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Issue 46

     

April 2025

BEeS Conference 2025: Abstract Deadline Extended to 5 May!

Did you hear the news? You have another week to submit your abstract for the LifeWatch ERIC 'BEeS' Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference 2025! 

Participation in the Conference is free, but you need to secure your spot by registering through the online form.

See you in Heraklion, Greece, from 30 June to 3 July, don't forget to submit your abstract by 5 May!

First three speakers online: 

here's a sneak peek

Carole Goble is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester where she leads the e-Science Group of Researchers, Research Software Engineers and Data Stewards.

Anastasios Eleftheriou is Professor Emeritus at the University of Crete, Greece, where he also founded and directed the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) for ten years.

Tammy Horton is a Research Scientist at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton. She is an expert in deep-sea taxonomy, ecology and biodiversity.

But that's not all! More speakers profiles are coming in the next days. Stay tuned to discover who they are, and click on their profiles to read the full bios!

The Thematic Services Working Groups at the core of BEeS abstracts topics

LifeWatch ERIC has just launched minisites for its Thematic Services Working Groups: six hubs for sharing knowledge, resources, and fostering collaboration. These groups reflect our priority areas, identified together with our National Distributed Centres. That's why this year's BEeS Conference abstracts topics are aligned with them. Explore and join the activities around 

Ecological responses to Climate Change, Taxonomy, Habitat Mapping, Biogeography, 

Biodiversity Observatory Automation, and Animal Movement, Behaviour and Biologging.

   
   

A different view of Heraklion: 

BEeS Social Event

Conferences demand a lot of focus: it's important to take a break now and then, and to make time for conversation and networking. After all, some of the best ideas are born in these moments! If you're planning to attend the BEeS 2025 Conference, you're in for a real treat (and if you weren’t, there is still time to change your mind). We’ll be inviting our guests to a winery tour, wine tasting and social dinner at the stunning Scalarea Estate. 

Vacancies

Chief Technology Officer: application deadline 30 April!

LifeWatch ERIC Headquarters is in Seville, Spain

New from our Board of Opportunities

ENVRI-Hub NEXT & EVERSE online training session on quality assessment for research software

21 May 2025 (limited places, online registration)

Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Call for proposals: Pacific and LAC regions

Deadline 27 May 2025

GERI - Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure, 

survey on "career training in the sciences"

Deadline 31 May 2025

MICROBES-4-CLIMATE 1st Transnational Access (TNA) Open Call

Deadline 30 June 2025

Upcoming Events

Join us at the EGU General Assembly, from 27 April to 2 May. We'll be present in a number of sessions and posters presentations, and at the ENVRI Community booths 64 and 65.