April 17 Weekly Round-up

Here it is – the April 17 weekly round-up!

New items have a ⭐!  Share your event: secretariat@eotecdev.net.

Editor’s choice: 22/23 April. EOTEC DevNet Regional Drought Working Group Meet-ups. https://eotecdev.net/regional-drought-meet-ups-april-22-23/

📅 Deadlines

⭐20 April. Survey deadline. Asia’s sustainability priorities. Asia Science Mission. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnqsGcq8pnKhvg7HuU9HSfOkBZInSJdcpRKISzd1PwNoHlBg/viewform

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

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

30 April. Summer school applications. Satellite-Based Hydrological Data Assimilation. Aalborg University.  https://www.en.plan.aau.dk/research/geodesy/summer-school-satellite-based-hydrological-data-assimilation-geodesyda#register-for-the-summer-school-

⭐3 May. Workshop registration. Insight 2026: Innovative Signal Exploitation for Geospatial Intelligence. ESA. https://insight2026.esa.int/

10 May. Application deadline. 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 June. Conference registration. (In-person, Utah, USA). Global Flood Partnership https://www.globalfloodpartnership.org/events/gfp-annual-conference-august-4-6-2026

🧠 Training, Webinars & Events

⭐22 April. Webinar. Algal blooms in U.S. lakes increase after wildfire smoke events. GeoAquaWatch / United States Environmental Protection Agency.
https://www.geoaquawatch.org/free-usepa-webinar-apr-22nd-algal-blooms-in-u-s-lakes-increase-after-wildfire-smoke-events/

22 April. Webinar. Permafrost and Climate Change: Insights from CCI data. European Space Agency. https://www.linkedin.com/events/7447228722153185281/

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

⭐19 May. Webinar. One Forest Vision Initiative. CNES/IDGEO. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC6Gwcx1uvUKJUYv7q9wlmf68cYX3DJeC8vVimqdSHo5d3-A/viewform

⭐21 and 28 May. Training. In English and Spanish. Estimating biomass change with GEDI & OBI-WAN API. NASA ARSET
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/estimating-biomass-change-gedi-obiwan-api

⭐1-3 June. In person workshop (Portugal). Space for Maritime Security: Tackling Challenges in the Baltic and European Overseas Territories, Eurisy. https://www.eurisy.eu/event/esa-space-for-maritime-security-workshop/about-the-workshop/

🌍 Announcements & Resources

⭐Recordings and announcements of past and future training events . WEkEO https://events.wekeo.eu/

⭐Now open. Tanager Open Data Competition. Planet. https://www.planet.com/pulse/announcing-the-tanager-open-data-competition/

⭐Webinar recording. Remote Sensing & Photogrammetric Applications for Cultural Heritage and Environmental Monitoring. Thetida. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-Z1HvRCYk

⭐Abstract submission open. 2nd EO 4 Soil Symposium. European Space Agency. https://www.eo4soilsymposium2026.org/

⭐Call for proposals. Future Investigators in NASA Earth And Space Science and Technology (FINESST). https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7bF9C7B701-6405-FD55-6705-EB4B190646B8%7d&path=&method=init

⭐Registration open. Expandeo 2026. EARSC. https://expandeo.earsc.org/

Applications Open. Africa Earth Observation Challenge 2026 (Support for start-ups). Africa-Europe Space Partnership Programme. https://www.f6s.com/africa-earth-observation-challenge-2026/apply

Save the Date. Forest fires and fire monitoring, June 1-3. EUMeTrain. Details forthcoming.