The first EPOS-NG scientific workshop will be held from 2–4 March 2026 in Bergen. The event will take place at NORCE, located at Nygårdsgaten 114 (see photo below).
Event Overview
This key gathering will convene the entire project consortium, a strong majority of the User Panel and the External Advisory Board (EAB).
Preliminary Program
The workshop is designed to foster collaboration and advance project goals through a series of focused sessions. The schedule is outlined below.
Monday 2nd March:
12:30-13:15 LUNCH (kantine)
13:15-14:00 (0) – Welcome and intro to EPOS and EPOS-NG (Mathilde Sørensen & Stéphane Rondenay, UiB; Jeremy Cook, NORCE)
14:00-14:30 (1) – Rapid-deployment seismological sensors (Andreas Köhler, NORSAR)
14:30-15:00 (2) – Ocean-bottom seismometers (Stéphane Rondenay, UiB)
15:00-15:30 BREAK
15:30-16:00 (3) – Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing DAS-DTSS (NORSAR)
16:00-16:30 (4) – Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) system (Marie-André Dumais, NGU)
16:30-17:00 (5) – Self-potential sensors (Alfred Hanssen, UiT)
Tuesday 3rd March:
9:30-10:00 (6) – Piezometers (Andreia Plaza-Faverola, UiT)
10:00-10:30 (7) – Ground-based interferometric radar systems (Dyre Oliver Dammann, NGI)
10:30-11:00 (8) – Landslide tsunami scenario toolbox (Finn Løvholt, NGI)
11:00-11:30 BREAK
11:30-12:00 (9) – Dataset on InSAR ground movement trends (Daniel Johansen Trosten, NORCE)
12:00-12:30 (10) – Geophysical Instrument Pool Potsdam (GIPP): 30 years of support
for geophysical projects – experiences and challenges (Christian Haberland, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)
12:30-13:30 LUNCH (kantine)
13:30-14:00 Presentation of the EPOS-NO portal (Jeremy Cook, NORCE)
14:00-15:00 Hands-on testing of the EPOS-NO portal and new possible interfaces (team work)
15:00-15:30 BREAK
15:30-16:00 Management of data and tools (Marie-Andrée Dumais, NGU; Juliano Ramanantsoa, UiB)
16:00-17:00 Presentation and discussion (in teams) of front-ends to the portal (Jeremy Cook, NORCE)
18:00-21:00 Workshop dinner (Scandic Ørnen hotel)
Wednesday 4th March:
9:00-9:45 Possible joint projects for testing and leveraging EPOS-NG resources (Reginald Hermanns, NGU; Andreia Plaza-Faverola, UiT; Andreas Köhler, NORSAR)
9:45-10:30 Discussion in teams
10:30-11:00 BREAK
11:00-12:00 Plenary discussion (moderator: Stéphane Rondenay, UiB)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH (space near auditorium)
13:00-16:00 User Panels and EAB meetings (UiB. User Panel at Kvartsitten room (3G10e)- Map: https://link.mazemap.com/vo45hJXW. EAB at EPOS room-Map: 2F18d, Allégaten 41, Nygårdshøyden syd – MazeMap)