Opportunities Round-up: Oct. 23

Take a little time to invest in yourself with some new skills and knowledge! Our latest round-up of EO-related webinars, training, conferences and other opportunities has something that will fit into your busy schedule.

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⭐ = new event

📅 Deadlines

⭐30 October. Abstract deadline. GeoSMART India conference and expo. 16-18 December. New Delhi, India. geospatialworld.net/gsi/2026/submit-abstract.php. 

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. Award submission deadline. ESA Global Development Assistance Impact Award. gda.esa.int/gda-impact-stories-from-space-challenge-2026/

1 November. Internship application deadline. Space Law and Sustainability Internship. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/285723

15 November. Entry deadline. 2026 GIS Day Map Challenge. Geospatial Research Forum. https://lnkd.in/p/e7iNkP3g

🧠 Training, webinars and events

⭐26-28 October. Conference, virtual participation still open. National Earth Observation Forum 2026. Canadian Space Agency. www.asc-csa.gc.ca/fra/evenements/2026/2026-10-26-forum-national-sur-l-observation-de-la-terre.asp

⭐27 October. Online workshop. How the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) Mission is Transforming Observation of Surface Waters. CNA/CNES. To register, contact smartearth.utiliterre@asc-csa.gc.ca.

⭐27 October. Online workshop. Preparedness and Early Warning Systems. Space4Resilience webinar series. AGEOS/UNOOSA. survey123.arcgis.com/share/fbcacda37c984cb099e41e6af4fcf5d8

28 October. Webinar. Exploring Expedited NASA ICESat-2 Quick Look Data Products in the Earthdata Cloud. NASA Earthdata. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/events/exploring-expedited-nasa-icesat-2-quick-look-data-products-earthdata-cloud

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

⭐3 November & 15 December. Webinars. Accelerating Earth Sciences Workflows with AI Assistants. AI-Enabled Geospatial Workflows for Earth Sciences Webinar Series. Esri. www.esri.com/en-us/webinars/industry/science/ai-geospatial-workflows-earth-sciences.

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

⭐4 November. Webinar. Vegetation Phenology and Productivity Across Scales.Copernicus Land Monitoring Service/European Environment Agency. land.copernicus.eu/en/events/vegetation-phenology-and-productivity-across-scales

⭐10 November. Webinar. Monitoring and Predicting Soil Moisture Across Scales: Challenges and Opportunities. IEEE GRSS. www.grss-ieee.org/event/monitoring-and-predicting-soil-moisture-across-scales-challenges-and-opportunities/

10-13 November. Symposium. XXII International SELPER Symposium 2026: From Sensor to Management – Geospatial Innovation for a Sustainable Future. SELPER. https://selperargentina.org/

⭐11 November. Webinar. Spatio-temporal analysis in semantic Earth Observation Data Cubes.  IEEE GRSS Austria. www.grss-ieee.org/event/spatio-temporal-analysis-in-semantic-earth-observation-data-cubes/

⭐10-12 November. Hybrid workshop. Artificial Intelligence for Mapping Building Damage after Earthquakes and Storms Using Remote Sensing. Copernicus EMS / European Commission JRC. https://mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/news/workshop-on-artificial-intelligence-for-mapping-building-damage-after-earthquakes-and-storms-using-remote-sensing

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/

⭐18 November. Online training. WSI Applications and Hands-on Training. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service/European Environment Agency. land.copernicus.eu/en/events/clms-webinar-applications-and-hands-on

27 November. Webinar. Towards Coupled AI Climate Models. ECMWF. events.ecmwf.int/event/587/

⭐30 November-4 December. ESA EarthCODE Hackathon 2026. European Space Agency. eo4society.esa.int/events/category/training-education/

⭐13-15 December. Training. Senior Executive Training Program on Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure. Geospatial World. New Delhi, India. geospatialworld.net/gsi/2026/gki-training-program.php

⭐Workshop recording. NWC SAF MTG-I Lightning Imager Prototype Products Workshop. EUMeTrain / NWC SAF. www.eumetrain.org/resources/nwc-saf-workshop-2026

🌍 Community announcements & resources

⭐Paper submission and registration open. 11th International Geoinformatics Days, 16-17 December, online. Alanya University. https://conferences.yakarm.com/igd/About

⭐Registration open. NewSpace Africa Conference 2027. Space in Africa. 19-23 April 2027, Dakar, Senegal. https://newspace.spaceinafrica.com/ Newspace Africa Conference.

⭐Save the date. 4-9 April 2027. EGU General Assembly 2027, Vienna. European Geosciences Union. https://www.egu27.eu/

New Community Established. GEO Women Community. Group on Earth Observations (GEO). https://lnkd.in/p/eErQ2DR6

Report. 2026 GEO Symposium Report. Group on Earth Observations (GEO). https://earthobservations.org/about-us/news/the-2026-geo-symposium-report-is-now-available

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/