EPOS

EPOS is a European project to set up an infrastructure to observe the planet Earth. In December 2008, this project was added to the ESFRI, (European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures)roadmap. The preparatory phase of EPOS began on November 1 2010, and will last 4 years.

As part of the European EPOS (European Plate Observing System) project, funded by the European Commission under call for proposals FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1-2.2.2., and for which the CNRS-INSU is a contracting party, Helle Pedersen, project manager at the CNRS-INSU and coordinator of the French research infrastructure, RESIF, has been appointed by the Ministry of higher education and research as France’s representative for the preparatory phase of EPOS. To assist her in her role as national coordinator, Helle Pedersen will collaborate with a team of project managers who will coordinate each discipline at a national level within EPOS.
To assist her in her role as national coordinator, Helle Pedersen will collaborate with a team of project managers who will coordinate each discipline at a national level within EPOS.

• Representing the CNRS-INSU and their national community in the EPOS workgroups,
• Ensuring the distribution of information concerning the EPOS project to the national community of each specialist field,
• Leading discussions on the preparation of national structures with a view to their contribution to EPOS,
• Participating and contributing to national group meetings comprising overall coordination and specific branch participants.

• Patrick Bachelery (UMR 6524 – Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans) : Volcanologie
• Jérôme Fortin (UMR 8538 - Laboratoire de géologie de l’ENS) : Mécanique des Roches
• Steven Hosford (CNES) : Satellite data and spatial geodesy
• Jean-Mathieu Nocquet (UMR 6526 - GéoAzur) : Géodésie
• Nikolai Shapiro (UMR 7154 – IPG Paris) : Sismologie
• Alexandre Schubnel (UMR 8538 - Laboratoire de géologie de l’ENS) : Mécanique des Roches
• Jean-Pierre Vilotte (UMR 7154 - IPG Paris) : ICT