Blue-Cloud at the EOSC Winter School 2024

The EOSC Winter School is an initiative by EOSC-A, taken up in response to collaboration needs among Horizon Europe EOSC-related projects

The EOSC Winter School was conceptualised following a suggestion at the European Commission’s June EOSC coordination meeting, which identified a significant collaboration gap in the Horizon Europe (HE) EOSC-related projects. The EOSC Association, with the support of the EOSC Focus project, the HE EOSC-related projects, and local organisers from the RAISE project consortium, have organised the EOSC Winter School to address these gaps and to deepen technical understanding in various “opportunity areas”.

Objectives of the EOSC Winter School

The main goal is to enhance collaboration and integration among HE projects. The Winter School focuses on providing an in-depth technical understanding of specific opportunity areas and integrating the deliverables of the EOSC-A Task Forces into these projects. This integration is expected to ensure continuity and application of the Task Forces’ work.

Short-term goals include immediate understanding and feedback; medium-term goals involve planning and support for upcoming projects; and long-term objectives aim to increase the sustainability of the impact pathways of INFRAEOSC projects. 

This approach is designed to ensure that the Winter School has a lasting and meaningful impact on the EOSC deployment and its related projects.

Blue-Cloud at the EOSC Winter School

The Blue-Cloud Open platform is a great example of implementation of the three main components of the EOSC Federation - EOSC-Core, EOSC-Exchange and the Federation of Data & Data Services - into a unique Open Science platform accessible and usable by other research communities. To strengthen its position in the EOSC environment, the Blue-Cloud team, represented by Peter Thijsse (MARIS), Alexandra Kokkinaki (NOC) and Erwan Bodere (Ifremer), is going to join this insightful event to discuss and define EOSC technical development Opportunity Areas (OAs).

The EOSC Winter School Programme

Monday: The event begins with an evening reception and soft launch, featuring arrival and registration, networking opportunities, and informal drinks.

Tuesday: The official engagement and kick-off include welcome speeches, an overview of the EOSC impact and SRIA 2.0, and introductions to Task Forces and Opportunity Areas. The day concludes with a gala dinner.

Wednesday: The focus is on synergy and collaboration with various working groups and speed-dating sessions for quick collaboration discussions. The day may end with an outside activity.

Thursday: The final morning is for consolidation and closing, with further discussions on synergy work, a joint communications plan, perspectives on SRIA 2.0, and closing remarks.

At the #EOSCWinterSchool2024, Blue-Cloud was mentioned as a great example of a thematic node of #marine sector, with millions #datasets & #virtualresearch environment with #FAIRdata practices which will be included into #EOSC 👨‍🔬🪼https://t.co/Xj3HBA4nuV #openscience #blueeconomy pic.twitter.com/Y3Nm1Qomng

— Blue-Cloud 2026 (@BlueCloudEU) January 30, 2024

Registration 

All details related to costs and registration forms are accessible on the EOSC official website.