IHCantabria collaborates in the 1st General Assembly of EPOS-Spain to strengthen European scientific cooperation in the field of tsunamis
The Deputy Director General of Surveillance, Warning and Geophysical Studies of the NGI, Carmen López Moreno, during her speech at the opening ceremony of the First General Assembly of EPOS-ES
Numerous Spanish scientific institutions participated in this event, held on May 21 in Madrid, to address the various topics that make up the EPOS (European Plate Observing System) platform
The First General Assembly of EPOS-Spain (EPOS-ES) was held this week, on May 21, at the headquarters of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in Madrid. The event brought together representatives of the country’s main scientific institutions, with the aim of coordinating and reinforcing the actions of the Spanish node within the European Plate Observation System (EPOS), the major European infrastructure dedicated to the integration of geoscientific data and services.
At this General Assembly, the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the Universidad de Cantabria (IHCantabria) was represented by Ignacio Aguirre Ayerbe, who also participated on May 20 in the meeting of the EPOS-ES Steering and Scientific Committee. During the Assembly, Aguirre spoke on behalf of the Spanish node of the Tsunami Thematic Service (TCS Tsunami), which he coordinates together with Jorge Macías, from the University of Málaga (UMA).
In his presentation, Ignacio Aguirre Ayerbe explained the structure, characteristics and governance of the TCS Tsunami, currently composed of 30 institutions from 14 European countries. He also detailed the contributions of the four Spanish institutions that are part of it: IHCantabria, UMA, IGN and the Institute of Marine Sciences of the CSIC (ICM-CSIC).
The First General Assembly of EPOS-ES was opened and closed by Carmen López Moreno, Deputy Director General of Surveillance, Warning and Geophysical Studies of the IGN, where the event was held. This event included presentations on seismic, GNSS, satellite and anthropogenic hazards data, with an agenda designed to foster the exchange of knowledge and experiences between the different thematic services.
Collaboration agreement between FIHAC and GFZ
In this context of national and international cooperation, a new collaboration agreement has been recently formalized within the framework of the EPOS-TSUNAMI 2025 project. This agreement was signed between the German Geosciences Research Center (GFZ), as main beneficiary, and the Foundation Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of the University of Cantabria (FIHAC), as second beneficiary.
Relevance of EPOS-TSUNAMI
EPOS is a pan-European infrastructure that connects different geoscientific disciplines -such as seismology, volcanology, geomagnetism, satellite data, tsunami-, to provide open access interoperable data, products, software and services. The Spanish node EPOS-ES is led by GEO3BCN – CSIC, under the coordination of Adelina Geyer Traver.
With its participation in the General Assembly of EPOS-Spain, IHCantabria reinforces its role as a key player in the observation, analysis and mitigation of tsunami risks on a global scale, as well as its commitment to open science, innovation and international cooperation.
Some of the people who participated in the First General Assembly of EPOS-Spain (EPOS-ES), held on May 21, at the headquarters of the National Geographic Institute in Madrid
