We will present a number of activities on curation, dissemination and visualisation of solar data proposed by the European solar physics commu- nity within the framework of the SOLARNET H2020 and ESCAPE H2020 project proposals as a common effort and first steps towards building up a European Solar Data Centre, envisaged for EST.

How do sunspots form? How is this large amount of magnetic flux gath- ered? Why do certain pores become sunspots? Why some large pores never develop penumbra? How is penumbra formed? What is the role of light bridges during sunspot formation? What is hidden in the dark umbrae? How do sunspots decay? What is the role of the moat flow? We will review our current understanding on sunspot formation, evolu- tion and decay addressing these and other questions.

Peter Caligari, Petri Kehusmaa and Nazaret Bello González

We present the plans of the KIS Science Data Centre to manage ground-based solar data volumes in the era of the DKIST and EST telescopes

Peter Caligari, Petri kehusmaa & Nazaret Bello González

We present the plans of the developing KIS Science Data Centre on the management of ground-based solar data volumes in the era of DKIST and EST Telescopes.