Blue-Cloud 2026 Third Federation Workshop

Blue-Cloud partners and collaborators will gather in Brussels from 5 to 7 November 2025 for a three-day series of strategic and technical sessions, anchored by the Third Federation Workshop. The event takes place just after the EOSC Symposium 2025, as Blue-Cloud is supporting the creation of a Marine Thematic Node within the EOSC Federation.

• On 5 November, in the morning the Blue-Cloud consortium will convene in closed sessions to review progress and coordinate on work package tasks. In the afternoon, the event opens up to a broader audience with two hands-on sessions exploring the EOSC Marine Node core and thematic services and cross-node use cases. These interactive demonstrations will offer participants a closer look at the technical developments powering Blue-Cloud’s federated services.
• On 6 November, the Third Federation Workshop will bring together project partners, EOSC stakeholders, and Synergy Projects for a full day of in-depth discussion and exchange. The agenda features an opening overview of key takeaways from the EOSC Symposium, followed by a sequence of panel discussions covering core services, the connection between EOSC and EDITO, the practical challenges of building a federated approach, and capacity-building efforts.
• On 7 November, the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) – dedicated to STC members – will hold its dedicated session to assess the project’s scientific and technological direction, ensuring alignment with evolving priorities in marine data and EOSC interoperability.

Whether you're involved in implementation, policy, or community engagement, the Third Federation Workshop and surrounding sessions offer a key opportunity to connect, align and shape the future of Blue-Cloud.

Disclaimer: Participation to the General Assembly and T&SC meeting is restricted to members of the Blue-Cloud 2026 consortium.

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A certificate of attendance valid for career training paths will be awarded to all participants after the Hands on Sessions and the Federation Workshop. 

Draft Programme

5 November 2025, morning

5 November 2025, afternoon: Blue-Cloud 2026 public sessions

Purpose: provide a technical and scientific, high-level overview of the Blue-Cloud 2026 core, generic and thematic services that will be federated as part of the EOSC Federation under the marine thematic node umbrella. Stimulate questions about the services available, and boost discussions with partners from EOSC related projects and more.

Target audience: the EOSC community attending the EOSC Symposium, including Scientific partners, data repositories, RIs representatives, Dev & IT EOSC partners 

Rooms: Elisabeth and Marie-Henriette

5 November 2025, evening: Blue-Cloud General Assembly - Closed meeting

6 November 2025, full day: Federation Workshop 

Purpose: Provide an overview of the Blue-Cloud 2026 services, data products, approach and result so far. Set the scene of the EOSC and EDITO programmes and their objectives. Provide visibility to third party initiatives to stimulate collaboration.

Target audience: the European marine Research community: Blue Data Infrastructures contributing to the  Blue-Cloud service offer, and managers, decision makers, service and data providers at other Research Infrastructures (RIs), projects and initiatives working on marine, environmental and climate related topics 

Room: Adolphe Max

7 November 2025, morning: Technical & Scientific committee closed meeting 

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Further updates and speaker details will follow soon. 

Curious to learn more about the past Federation Workshop? Read our blog piece!