Feb 13 Weekly Round-up
Hot off the presses – our weekly round-up of deadlines, webinars, and training events from the world of Earth observations and GIS.
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📅 Deadlines
18 February. Abstract deadline extended. 45th EARSeL Symposium. https://athens2026.earsel.org/
20 February. Call for grant proposals. GEO Mountains. https://geomountains.org/geo-mountains-small-data-grants-call-2026-2027/
27 February. Call for proposals for feasibility studies. ESA KickStart Initiative. https://business.esa.int/funding/open-call-for-proposals-kick-starts
28 February. Conference funding application. Young African Space Professionals Award. Space in Africa/African Space Agency. https://newspace.spaceinafrica.com/award/
February. Deadlines for abstracts, travel support, awards, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026, https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2026/
- 6-18 February: Call for abstracts
- 19 February: Award Entry,Outstanding Student Presentations
- 28 February: Support Programs (student travel, developing country participation, diversity support)
End February. Abstract Deadline. Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry conference, European Space Agency. https://eo4society.esa.int/event/fringe-2026-advances-in-the-science-and-applications-of-sar-interferometry-and-sentinel-1-insar/
⭐ 23 February. Application deadline. Central Asia Youth Forum on Drought Monitoring, Space Technology Conference 2026, 31 March-1 April. Support provided by ESCAP. Open to participants from the North and Central Asia region. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccAM8n9zX-KBMhuo5diWCthBUNjBNQ0w5R0RBVkk4UkJQWFlVWjlONE5DWC4u&route=shorturl
2 March. Early-bird registration. ISPRS 2026 Toronto. www.isprs2026toronto.com/
⭐ 8 March. Application deadline. Geodesy for a Resilient Africa Summer School. 29 June-3 July, Cameroon. https://africangeosummer.org/
10 March. Two application deadlines for courses at Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia Pacific (CSSTEAP). Info: www.cssteapun.org
- Geospatial Technology and Modelling for Urban Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Reduction, May 4-15.
- Satellite Remote Sensing Data Acquisition & Processing, April 20-May 15.
15 March. Application deadlines for course at Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia Pacific (CSSTEAP): 30th post-graduate course in remote sensing and GIS, July 2026-March 2027. Info: www.cssteapun.org
1 April. Abstract submission. Open Earth Monitor Global Workshop 2026: Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data, October 2026. www.earthmonitor.org/global-workshop-2026/
5 April. Applications. U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation scholarships. Open to high school seniors through PhD studying in the US). https://usgif.org/2026-scholarship-applications/
⭐ 26 June. Abstract deadline. Machine Learning for Land and Hydrology conference. ECMWF. https://events.ecmwf.int/event/530/
⭐ 30 September. Call for Papers. Weather & Climate-Induced Multi-Hazard Futures, Natural Hazards special collection. www.nature.com/collections/facabjihee
🗓️ Webinars / Training
16 February. Webinar. Governance and Finance Considerations for Operationalizing Water–Energy-Food-Ecosystem Solutions. IWMI. https://www.linkedin.com/events/7425472350546178050/
⭐ 17 February. Webinar. Urban water biodiversity monitoring. Water Europe. https://watereurope.eu/event/from-monitoring-to-management-decisions-positive-examples-of-water-related-biodiversity-monitoring-in-cities/
18 February-1 April. MOOC. GIS for Climate Action. ESRI. https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/645d6a07eb82fb767bb0c012/gis-for-climate-action/
⭐ 19 February. Webinar. In-situ, Satellite, Citizen Science: Interoperability in Practice. GEO Data and Knowledge series. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/U3ao1ZU0RTyEKKwdqKtqag#/registration
⭐ 19 February. Webinar. “Hands-On HR-VPP” (Vegetation Indices + Biophysical Variables with Jupyter Notebooks). Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. https://clmswebinarseries.eu/HR-VPP
19 February. Webinar. Space Policy & Skills at Regional Level (EU). Nereus. www.nereus-regions.eu/2025/12/19/education-training-in-the-space-sector-xix-space-policy-skills-at-regional-level-19-february-2026/
⭐ 20 February. Webinar. One Forest Vision Initiative in the Congo Basin, CNES/IDGEO. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC6Gwcx1uvUKJUYv7q9wlmf68cYX3DJeC8vVimqdSHo5d3-A/viewform
20 February. Webinar. Avances recientes en el estudio de las Islas de Calor Urbano en América Latina. SELPER Mexico/ISPRS. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/selper-mexico_webinar-selpermexico-isprs-ugcPost-7425188469548830720-diDr
24 & 26 February. Online course. Visualizing Land Cover and Land Use Change with NASA Satellite Imagery. NASA ARSET. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/visualizing-land-cover-land-use-change-nasa-satellite-imagery
11-12 March. Workshop. Putting PACE Data to Work Across the Earth System. NASA. https://pace.oceansciences.org/events_more.htm
⭐ 16 March-17 April. Online course. Machine Learning for Earth Systems Modelling. For European meteorological agencies. https://learning.ecmwf.int/enrol/index.php?id=96
⭐ 24 March. Webinar. GEO Open House Webinar #2: DRR-Climate-Biodiversity nexus. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/E97C0nvsQx6pWglDlVEzlw#/registration
🌐 Conferences
⭐ Registration open. IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2026), Kigali, Rwanda, 2-4 June. https://www.iafastro.org/events/global-series-conferences/the-iaf-global-space-conference-on-climate-change-2026/
