EOSC Kiosk Infopoint Debuts at the TNC 2019

During the TNC 2019 event organised by GÉANT from 17-20 June 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) debuted its EOSC KIOSK infopoint, signaling the consolidating efforts in the bid to build the EOSC.

Apart from the EOSC Portal, which is a communication channel on its own, the majority of the outreach activities to promote the science cloud, while many, have been delivered through the perspectives of the individual projects. With the arrival of the EOSC Secretariat and its clear mandate, the EOSC is expected to consolidate its messaging further across various projects. 

The EOSC KIOSK is run by the EOSC Secretariat, a project which has a coordinating function among the EOSC initiatives, and is tasked with the branding and promotion of the European Open Science Cloud. Trust-IT is the communications partner of the EOSC Secretariat. 

At the infopoint, visitors to the high traffic TNC event received general information about the EOSC, the players behind it, the role of the governance structure and the portal, as well as engagement opportunities through the EOSC Secretariat such as the newly-launched Liaison Platform, the two flagship events of the EOSC - the RDA Plenary Session, International Research Data Community contributing to EOSC and the EOSC Symposium. 

Opportunities across various initiatives were also provided to the visitors such the EOSC-hub's EOSC Early Adopter Programme, OCRE's cloud vouchers and adoption funding, and the EOSC Secretariat's available funding for co-creation activities. 

Visitors were also keen to show their support to the EOSC concept as they proudly carried away EOSC-branded giveaways.