Feb 19 Weekly Round-up

The world of #Earthobservations is booming! So many great webinars, workshops and opportunities in this week’s weekly round-up.

New items have a ⭐! 

📅 Deadlines

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. forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccAM8n9zX-KBMhuo5diWCthBUNjBNQ0w5R0RBVkk4UkJQWFlVWjlONE5DWC4u&route=shorturl

27 February. Call for proposals for feasibility studies. ESA KickStart Initiative. 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. newspace.spaceinafrica.com/award/

28 February. Deadlines for travel support. JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026, www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2026/

⭐28 February. Deadline for community events, showcases, and posters. GEO Symposium. earthobservations.org/about-us/events/2026-geo-symposium-geo-21-plenary

⭐28 February. Abstract deadline. Directions for Future Research and Applications on Clouds, Precipitation, and Extreme Weather in Africa. www.cloudsfor.africa/

⭐28 February. Abstract deadline. International Astronautical Congress 2026. iafastro.directory/iac/account/login/

End February. Abstract Deadline. Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry conference, European Space Agency. eo4society.esa.int/event/fringe-2026-advances-in-the-science-and-applications-of-sar-interferometry-and-sentinel-1-insar/ 

⭐6 March. Research program application deadline. NASA EarthRISE Developers Academy. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents. appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/capacity-building/develop/apply

8 March. Application deadline. Geodesy for a Resilient Africa Summer School. 29 June-3 July, Cameroon. africangeosummer.org/

10 March. 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

⭐20 March. Case study abstract deadline.The 2026 Earth Observation Handbook: Adaptation & Resilience, CEOS. https://eohandbook.com/2026casestudies/

26 June. Abstract deadline. Machine Learning for Land and Hydrology conference. ECMWF.  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

20 February. Webinar. Avances recientes en el estudio de las Islas de Calor Urbano en América Latina. SELPER Mexico/ISPRS. 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. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/visualizing-land-cover-land-use-change-nasa-satellite-imagery

⭐25 February. Webinar. NASA JPL Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Mission to Oz. Earth Observation Australia and NSW Space Research Network. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/nasa-jpl-aviris-mission-to-oz-webinar-tickets-1982923662052

⭐26 February. EUSPA Industry Day Workshop. Make it with Space procurement briefing. www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom-events/news/make-it-space-new-scheme-opened-bridge-gap-between-supply-and-demand

⭐4 March. Webinar. Quantum Computing for Space Science and Technology, IEEE GRSS. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6vlzgw-fSfuRetJGrSwaeg#/registration

11-12 March. Workshop. Putting PACE Data to Work Across the Earth System. NASA. pace.oceansciences.org/events_more.htm

12 March. Workshop. EVE: An Open-Source Earth Science LLM, IEEE GRSS. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vkc60wl2RsyJKMRPMi0DtA#/registration

16 March-17 April. Online course. Machine Learning for Earth Systems Modelling. For European meteorological agencies. learning.ecmwf.int/enrol/index.php?id=96

24 March. Webinar. GEO Open House Webinar #2: DRR-Climate-Biodiversity nexus. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vkc60wl2RsyJKMRPMi0DtA#/registration

🌐 Conferences

⭐23-26 February, WMO Weather and Climate Conference 2026, online. Whole-of-Society Approaches for Weather-Ready Communities. www.weatherandsociety.com/

⭐25 February. 2nd Workshop, Horizon Europe project wrap-up and results, online. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fdfde1dc-e3da-4f03-bc85-749ba7f7205f@e4fda1e2-a063-48c2-a133-cf4b3c22f5af

⭐27-29 March, AO GEO 8th Workshop, in person and online. earthobservations.org/about-us/events/8th-aogeo-workshop

2-4 June. IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2026), Kigali, Rwanda. www.iafastro.org/events/global-series-conferences/the-iaf-global-space-conference-on-climate-change-2026/

💰Resources/other opportunities

⭐Workshop recording. Challenges and Opportunities in Data Sharing & Critical Zone Science. CUAHSI and EarthScope Consortium. youtu.be/mRTtZzoF8j0?si=hq2ybCf7c9IgrOAd

⭐Workshop resources. Special GEO Health Community of Practice Session with AfriGEO. www.geohealthcop.org/workshops/2026/1/20/telecon-afrigeo

⭐Podcast. Region of Solutions: Empowering Communities from Space, UNESCAP, www.unescap.org/podcast/empowering-communities-space

⭐Resources. “Help Hub” for  analyzing Ocean Biology Distributed Archive Center data products with Python. nasa.github.io/oceandata-notebooks/