NGI hosts EPOS TCS Tsunami and GTM Strategy meetings back-to-back in Oslo
Two meetings at Campus Ullevål gathered around 20–25 European tsunami experts each, 20–23 October 2026.
Last week, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) hosted two meetings back-to-back at Campus Ullevål in Oslo. Many of the participants attended both.
EPOS TCS Tsunami Consortium Board meeting, 20–21 October
The first meeting was the annual Consortium Board meeting of EPOS TCS Tsunami. EPOS, which is named the European Plate Observing System is one of the few European Research Infrastructure Consortiums in Geoscience (ERICs). EPOS is organized into several Thematic Core Services (TCS) within Geosciences, one of which is Tsunami. The EPOS TCS Tsunami is an effort to coordinate the European tsunami research community and establish standardized, sustainable services for tsunami science and risk reduction.
The meeting comprised more than 20 scientists across Europe within tsunami science, and a key emphasis for the participants was reviewing the various services within the TCS portfolio. Since the tsunami hazard analysis is heavily reliant on numerical analysis tools, a core item in the Consortium Board meeting was to discuss strategies for more efficiently distributing computational services with the so-called ICS-D platform of EPOS. Also, the formation of a tsunami risk working group was thoroughly discussed.
The meeting was supported by the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EPOS-ERIC) through GFZ Potsdam, coordinator of EPOS TCS Tsunami, under the Multi-Year Collaboration Agreement (MYCA) 2024–2028 between EPOS ERIC and EPOS TCS Tsunami.
GTM Board Member Stefano Lorito presents the GTM and EPOS TCS Tsunami synergy.
2026 GTM strategy meeting, 22–23 October
The workshop encompassed discussions of both organizational and scientific aspects. The GTM members agreed on how the present GTM Association should move towards better integrating institutions by formalizing institutional membership and agreements between institutions affiliated with GTM for collaborating in projects. The ongoing work on finalizing the Global Tsunami Hazard Model (GTHM) was presented in detail by Valeria Cascone from INGV. It was agreed that a draft GTHM model will be finalized by the end of November, and that the model will be officially launched in February 2027 in Rome where stakeholders will be invited. Furthermore, the GTM strategy for moving from hazard modelling toward tsunami risk modelling was presented.
Back-to-back by design
The two meetings were scheduled together on purpose. Many participants belong to both communities, so they could take part in both without travelling twice.
Left: Afternoon sightseeing at Picasso’s Regjeringskvartalet murals in Oslo, brought to life in concrete by Carl Nesjar and marking Picasso’s first monumental concrete works. Right: NGI’s new headquarters, Campus Ullevål.