Distributed continental and global scale research infrastructures have fundamentally changed the environmental and ecological research landscape. The so formed scientific networks institutionalize collaborations within and across science disciplines and between data
collectors, distributors and users. The temporal scope of this collaboration is unlimited, but sustainability of support must be earned by the relevance of the outcomes from various stakeholder perspectives. Active involvement of different partners poses a communication
challenge, and this session offers a platform for communication between different groups of scientists and stakeholders with an interest in these research infrastructures.

We welcome contributions that - present new developments and discussions within the long-term flux and ecosystem infrastructure community, - demonstrate unique and novel results that were made possible from the unique supports from the research networks, and - describe and assess the relevance of outputs from these research networks for stakeholders and the society in general.

In this session, we aim at cultivating a scientific and personal dialogue between the heterogeneous parts of this growing scientific community. We invite participants, users and stakeholders of the networks to contribute to this dialogue and learn from other perspectives and experiences for the benefits of further developing this new and growing culture of scientific collaboration.

While the initiative originates from within the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), we particularly welcome contributions from other networks that relate their work to biogeochemistry research.