Opportunities Round-up: Oct. 9

💐So many Earth observation opportunities available that we had to publish the round-up twice this week! 

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🎇Featured event: 14/15 October: EO Capacity for Anticipatory Action on Drought. EOTEC DevNet Regional Drought Working Meet-ups. eotecdev.net/oct-14-15-eo-capacity-for-anticipatory-action-on-drought/

📅 Deadlines

⭐11 October. Registration deadline. Hackathon. Turning Ocean Data into Impactful Solutions, 29-31 October. Copernicus Marine Service and Ultrahack. events.marine.copernicus.eu/copernicus-marine-service-hackathon-2026

⭐14 October. Submission deadline. UN Youth Townhall 2026. United Nations Youth Office. lnkd.in/p/gvYPUPF7

⭐30 October. Registration and abstract deadline. Flash Drought: Impacts and Monitoring Methods, 26-27 November. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and TU Berlin. lnkd.in/p/gnDG37Up

1 November. Abstract deadline. EO for a Sustainable Blue Economy User Consultation Meeting (1-5 February 2027). ESA. https://eo4blueeconomy27.esa.int/

2 November. Registration deadline. 16th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS). Glasgow, Scotland. www.ieee-whispers.com/

2 November. Abstract deadline. 9–12 February 2027. Workshop. International Workshop on High-Resolution Thermal EO. ESA. https://thermal2027.esa.int/

3 November. Abstract deadline. Hydrospace 2027. Toulouse, France. CNES, ESA, NASA, GEWEX. www.hydrospace2027.org/

9 November. Fellowship application deadline. 2027 ESIP Community Fellows Program. Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP). www.esipfed.org/student-opportunities/community-fellows/

13 November. Session proposal deadline. Understanding Risk Global Forum 2026. GFDRR/World Bank/ADCMC. www.urabudhabi.com/

15 November. Poster application deadline. 18th AOGEO. 15-17 December, Japan. aogeo18th.com/

1 December. Masters degree scholarship application deadline. Various programs for international students with targeted resources for African and other developing country students. Wageningen University & Research. www.wur.nl/en/education/master/study-expenses-masters/scholarships

🧠 Training, webinars and events

⭐New online trainings. Multiple topics including tsunami warning, wildfire cloud development, shallow-water waves, and NSF Unidata. COMET MetEd. www.comet.ucar.edu/our-latest-comet-meted-courses

12-16 October. Hybrid conference. 47th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. New Delhi, India. acrs2026.in

13 October-1 December. Online course in English, Spanish and Portuguese. (14 90-minute sessions.) Climate and Health Responder Course: Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in the Americas and the Caribbean. Columbia University and others. https://lnkd.in/p/gV8edwfX

⭐13 & 15 October. Online course. Geostationary Remote Sensing of Aerosols for Air Quality Applications in North America. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/geostationary-remote-sensing-aerosols-air-quality-applications-north-america

⭐15 October. Webinar. High Resolution Water, Snow and Ice (HR-WSI) Ice Product Suite. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. https://clmswebinarseries.eu/CLMSII-ice-products

⭐19-23 Octubre. Online training en español. Introducción a la observación de la Tierra en óptico y SAR/ Impacto climático en la agricultura y seguridad alimentaria. CopernicusLAC Panama Centre. www.copernicuslac-panama.eu/oportunidades-de-participacion/

⭐20 & 27 October. Online course in English y en español. Monitoring Surface Water with SAR for Water Resource Management/Monitoreo de Inundaciones con SAR para la Gestión de los Recursos Hídricos. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/monitoring-surface-water-sar-water-resource-management

20 October. Webinar. From Product to Process: How Universities and Training Teams Are Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative AI. Generative AI Community of Practice. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ac857d95-fed5-49eb-8f59-78a1a0a826a4@396b9e20-59c1-4cf1-bc03-d43fd5759427

⭐21 October. Webinar. Glacier Changes in the Karakoram: Insights from the X-ECV Karakoram Anomaly Project. ESA Climate Change Initiative. climate.esa.int/en/climate-change-initiative-training/webinars/upcoming-webinars/

22 October. Workshop. Sustainable Finance for the Space Sector. European Commission. https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance-space-sector-2026-10-22_en

22-24 October. Event. Tropical Meteorology Week. https://www.eumetrain.org/

⭐26-30 October. In-person conference (Zimbabwe). AARSE 2026: Smart Earth, Smart Africa. African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment. aarse2026.org/

⭐27 October. In-person workshop (Estonia). Space for Resilience. Eurisy and EU Agency for the Space Programme. www.eurisy.eu/event/space-services-for-regional-resilience-workshop-in-estonia/about-estonia/

⭐28-30 October. In-person conference (Kenya). Eastern Africa Drought and Preparedness Conference (EADP2). ICPAC. eadp.icpac.net/

28 October. Webinar. RainCheck Africa: Gridded Rainfall Dataset Performance in Africa. AfriClimate AI. https://lnkd.in/p/g5ZkdYVs

⭐3-5 November. In-person workshop (England). High Resolution Thermal Remote Sensing. EARSeL Thermal SIG, National Centre for Earth Observation and UK Space Agency. thermal-rs.earsel.org/?page_id=1410

6 November. Hybrid conference. RAL Space Early Careers Conference 2026. RAL Space. www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/events/early-careers-conference-2026

12/19 November. Online training. Identifying Disaster Extent and Risk Using NISAR Surface Displacement. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/identifying-disaster-extent-risk-using-nisar-surface-displacement

⭐16 November. In-person event (Poland). Knowledge Exchange Space Panel: Building Skills, Partnerships and a European Network for the Future Space Economy. SpaceSUITE and StARR. starr.pl/knowledge-exchange-space-panel/

⭐23 November. Webinar. Improving Global Flood and Drought Forecasting for Early Warning, Preparedness and Operational Decision-making. SEED-FD. https://www.seed-fd.eu/

🌍 Community announcements & resources

⭐Registration open. AmeriGEO Week 2026, 30 November-4 December, Guatemala. experience.arcgis.com/experience/8704b53bcedb481cad74e7a4d1c7359e/page/Inicio

⭐Conference recording, presentations and posters. Earth Observations for Natural Disaster Management. ASI/CEOS. www.asi.it/en/2026/10/asi-and-ceos-together-for-earth-observation-in-support-to-disaster-risk-management/

⭐Call for Abstracts. 4th Space Science and Geospatial Annual Research Conference (S-ARC2027): AI-Assisted Space and Geospatial Technologies and Applications. Space Science and Geospatial Institute. https://ssgi.gov.et/events

⭐Call for contributions. FOSSGIS 2027: Free and Open Source Geospatial Software, Open Data and OpenStreetMap. FOSSGIS, HeiGIT and Heidelberg University. fossgis-konferenz.de/2027/

Registration open. In-person conference. Pacific GIS & Remote Sensing Conference, 30 November-4 December. Suva, Fiji. pgrsc.org/pacific-gis-rs-users-conference/