Welcome to the inaugural edition of the EUDAT News Bulletin! We will be sending a short email bulletin like this, roughly once a month, to keep you updated about the latest news and developments from EUDAT.

Registration for 2nd EUDAT Conference now open!
Registration for the 2nd EUDAT Conference (which will be held in Rome from 28-30 October) is now open. For more information, see http://www.eudat.eu/2nd-conference and, to register now, go to http://www.alfafcm.com/ita/eudat_registration_form.
 
Upcoming EUDAT training
EUDAT has several training courses and events planned over the coming year. You will find a selection of dates for your diary below. And, to keep up-to-date with all our training activities or download material from previous events, please visit http://www.eudat.eu/training.
 

EUDAT @ APARSEN's Advanced Practitioner Training
15-19 July 2013, Glasgow, UK
EUDAT will be providing training as part of the programme for this week-long course. See http://www.eudat.eu/events/trainings/aparsen-advanced-practitioner-training.
 

EUDAT @ IUPS2013
21 July 2013, Birmingham, UK
Collocated with IUPS2013 in Birmingham, but open to all, this free course will run from 10:30 until 16:30 on Sunday 21st July. For registration information, please see http://www.eudat.eu/training/iups2013.
 

EUDAT Training @ The 41st Workshop of the International School of Geophysics
30 August 2013, Sicily, Italy
In conjunction with EPOS, we will be holding a training day collocated with this workshop. See http://www.eudat.eu/events/trainings/41st-workshop-international-school-geophysics.
 

EUDAT Training @ The 2nd EUDAT Conference
28 October 2013, Rome, Italy
The first day of the 2nd EUDAT Conference will be devoted to training on various topics related to EUDAT's services. More details, including details of how to register, are available at http://www.eudat.eu/training/training-day-2nd-eudat-conference.
 

Towards a Second EUDAT Roadmap of common services
Now that EUDAT is well under way with the task of providing the initial services that were vital for a common European data infrastructure, we are starting to work with the research communities to plan the second wave of common data services.
http://www.eudat.eu/news/towards-second-eudat-roadmap-common-services
 

Grants for European researchers to attend RDA Plenary in Washington
RDA Europe is offering grants to cover participation costs (up to a maximum of 1.000 euros) for Europeans to attend the RDA Plenary that will take place in Washington in September this year. The closing date for applications is 2 August at 5.00pm CET. For further details about eligibility and the application process, see: http://www.eudat.eu/news/grants-available-europeans-attend-2nd-rda-plenary-meeting
 

Blog: Hi-ho, Silver! Away! EUDAT goes to the USA...
EUDAT doesn't just stay at home in Europe! > See full article
 

Where can you meet EUDAT?
There will be plenty of opportunities over the summer to meet the people working within EUDAT and to learn more about the services that EUDAT is offering and developing. For example, EUDAT representatives will be present at HPCS 2013 in Finland, and INCF 2013 in Stockholm. In September, EUDAT will also be involved with the pre-RDA meeting in Munich.