Programme – LifeWatch ERIC

ENVRI Community International School Services for FAIRness

The ENVRI Community International School Services for FAIRness took place online from 27 September to 8 October 2021. The theme of the school was "Services for FAIRness", from their design to their development and publication.

ENVRI School Services for FAIRness

First Week

Day 1 – Monday, Sept. 27

09:00-09:45: Welcome session
09:45-10:30: Session 1 – Progress with FAIR sharing to enable collaborative campaigns
- Speaker: Malcolm Atkinson
- Moderator: Margareta Hellström
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30: Session 2 – ENVRI-hub – the open-access platform of the environmental sciences community in Europe
- Speakers: Ana Rita Gomes and Andreas Petzold
- Moderator: Margareta Hellström
11:30-11:45: Break
11:45-12:30: Session 3 – Introduction to design webservices for data
- Speaker: Nicola Fiore
- Moderator: Cosimo Vallo
12:30-13:00: Q&A, presentation padlet and social platforms, wrap-up

Day 2 – Wednesday, Sept. 29

09:00-09:15: Recap Day 1; groups composition and mentor
09:15-10:00: Session 1 – Design webservices for data (approaches and methodologies)
- Speaker: Zhiming Zhao
- Moderator: Nicola Fiore
10:00-10:15: Break
10:15-11:00: Session 2 – Design webservices for data (experiences)
- Speakers: Oleg Mirzov, Alessandro Spinuso
- Moderator: Jacco Konijn
11:00-11:15: Break
11:15-12:45: Session 3 – Design webservices for data (security threats and solutions)
- Speakers: Antonio José Sáenz-Albanés and Antoni Huguet-Vives
- Moderator: Lucia Vaira
12:45-13:00: Q&A, wrap-up

Day 3 – Friday, Oct. 1

09:00-09:15: Recap Day 2
09:15-10:00: Session 1 – Overview on the XML language and implementation of a basic EML document (theoretical with practical example)
- Speaker: Luca Cervone
- Moderator: Lucia Vaira
10:00-10:15: Break
10:15-11:00: Session 2 – Creating a node.js REST API for serving XML documents (theoretical with practical example)
- Speaker: Luca Cervone
- Moderator: Lucia Vaira
11:00-11:15: Break
11:15-11:45: Session 3 – Classroom exercise, explaining tools to be used and goals to be achieved (Q&A, discussion)
- Speaker: Luca Cervone
- Moderator: Cosimo Vallo
11:45-12:45: Developing the classroom exercise (practical)
12:45-13:00: Wrap-up

Second Week

Day 4 – Monday, Oct. 4

09:00-09:15: Recap Week 1
09:15-10:00: Session 1 – Publish & secure webservices for data using APIs
- Speakers: Antonio José Sáenz-Albanés and Antoni Huguet-Vives
- Moderator: Nicola Fiore
10:00-10:15: Break
10:15-11:00: Group task assignment (explanation)
11:00-11:15: Break
11:15-13:00: Hands-on (guided group exercise)

Day 5 – Wednesday, Oct. 6

09:00-09:30: Recap entire process (and steps); Q&A
09:30-10:15: Session 1 – Best practices and lessons learned
- Speakers: Antonio José Sáenz-Albanés and Malcolm Atkinson
- Moderator: Angeliki Adamaki
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-10:45: Q&A + instructions
10:45-11:30: Hands-on (guided group exercise)
11:30-11:45: Break
11:45-13:00: Hands-on (guided group exercise)

Day 6 – Friday, Oct. 8

09:00-09:30: Participants’ feedback on exercise and group work
09:30-10:00: Group 1 presentation; peers & trainers’ feedback
10:00-10:30: Group 2 presentation; peers & trainers’ feedback
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:15: Group 3 presentation; peers & trainers’ feedback
11:15-11:45: Group 4 presentation; peers & trainers’ feedback
11:45-12:00: Break
12:00-12:15: Participants’ feedback
12:15-12:45: Closing session

Fund raising

End of January 2025 – Establishing a WG Committee on scouting project application opportunities and fundraising

Organising WG workshops and conferences

End of January 2025 – Setting priority research lines and contributions to the BEeS 2025 LifeWatch Conference for the session on the “Ecological responses to climate change”
March/April 2025 (TBD) – Workshop ‘Ecological modelling and eco-informatics to address functional responses of biodiversity and ecosystems to climate change’ co-organized with the University of Salento
30 June – 3 July 2025 – Participation to LifeWatch 2025 BEeS Conference on “Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis”

Implementing services

End of January 2025 – Internal distribution of a questionnaire on the most used/relevant model resources in the WG member research activity
February 2025 (TBD) – Online working table on setting priorities, timeline and milestones for the mapping service and model requirements by scientists and science stakeholders

Mapping user requirements

End of January 2025 – Catalogue of services already available in LifeWatch ERIC or research lines addressing ecological responses to climate change
February 2025 (TBD) – Online working table on setting priorities, timeline and milestones for the mapping service and model requirements by scientists and science stakeholders

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the Agricultural University-Plovdiv.

To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Spain

The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities).

To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Slovenia

The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.

To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Portugal

The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.

To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Netherlands

The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.

To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Italy

The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.

To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Greece

The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.

To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Belgium

The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.

To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.