1^st Geo-INQUIRE Transnational Access Call to European research infrastructures is open

Geo-INQUIRE (Geosphere INfrastructures for QUestions into Integrated REsearch) fosters excellent, interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research of the solid Earth, including land-sea-atmosphere interfaces.

The access to unique high-level installations and experiments provided through Geo-INQUIRE is free of charge for the selected users and includes all costs necessary to perform the proposed research, such as equipment, support staff at the installation, consumables, training for external users and others. Certain installations provide financial travel and subsistence support for the users to visit the installation. To understand if this type of support is available at the installation of choice and under which conditions, users must contact the installation prior to the application. Other scientific fields will also be considered, if the proposed projects are feasible and relevant for the Geo-INQUIRE research topics. Information about the capabilities and research topics of each individual installation are described at the Geo-INQUIRE website:

• General information
• How to apply for access?
• Installations

Green Deal Data Space - Final Stakeholder Forum

Do you think that Green Deal Data Space could make an impact on your everyday work? Would you like to learn more about the project? Or are you already an expert working with data sharing initiatives? Are you interested to know more about Data Spaces and their role in digital transformation and how you can contribute to the Green Deal Data Space?

Closing the series of GREAT Stakeholder Fora, the GREAT | Green Deal Data Space project is eager to invite you to the final Stakeholder Forum, which will be the only one focused on the overall endorsement and feedback collection on the vision for the GDDS and the roadmap towards its implementation, which will take place on the 30th of January 2024 on Zoom, time TBC.

Details at greatproject.eu/event/final-stakeholder-forum

EPOS Data Portal online training - 25 January 2024

EPOS is a distributed interdisciplinary infrastructure dedicated to the integration of data, services and resources of the solid Earth science research communities in Europe. The EPOS Data Portal is a virtual platform where FAIR principles are put into practice, enabling access to data and products from more than 250 scientific data services across Europe. The portal has been publicly launched in April 2023 and since then is gaining visibility and new users.

We are arranging a short interactive training webinar to introduce the portal to you and make your data search more efficient.

What: EPOS Data Portal Training
When: Thursday 25th January 2024, 10:00-12:00 CET
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Training agenda:

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction of the EPOS ecosystem
10:15 - 10:30 Demonstration of EPOS Data Portal by following a scientific user story
10:30 - 11:00 Hands-on training by following scientific use case & feedback collection through an online form
11:00 - 11:10 Walk-through
11:10 - 12:00 Discussion

EPOS is firmly dedicated to advancing diversity, equality and inclusion in every training opportunity we offer. We invite registrations from individuals of diverse ethnicities, cultural and religious backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, and at all stages of their careers.

The Project TCS AH closing conference is behind us!

On 18-19 December, in Krakow, Poland, Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy Sciences, the TCS AH coordinator, organised the conference to close the project TCS AH (Thematic Core Services Anthropogenic Hazard) – Polish, national project funded in years 2021-2023, by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science.

The conference was attended by representatives of the project consortium members: the Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (IG PAS) - project leader, the Academic Computer Center Cyfronet AGH (ACK Cyfronet) and the Central Mining Institute - National Research Institute (CMI). Invited guests were also present: Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs of the IG PAS, dr. hab. Rafał Junosza-Szaniawski, Member of the Board of Experts of the Ministry of Education and Science, Prof. Anna Wysocka and representatives of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław (UPWr).

The first day of the Conference was opened by the “TCS AH” Project Manager, Professor Stanisław Lasocki, IG PAS. During that inaugural speech, Professor Lasocki drew attention to the nature of the project, practical conclusions and the scientific impact that will certainly appear during the planned meeting.

The next speaker was Anna Leśnodorska, Director of the EPOS (Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards Consortium) and Head of the TCS AH Coordination Department of the IG PAS. With her presentation "The Road to Scientific Excellence", she referred to the history of TCS AH, its tasks and to the role of EPOS. The next presentation, on Anthropogenic Hazards of EPOS in Destination Earth of the Horizon Europe Program, was led by Professor Beata Orlecka Sikora, IG PAS.

During the first day of the conference, there were also presentations of the results of the project, divided into project’s tasks:

1. "Management and coordination of TCS AH" - Anna Leśnodorska, IG PAS
2. "TCS - ICS Integration" - Joanna Kocot, ACK Cyfronet
3. "Dissemination and promotion" - Stanisław Lasocki, IG PAS
4. "EPISODES Platform and Data Centers – Joanna Kocot, ACK Cyfronet, Agnieszka Mtupa-Ndiaye, IG PAS and Grzegorz Mutke, CMI

The second day of the conference began with the topic of "The use of TCS AH infrastructure in scientific research". We could learn more about the "Artificial Intelligence Platform (EPOS-AI) in application to seismological problems" from the speech by Joanna Kocot, Ack Cyfronet and Łukasz Rudziński IG PAS. "Application of high-frequency GNSS data to anthropogenic seismicity studies" was presented by Iwona Kudłacik, UPWr, and Anna Tymińska, IG PAS. The last speaker was Anastasios Kostoglou IG PAS, who presented the topic of "Complexity of the magnitude of earthquake sequences resulting from anthropogenic activity".

At the end of the conference, Professor Stanisław Lasocki referred to the plans and tasks envisaged in the new project. He also drew attention to the practical conclusions that appeared many times during the conference. At the same time, Prof. Lasocki introduced the new consortium members:

• Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Stanisław Mazur,
• Iwona Kudłacik, Ph.D. from the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław

We would like to thank all the participants of the Conference closing the project and we hope to continue our cooperation.

Kinga Kaźmierczak
IG PAS

Merry Christmas

EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards (TCS AH) Executive Office Team wishes you a peaceful Christmas filled with joy and love, and all the best in the New Year!

The closing conference of the TCS AH MEiN project

The conference, which will present the results of the project and plans for the future, will be held on 18-19 December 2023 in Krakow at the Marriott Hotel, Al. 3 Maja 51.

6^th December 2023 - 21^st EPOS ERIC General Assembly in Rome

Following the invitation of Lilli Freda, the EPOS ERIC Director, Anna Leśnodorska, TCS AH Director, presented the TCS AH achievements to the EPOS ERIC General Assembly. The presentation included the history of the community, TCS AH Consortium, TCS AH EPISODES Platform, paths of the cooperation with EPOS ERIC and funding structure of the TCS.

The meeting took place at the INGV headquarters in Rome, where EPOS ERIC is located. Meeting attendees also had the opportunity to visit the new EPOS ERIC facilities at the INGV premises.

Green Deal Data Space Stakeholder Forum on Biodiversity

Green Deal Data Space project is eager to invite you to the first Stakeholder Forum focusing on Biodiversity, which will take place on the 25^th of September at 14:00 CET on Zoom.

On this occasion, you will have the chance to participate in the discussion with the community and the data space-domain experts to help us shape the vision of the future European Green Deal Data Space.

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