The virtual 37^th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC) is organized virtually under the auspices of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens during the period 19-24 of September 2021 (https://www.escgreece2021.eu/). This event is the most well-attended venue in Europe for Seismology where academics and researchers active in seismological research, and other relevant fields, meet.

Together with the presentation of recent results of cutting-edge research, in earthquake seismology and the interior of the earth, the conference includes topics of applied and social aspects of seismology, such as seismic risk reduction, earthquake engineering and risk mitigation. The 2021 General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission will focus on the seismotectonics, seismic anisotropy, instrumental and historical seismicity with emphasis on southern Mediterranean. Attendees will present work on the complex geodynamics and the high seismicity of Greece.

A large number of young, early–career researchers but also of accomplished scientists are attending this year the 37th General Assembly with an expected registration exceeding 400 participants. The GA consists of 38 sessions, with more than 600 abstracts in the form of oral or poster presentations and five keynote speakers. Moreover, the Seismological Society of America will join the conference supporting a join ESC-SSA session.

We also organize the week leading to the conference a training opportunity for young scientists, the "Young Seismologist Training Course" (YSTC). The Course titled “The Peter Bormann Young Seismologist Training Course (YSTC) of 2021: Seismology for Science and Society” is addressed to postgraduate students and doctoral candidates. The USTC will cover a broad range of seismological topics such as, the seismicity of Greece, faults and seismic risk, recent earthquakes in Croatia, macroseismicity, induced seismicity, computational seismology, applications of machine learning in seismology, eartqhuake catalogs and access to international seismological datasets.