Train-the-Trainer: An active learning course on understanding & using EOSC

EOSC Future Trainer

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)

PTE Disruptive B2B Meeting

Online, 19 October 2022.

On 19 October at 9:30 CEST, the PTE Disruptive Online B2B Meeting will take place, featuring LifeWatch ERIC CTO Juan Miguel González Aranda. The meeting will focus on the application of disruptive technologies in the biotech sector and biodiversity.

The agenda can be found here and sign-up form can be found here (in Spanish).

Speakers include:

Maria Ángeles Ferre – AIE
Gabriel Anzaldi Varas – Eurecat – Technology Centre of Catalonia
Raquel Álvarez Fernández – Spanish Association of Biocompanies
Juan Miguel González-Aranda – LifeWatch ERIC

Use cases of Exheus, Zymvol Biomodeling SL and Honey.AI will also be discussed

PTE Disruptive is the Spanish Technological Platform for Disruptive Technologies, Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE), with funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain through the AIE.

Ibergrid 2022

Ibergrid 2022

Faro, 10 – 13 October 2022.

The 11th Iberian Grid Conference will take place in Faro, Portgual. LifeWatch ERIC will hold two workshops called “IBERLifeWatch: a scientific, technology and innovation communities of good practices approach“, on the Tuesday and the Thursday.

The conference will be hosted by the University of Algarve (UALG) at Campus da Penha.

IBERGRID 2022 will focus in topics related with  the development, integration quality and adoption of services, applications and digital twins to support cutting-edge research.

The call for papers is built around the following topics:

  • Cooperation between Iberian Research Communities
  • Research Applications in advanced Digital Infrastructures
  • Development of Innovative Software Services
  • R&D for computing services, networking, and data-driven science
  • Quality of software, services and data
  • Design of Digital twins
  • Enabling and fostering Open Science adoption in EOSC

Detailed Information is available at the IBERGRID 2022  Indico site.

European Big Data Value Forum 2022

European Big Data Value Forum

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.

Open Science Conference 2023

Open Science Conference 2023

Kigali, Rwanda, 23–27 October 2023.

The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Open Science Conference 2023 will bring together diverse research communities, programmes and partners to discuss the latest developments in climate science, with an emphasis on science-based information for decision making. Through hybrid workshops, public exhibits, forums, and other associated events, the conference will explore innovative ways to bridge science and society and to foster future climate science leadership.

For more information, go to the Open Science Conference website.

AGU Fall Meeting 2022

AGU Fall Meeting 2022

Chicago, Illinois/online, 12–16 December 2022.

AGU Fall Meeting is the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences. Every year, AGU Fall Meeting unites the Earth and space science community to share findings, connect like-minded scientists from around the world, and advance our profession and shared passion for the impact of science.

AGU Fall Meeting 2022 will be held in Chicago and online everywhere 12–16 December 2022. More than 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries will convene to explore how Science Leads the Future. We will welcome a diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, policymakers, educators and organizations who are working toward a world where scientific discovery leads to scientific solutions, and where our global collaborations and partnerships can carry us into a sustainable future.

More information on important dates on the AGU website.

Mareamico’s 31st Conference of the Sea

Mareamico 2022

Gallipoli, Italy, 6–9 October 2022.

Following last year, Mareamico is bringing back the Conference of the Sea in 2022, reaching its 31st edition, held in Gallipoli at the Galleria dei due mari from 6–9 October 2022. The theme this year will be SAFEGUARDING BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND THE BLUE ECONOMY.

Among the issues that will be discussed at Mareamico 2022 are the management and recognition of the value of these resources, both by experts (including Professor Alberto Basset, director of the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre), and local and national institutional and political representatives.

For more information and the programme, please visit the Mareamico website (in Italian).

EU-LAC ResInfra Conference at ICRI 2022

Hybrid, 18 October 2022.

The event will take place on Thursday, 18 October 2022 from 14:00-18:00 in a hybrid format, with in-person attendance capacity and online participation spots.

The EU-LAC RESINFRA event will be the Final Conference of the project, aiming to present a summary of the most relevant conclusions and outcomes of the EU-LAC RESINFRA project as well as provide an open debate for the future EU-LAC cooperation on RI.

A proposal for a 5-year EU-LAC RIs cooperation Sustainability Plan will be presented. The plan will include recommended specific actions and instruments for co-funding RIs of common interest in order to maximise the impact of the RI collaboration in the construction of the EU-CELAC Common Research Area.

The results of this open discussion will be considered as relevant inputs for the final version of the Sustainability Plan.

Science Summit at UNGA77

SSUNGA77

Hybrid, New York/Online, 13–30 September 2022.

ISC is organising the 8th edition of the UNGA77 Science Summit around the 77th United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA77) in September 2022. This is a hybrid event with some sessions being held in New York and others online.

LifeWatch ERIC will be convening a Biodiversity Plenary with GBIF on Friday 16 September from 15:00–23:30 CEST; see our news item for more details.

The role and contribution of science to attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the central theme of this conference. The objective is to develop and launch science collaboration to demonstrate global science mechanisms and activities to support the attainment of the UN SDGs, Agenda 2030 and Local203o.

A central theme of the UNGA77 Science Summit will be inclusiveness: a range of discussions will explore how scientific excellence can be pursued based on inclusiveness at the global level. Another theme will be exploring at the science system works: policies, regulation and funding for science stem from deep in the last century. The pandemic provides a chance to rethink and co-design a new system for science for a new set of urgent challenges. A redesign of the global science system is urgent.

A call for session proposals has been published here.

Science infrastructures and digital research capacity building are crucial to enable scientists to collaborate at an international level to create opportunities for wide-ranging initiatives that can produce innovations to respond to challenges in health, climate, environment, energy, agriculture and food, amongst other things.

The BioDT use cases: unique demonstrators to test the biodiversity Digital Twin prototype

Biodiversity Digital Twin

Online, 27 September 2022.

The BioDT project aims to develop the biodiversity BioDT prototype to help better predict global biodiversity dynamics and how species interact with their environment and with each other.
In order to test the work the project team is bringing forward, the BioDT team will develop over the course of three years, groups of use cases that showcase how BioDT can examine its predictive performance and address biodiversity challenges through scenario simulations, predictions and biomonitoring methods.

The four use cases groups that BioDT is developing focus on:  

  • Species response to environmental change, which puts attention on biodiversity dynamics and ecosystems services;
  • Genetically detected biodiversity, that aims to bring research forward for crop wild relatives and genetic resources for food security and DNA detected biodiversity, poorly known habitats;
  • Dynamics and threats from and for species of policy concern, that explores invasive species and endangered species;
  • Species interactions with each other and with humans, that studies disease outbreaks and pollinators.

About the webinar

During the 1-hour webinar, the attendees can learn more about the scope, challenges, solutions and benefits brought by the BioDT use cases and how their development can help scientists in predicting future trends in the biodiversity field. 
The online event provides also the opportunity to meet the developers of the use cases and interact with them during interactive and Q&A sessions.

Discover more on the BioDT website.

To learn more about the projects in which LifeWatch ERIC is involved, please visit our Related Projects page.