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25 July, 2022

   

ENVRI Summer School a Success Again!

The ENVRI Community International Summer School "Road to a FAIR ENVRI-Hub: Designing and Developing Data Services for End Users" took place in mid-July, with 20 participants joining from all over the world! Now at its fourth edition, this year’s Summer School was held in-person, after the last couple of editions were forced to migrate online, and was hosted by the University of Salento, home to the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre.

   
   

News from the World of Research

   

The ALL-Ready Pilot Network Meeting took place on 4–6 July, including a Demonstration Day in Hansbeke,  gathering members of the Network and consortium.

   

On 7 July, LifeWatch ERIC visited the Hercules Supercomputer hosted by the CICA,  as one of the main facilities involved in the LifeWatch ERIC AstarteWatch network.

   

BiCIKL is welcoming submissions of Expression of Interest for projects. The purpose is to select and implement four to six biodiversity data-related scientific projects.

   

This year, LifeWatch Italy was invited to join COST Action CA20125: ParAquaThe project aims to advance and apply knowledge on zoosporic parasites.

   

The EOSC Future Consortium Meeting took place on 5–6 July in Athens to assess the first 18 months of work, and align technical and non-technical milestones.

   

The ERIC Forum organised an online session for ESOF 2022, in which LifeWatch ERIC's CTO presented on digital transformation for environmental sustainability.

   

The SmartFood project's aim is to understand the impact of agriculture on biodiversity, e.g., through balloon sensor probes, like the one released last week in Cordoba.

   

LifeWatch ERIC went to Montevideo, Uruguay, for the second General Assembly of ResInfra EU-LAC, presenting “LifEuLAC pilot on Biodiversity and Climate Change.”

   
   

Science for All

   
   

The LifeWatching Science Channel is a free platform brimming with video content on biodiversity research! Learn about projects and higher education programmes, dive into the hidden worlds of wild creatures and the scientists who keep track of them, and follow high-level conferences.

   

Join LifeWatch Belgium on 5 October 2022 for their annual event on biodiversity, where science meets citizens. This edition will be focusing on habitat mapping.

LifeWatch ERIC's podcast 'A Window on Science' is back for a third season to explore practical applications of the LifeWatch ERIC VRE and the world of open science.

   
Photo of the Month
   

We love this photo taken with the RI-SI-EPOS drone by Matej Blatnik (LifeWatch Slovenia): the Cerknica intermittent karst lake with estavelles and the Stržen River.

   
   

Institutional Bulletin

   

The LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities and representatives of the Member States gathered in Seville on 12 and 13 July for a meeting on the future of the Infrastructure.

   

On 8 July, a LifeWatch ERIC delegation met with the President of Diputación of the province of Huelva (Spain) to discuss potential new synergies with the province.

   
   

LifeWatch ERIC for Students

   

Registrations for the 2022/2023 Master's Degree in e-Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sciences (EBES) are now open! EBES is the newest curriculum available within the Master's Degree in Coastal and Marine Biodiversity and Ecology degree at the University of Salento, providing trans-disciplinary knowledge and skills for a new generation of ecologists proficient in data science, modelling and eco-informatics. Click here for the specification document or visit our LinkedIn and Facebook groups for more information.

   
   

Upcoming Events

   

IntEcol2022 – Geneva, 28 August – 2 September


ECSA 59 – San Sebastian, 5–8 September


NEOBIOTA 12th International Conference – Tartu, 12–16 September


ICOS Science Conference 2022 – Hybrid, Utrecht, 13–15 September


LifeWatch Belgium Biodiversity Day – Brussels, 5 October


EOSC Symposium 2022 – Hybrid, Prague, 14–17 November


SFE2, GFÖ & EEF Joint Meeting – Hybrid, Metz, 21–25 November

   
   
 
 
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