The EPOS-ITALIA Joint Research Units (JRU) is the Italian division of EPOS (the European Plate Observing System), established with the main objective of supporting the Italian scientific community within the EPOS integration plan by promoting the share of ideas and perspectives for the development of solid Earth science research infrastructures and their integration at national and pan-European level.

The JRU is presently formed by ten national institutions, including INGV (acting also as coordinator), CNR, OGS, ISPRA, CINECA, EUCENTRE, Università Roma Tre, Università di Napoli Federico II, Università di Trieste, Università di Genova.

In this framework, the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), in collaboration with the university of Genova and the university of Trieste, is organizing a number of community building activities supported by the JRU EPOS-ITALIA. Main goal of these activities is thus facilitating the communication and collaboration between leading experts of the Italian scientific community, including public and private research centres and academia, on topics related to the different EPOS core services.

As part of these activities, the following workshops have been organized.