Weekly Round-up: April 3

It’s Friday! And EOTEC is here with a round-up of EO training and resources to explore. Here’s what’s coming up.

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📅 Deadlines

5 April. Call for papers. 8th Geographic Information Society of Ethiopia National Conference. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7442778381219344384/

⭐17 April. Survey. Space4Women Landmark Survey. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5XXBLQH

⭐26 April. Applications. InSAR Training Course 2026. European Space Agency. https://eo4society.esa.int/event/esa-2026-insar-training-course/

29 April. Research fellowship application. EO Africa R&D Facility. https://eo4society.esa.int/2026/03/18/african-research-fellowships-call-2026/

⭐30 April. Submissions. Visualising Climate 2026 Conference. Copernicus Climate Change Service. https://climate.copernicus.eu/visualising-climate-2026

30 April. Call for papers. African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment conference. https://www.aarse2026.org/call-for-papers

⭐10 May. Applications. Satellite Remote Sensing of Air Quality, EO Africa R&D Facility. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses-rdf2/online-course-on-satellite-remote-sensing-of-air-quality/

15 May. Training application. 8th Joint Training on Atmospheric Composition. ESA/EUMETSAT/ECMWF. https://atmostraining2026.esa.int/

🎓 Training & Events

⭐8 April. AfriGEO Youth CoP: International Women’s Day Celebration. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b922f460-910e-4386-8dae-df3e6aa5861c@8f7dfaed-8db2-4d59-97de-b395b6848a59/registration

⭐14 April. Webinar. Get to Know NOAA’s Flood and Water Resources. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rjLWV1YKSh6gwKRglZ8tbQ#/registration

⭐22 April. Webinar. Mapping Invisible Infrastructure Beneath Our Cities. Geo Week News. https://www.geoweeknews.com/webinars/whats-under-there-mapping-invisible-infrastructure-beneath-our-cities

⭐23, 28 and 30 April. Online course. Monitoring Groundwater Changes for Water Resources Management, NASA ARSET. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/monitoring-groundwater-changes-water-resources-management

6 May. Webinar. Modeling complexity in urban environments: Bridging physics-based and data-driven approaches. American Meteorological Society. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gcPsflczR4qcJQXBXn3EZA#/registration

7 May. Webinar. Advancing Global Flood Mapping with Earth Observation. https://www.globalfloodpartnership.org/events/gfp-2026-may-webinar-series

12 & 13 May. Online workshop. Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2. NASA Satellite Needs Working Group Implementation Team. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuvqum33hBZvt5vRQ7wNmWOsDLAbKDa-cfnDXCx48kqF8XuQ/viewform

19-22 May. Registration open for in-person and online participation. 2nd ESA–NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for Earth Observation. https://nikal.eventsair.com/2nd-esa-nasa-workshop-on-ai-foundation-model-for-earth-observation-eo/participation-and-registration

⭐Self-paced tutorial. Explore SAR Satellite Imagery. Esri. https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/explore-sar-satellite-imagery/

⭐Self-paced course. Integrating Gender Equality in Drought Management Planning, Food and Agriculture Organization. https://www.fao.org/in-action/drought-portal/learning-resources/learning/integrating-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-in-national-drought-management-planning-e-learning/en

Self-paced course. Now available in Spanish. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. NASA ARSET. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/fundamentals-remote-sensing

Self-paced course. Understanding Climate Data: From Analysis of the Past to Future Projections. ECMWF. https://learning.ecmwf.int/enrol/index.php?id=89

📢 Community Announcements & Resources

⭐Workshop Resources. AI Tooling for Earth System Modelling. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts / Destination Earth. https://destine.ecmwf.int/news/destine-ai-tooling-workshop-advancing-collaboration-and-technical-foundations-for-ai-in-earth-system-modelling/

⭐Presentation recording. The Future of  CEOS Analysis Ready Data (ARD). Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU4iDi9_-a4

⭐Presentation recording. Understanding South Africa’s Space Ecosystem, SpaceHubs Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JudaNWnhM_I

⭐Newsletter. ESA Global Development Assistance. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gda-insights-earth-observation-development-qscae