The inaugural 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 successfully convene the entire project consortium, a strong majority of the User Panel, the External Advisory Board (EAB), and the Project Management Board (PMB).
Preliminary Program
The workshop is designed to foster collaboration and advance project goals through a series of focused sessions. The preliminary schedule is outlined below.
Monday 2nd March:
12:00 h: Lunch
13-17 h:
– Overview of EPOS-NG accomplishments to date and upcoming milestones
– Presentations of EPOS-NG instrument pools and computational/data services (technical aspects and possible research applications)
Tuesday 3rd March:
9-12 h:
– Presentations of EPOS-NG instrument pools and computational/data services (technical aspects and possible research applications)
12:00: Lunch
13-17h:
– The EPOS-N portal – available services and future developments
18:00 h: Dinner
Wednesday 4th March:
9-12 h: Proposal incubator (brainstorming on how to bring EPOS-NG resources together to address grand research questions)
12:00 h: Lunch
13-16 h (parallel sessions):
– User panel meetings
– EAB meeting
– PMB meeting
