With the SIOS Innovation Award 2021, besides the aim to promote innovation in support of Earth system science in the Svalbard region, the main SIOS goals are:

•Integrate new and existing infrastructure and data;

•Create a network of systematic observations;

•Better temporal and spatial coverage of key observational data;

• Reliable access to long-term monitoring data;

•Improve integration of space-based and in-situ observations;

•Decrease the environmental footprint of science;

•Improving research conditionsfor scientists working in ESS.

The webinar will take place on Monday, 6th September 2021, at 15:00 CEST.