A Workshop on “Creating robust sensor networks- architecture and infrastructure” is being organised within the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (4th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs2008), July 6-10, 2008. Campus Nord, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia (http://www.iemss.org/iemss2008/). The conference is organized by iEMSs (International Environmental Modelling and Software Society) and supported by ISESS (International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems; www.isses.org).