The “MatOSC: shaping together a future EOSC node for Materials” workshop will take place in Lausanne (Switzerland), 13th-14th July, at CECAM headquarters. The event will be in person and over two half-days, from lunchtime to lunchtime. 

MatOSC is a project to prepare a future thematic node for Materials in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). MatOSC aims to act as the EOSC thematic entry point for materials science, turning today’s fragmented landscape of discipline-, technique-, and country-specific materials data initiatives into a coherent, discoverable, and reusable European system of systems. This open event aims to gather prospective providers and users of such a node, to collect needs, identify potential offerings and discuss possible use cases.

The organizing commitee welcomes brief presentations about how your institution could contribute to MatOSC, in terms of offerings of materials data repositories and related services, and/or use-cases. These presentations will be brief (5-10 minutes), to give space also to discussions.

If interested in participating, register at your earliest convenience, as places are limited. 

Registration deadline: June 28, 2026

The event goals include:

• Share understanding of an EOSC Node requirements
• Create a list of possible MatOSC functionalities
• Create a list of potential initial MatOSC contributors
• Create a shortlist of possible use cases involving MatOSC
• Discuss next steps towards MatOSC

Accommodation support: Support is provided for 1 night (13th July). Kindly indicate in the registration form your arrival and departure dates.