Many of the activities within the SIOS community will be organised through working groups. On November 15-16, the SIOS Data Management System (SDMS) Working Group was the first to meet at the SIOS Knowledge Centre in Longyearbyen (video streaming was arranged for those who could not be present). Eight partners that have committed resources to the development of SIOS data management attended the meeting and officially established the working group.

In beginning of November, Anna Maria Trofaier has started her work as remote sensing officer at SIOS. She grew up in Vienna, Austria and has a master in physics from University of Edinburgh, an interdisciplinary master in environmental technology and international affairs from Vienna University of Technology.

The new website for SIOS has been published today. This is still under development and some functionality related to the data management functionality may not be fully working initially. We are working hard to resolve these issues. Further information will be provided.