the programme will be announced in the coming weeks). The workshop’s main goal is to consolidate the OntoPortal Alliance organisation and shared agenda.

The event is in person, but there will be an online public session, taking place on Wednesday, 23 September from 14:00 to 17:00 CEST to introduce OntoPortal to anyone who is interested in semantic technologies for FAIR data and interoperability. To attend the public session, register at the following link: https://zfrmz.eu/bAXGoKYQgWZwTw27fEPr.

For more information, visit: https://ontoportal.org/happenings/news/2026/06/23/ontoportal-workshop-2026-announced.

15th International Polychaete Conference | IPC15

IPC15

Frankfurt, Germany

From 27 to 31 July 2026, the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum of Frankfurt (Germany) hosts the 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15).

The Conference brings together researchers and students working on all aspects of polychaete biology: from systematics and morphology, to ecology, physiology, development and evolution.

Each day of the conference is centred around a specific aspect of polychaete research, and is introduced by a keynote talk. The programme also include contributed session and a poster exhibition.

LifeWatch ERIC is attending the event and presenting the abstract “From Ecology to Omics: Dataset Publication and the Role of Research Infrastructures in Polychaete Biodiversity Science“.

Info: https://polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankfurt

2027 Ocean Decade Conference

Ocean Decade Conference

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 2027 Ocean Decade Conference, organised in Rio de Janeiro, will welcome the global ocean community to accelerate science-based ocean action and shape the legacy of the Ocean Decade.

This Conference will be co-organised with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in its role as the lead agency of the Ocean Decade, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) of Brazil, and the City of Rio de Janeiro.

The three-day, in-person event will host up to 2,500 people: a unique opportunity for the ocean community to present new initiatives and generate partnerships for scalable and lasting impact during the three remaining years of the Decade. Moreover, participants will take stock of progress and discuss the post-Decade legacy.

In parallel, the Conference will provide the possibility to organise a series of satellite partners events, exhibitions, and networking events relevant to the conference themes.

For more information, visit the official event page: https://oceandecade.org/events/2027-ocean-decade-conference

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/

BioMonWeek 2026

BioMonWeek

Montpellier, France

The inaugural edition of BioMonWeek, The European Conference for Biodiversity Monitoring, is taking place in Montpellier, France, from 4 to 8 May 2026.

The conference brings together monitoring experts to discuss international cooperation and coordination across scales. Science, policy, and business communities gather in Montpellier to exchange monitoring knowledge and build networks, with the common goal to help reverse the global biodiversity crisis.

Nine topics will shape the programme of plenary keynotes, contributed sessions, and workshops, mainly related to: monitoring in different environments (terrestrial, marine and freshwater), the technological aspects behind it, such as data management for monitoring and large-scale methods for mass monitoring, and finally, aspects related to the monitoring governance, public policy and funding, the private sector, and capacity-building.

The event is co-organised by biodiversa+, Alliance for Nature, bioagora, GBIF and MARCO-BOLO, and LifeWatch ERIC is attending the contributed talk on Data Infrastructure, coordination and interoperability, represented by Christos Arvanitidis (CEO). The session demonstrates how national monitoring systems and major data infrastructures are working together to integrate monitoring data.

For more information, visit the event page: https://2026.biomonweek.eu/page/home/

“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

ICT.Open

ICT OPEN

Rotterdam, Netherlands

NWO ICT.Open brings together scientists from all ICT research disciplines and industries to learn, share ideas, and network. The conference takes place on 15 and 16 April 2026 in Rotterdam, and this year it is dedicated to “The Art of ICT”.

This theme celebrates technology as both craft and creativity, highlighting how imagination, design, and innovation shape intuitive, elegant, and impactful ICT solutions, celebrating ICT as a form of craftsmanship that transforms ideas into meaningful digital experiences for society.

LifeWatch ERIC VLIC members are attending the event with a presentation on Digital Twins for ecological research using a Jupyter-based Virtual Research Environment.