1. Participants: all ORFEUS/KNMI, INGV (IT), NERC(UK), UIB(NO), GFZ(GE), NIEP(RO), ETHZ(CH), VUA(NL), IMO(IC), TUBITAK(TU), CSIC(ES), IST(PO), NOA(GR), UU(SE), PAS(PO), UCPH(DK), ASCR(CZ) Objectives: - Providing outreach and dissemination - Identifying further potential downstream users - Promoting the EPOS Research Infrastructures - Develop capacity building through specific training initiatives - Assessment of EPOS impact on stakeholders and users Categories of stakeholders: i) National Research Organisations & funding agencies ii) EPOS data providers [WGs in WP6] iii) EPOS (RI) data users (including Academia) iv) Data and services providers and users outside the research community (including industry) WP 8: Stakeholder interaction and dissemination

2. Participants: all ORFEUS/KNMI, INGV (IT), NERC(UK), UIB(NO), GFZ(GE), NIEP(RO), ETHZ(CH), VUA(NL), IMO(IC), TUBITAK(TU), CSIC(ES), IST(PO), NOA(GR), UU(SE), PAS(PO), UCPH(DK), ASCR(CZ) Tasks 8.1 Stakeholder promotion and impact: governments and industry 8.2 Stakeholder promotion and impact: data providers and users 8.3 Facilitating the EPOS promotion strategy 8.4 EPOS promotion activities Categories of stakeholders: i) National Research Organisations & funding agencies ii) EPOS data providers [WGs in WP6] iii) EPOS (RI) data users (including Academia) iv) Data and services providers and users outside the research community (including industry) WP 8: Stakeholder interaction and dissemination

3. WP 8: Deliverables and Milestones. Deliverables: D8.1 – Web portal and user interfaces [M6/12/…/48] D8.2 – Brokerage events with stakeholders at national and European level [M18/36] D8.3 – Impact validation through web services [M24/36/48] D8.4 – Editorial promotion activities [M24/48] D8.5 – Report on dissemination activities [M36/48] D8.6 – Report on stakeholder interactions [M36/48] Milestones: MS37 – web dynamic overview stakeholders [M6] MS38 – appointment P&U commission [M6] MS39 – WP8 and stakeholder meetings at EGU [8, annual] MS40 – EPOS information booth at EGU [8, annual] MS41 – Stakeholder category (iv) meeting [24, ??] MS42 – P&U commission meeting [18/24/36] MS43 – Stakeholder category (ii) meeting [36] MS44 – Outreach meeting all participants [18/30]

4. Participants: all ORFEUS/KNMI, INGV (IT), NERC(UK), UIB(NO), GFZ(GE), NIEP(RO), ETHZ(CH), VUA(NL), IMO(IC), TUBITAK(TU), CSIC(ES), IST(PO), NOA(GR), UU(SE), PAS(PO), UCPH(DK), ASCR(CZ) Starting strategy: 1. Set-up material, actions, detailed actionplan by core group (KNMI, INGV, NERC and UIB) 2. Review relevant interactions with other WPs WP4-7 all have specific requirements (some specified in this meeting) Make sure task interactions are specified. 3. Actionplan Requires interaction with all participants and WP4-7 WP leaders 4. Involve other participants, discuss and distribute specific actions. (based on action plan) - Resources are limited! Make sure we identify priorities, not overreach, optimal coordination WP 8: Stakeholder interaction and dissemination

5. Participants: all ORFEUS/KNMI, INGV (IT), NERC(UK), UIB(NO), GFZ(GE), NIEP(RO), ETHZ(CH), VUA(NL), IMO(IC), TUBITAK(TU), CSIC(ES), IST(PO), NOA(GR), UU(SE), PAS(PO), UCPH(DK), ASCR(CZ) Core group actions first months : - NERA dynamic and static web pages (Task 8.4 coordinated with WP1) - Create and produce outreach material for distributing by participants (Task 8.3) - Provider and User (P&U) committee (Task 8.1) - Identify potential data providers & users (Task 8.2) - Initial promotion by core participants (Task 8.4). - WP8 action plan (Task 8.3 and Task 8.4) - WG8 meeting EGU2010: discuss and start running action plan - EPOS exhibition booth at EGU2010 (Task 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4) WP 8: Stakeholder interaction and dissemination

6. Outreach Material on the way EPOS exhibition materialEPOS web site: www.epos-eu.org