EOSC Winter School 2026:
Supporting the EOSC Federation

The EOSC Winter School is an initiative of EOSC-A and the now-completed EOSC Focus project, taken up in response to the collaboration needs of the Horizon Europe EOSC-related projects. Organisation of the 2026 event has been taken up by the EOSC Gravity project, in cooperation with EOSC-A.

The format for the EOSC Winter School 2026 is structured to bring the existing collaboration between the EOSC-A Task Forces, the EOSC Opportunity Area Expert Groups and the INFRAEOSC projects to bear on the work of the EOSC Federation Build-up Group. The programme aims to advance the following objectives:

• Consolidating the EOSC ecosystem: Bridging expertise and hands-on implementation in building the EOSC Federation
• Brokerage event: Instigating dialogue between the EOSC expert pool and the Federation Build-up Group
• Moving towards an operational EOSC Federation
• Lessons learned from the first wave of enrolment
• Preparing for the second wave of enrolment

The Winter School will also revisit the medium- and long-term objectives set during the 2024 and 2025 events, which aim to ensure the impact of HE EOSC-related project outcomes on EOSC and the EOSC Federation.

The EOSC Winter School 2026 is organized as two events:

1. Brokerage event – Tuesday, 27 January (afternoon)
   Participants from the OA Expert Groups, EOSC-A Task Forces, and INFRAEOSC projects will have the opportunity to present and pitch their implementation-ready solutions directly to members of the Build-up Group, fostering exchange and potential collaboration.
2. Core EOSC Winter School – Wednesday, 28 January to Thursday, 29 January (morning)
   Participants will convene to attend breakout sessions, organised jointly by the OA Expert Groups and the EOSC-A Task Forces, organized around three main thematic areas:
   • Federating Capacities and Interoperability
   • Resources
   • Competencies and Training

The EOSC Winter School 2026 high-level programme is presented here. The full programme is in development.

Registration for the EOSC Winter School 2026 will open this fall, and will be administered in a single phase, on a first-come-first-served basis. The opening and closing dates will be communicated here in due course.