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The Virtual Laboratory Platform (VLAB) is a tool for publishing and running scientific models for knowledge generation. It has been designed and implemented in the context of national, European and international projects and initiatives. From the positive experience in the H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL project, the VLAB has been proposed as one of the major building blocks for the ERA-PLANET Knowledge Platform. In particular, in the GEOESSENTIAL Transnational Project, the VLAB is used for the generation of indicators and indices for policy-makers, based on scientific model developed by domain experts.

 

The VLAB workshop is an opportunity for participants in the ERA-PLANET project, to work together on the vision and implementation of the ERA-PLANET Knowledge Platform, discussing and experimenting the functionalities and planned advancements of the VLAB.

 

The VLAB Workshop will have a duration of three days. The first day is dedicated to an Introduction to the VLAB in the context of the ERA-PLANET project, including presentations of results achieved in GEOESSENTIAL and other projects. The second day is dedicated to an hands-on session for teams that aim at starting or finalizing the porting of their models on the VLAB. The third day will include a discussion about potential enhancements of the VLAB.

 

The VLAB Workshop will be preceded by two remote presentations: an Introductory Webinar for teams that wants to know more about the VLAB and would like start porting models; and an Advanced Webinar for teams that would like to report issues and feedback about their use of the VLAB. The Webinars are preparatory actions for making the VLAB Workshop hands-on session more effective.

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The VLAB workshop is organized in the context of the ERA-PLANET GEOESSENTIAL strand in collaboration with SMURBS, IGOSP and iCUPE strands.