Opportunities Round-up: August 7

Wow! All corners of the globe are represented in our latest snapshot of upcoming EO deadlines, opportunities, training and events. Check it out!

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📅 Deadlines

15 August. Applications. ASPEX Lab Projects. African Space Expo (24-26 September.) aspex.africa/fr/register/project-labs

15 August. Application for mentorship program. Seeking mentors and mentees. Women in GIS. 

Mentors: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4zfOToKfxdZfA86M01E3G2V6VTOUzNAYjVQMah3BD0qxieg/viewform

Mentees: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYUaUy7Uj8o_4W-NgwVcaIJcKjoIE7thco3M7OpMfnl1k-Pg/viewform

⭐25 August. Registration closes. UK EO Conference 2026 (15-17 September). ukeo.org/

⭐31 August. Call for Proposals to run the 2027 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest. https://www.grss-ieee.org/technical-committees/image-analysis-and-data-fusion/?tab=data-fusion-contest

⭐31 August. Abstract Submission. Emissions Monitoring from Space and Ground Conference 2026. ESA. eo4society.esa.int/event/emissions-monitoring-from-space-and-ground-conference-2026/

⭐Early September. Applications. 6-week online training & mentoring + 3-day in-person bootcamp. Ventures in Emerging & Critical Technologies for Aerospace & Robotics (VENTAR). Fondazione LINKS & FEAT Ventures. 28digital.eu/spin/rise/vectar/

⭐6 September. Application deadline. International Autumn School on Satellite Data Analysis. Applicants must be nominated. EUMETSAT. trainingevents.eumetsat.int/trui/events/2726

⭐15 September. Call for Proposals for Copernicus-powered Drought Risk & Agricultural Exposure Assessment for Brazil. Evenflow/EU Agency for the Space Programme. evenflow.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EUSPA_MKD3_SC5_PoC-2-call_v1.pdf

⭐21 September. Call for Lightning Talk and Poster Proposals: Geography 2050: Africa Shaping Tomorrow. American Geographical Society fall symposium (19-20 November, New York City.) www.geography2050.org/

🧠 Training, webinars and events

⭐Webinars in English and French. Wednesdays in August. Digital Earth Africa. www.linkedin.com/posts/earthobservation-digitalearthafrica-livesessions-share-7490407018630115328-hrBO/

⭐Webinar. 19 August. Turning Research Into Real World Impact. IEEE GRSS. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__FrYgtfuRU6gnWWBClC-bQ#/registration

⭐Webinar. 19 August. ASPRS’s Guidelines for Quantifying Aerial Lidar Density. GEO Week News. www.geoweeknews.com/webinars/asprs-guidelines-for-quantifying-aerial-lidar-density

26 August-7 September. MOOC: Foundations and Frontiers of ArcGIS Imagery. 6 hours weekly. ESRI. esri.com/training/catalog/68250ef99d321b7e769b5e9f/the-arcgis-imagery-mooc-foundations-and-frontiers/

⭐Online course. Basic Integrated Fire Management Tools for Early Warning and Decision-Making. FAO Global Fire Management Hub. elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=1461

⭐Regional Community of Practice Meet-ups. 16/17 September. EOTEC DevNet. El Niño Preparedness. eotecdev.net/save-the-date-regional-communities-to-explore-el-nino-preparedness-sept-16-17/.

⭐Celebration. 21 September. Celebrating 40 years of Innovation at EUMETSAT. In-person, Innovation Café. Darmstadt. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OeVNzEKNvEqNINJWuR836m4dh4mOfl5CgzjBsEf2li1URUdCODdRQzhHWDU5T1I1SkpWR0hORklWNi4u&route=shorturl

In-person workshop (Portugal). 7-8 September (new date). Space for Maritime Security: Tackling Challenges in the Baltic and European Overseas Territories, Eurisy. eventbrite.fr/e/esa-space-for-maritime-security-workshop-tickets-1992116584330?

🌍 Community announcements & resources

⭐Registration open. I Simpósio Sul-Americano de Tempestades Severas (I SSTS)/(1st South American Symposium on Severe Storms (1st SSTS). 9-12 November, São José Dos Campos trainingevents.eumetsat.int/trui/events/2730.

⭐Registration open. 1st Sentinel Users Preparation Coordination Workshop. In-person. 25-27 November. ESA. eo4society.esa.int/event/1st-sentinel-users-preparation-coordination-workshop/

⭐Resource. Fire Data User Needs and Gaps Assessment Report. FAO Global Fire Management Hub, Working Group on Fire Data. drive.google.com/file/d/1CmQ5pRzJIxaOYtbZhuLLoGkWIy71CCbW/view

⭐Webinar Recording. From Forecast to Action: Regional Deep-Dive on the 2026 El Niño: South Asia Edition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR8dZiS00Zc

⭐Community Survey. NASA Lifelines. nasalifelines.org/community-survey/

⭐Save the Date. 18-19 February 2027. 5th African Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation. Addis Ababa. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg). https://www.haw-hamburg.de/detail/news/news/show/5th-african-symposium-on-climate-change-adaptation/

Accepting applications. Fall 2026 Internships. Open to students based in the United States. American Geographical Society. linkedin.com/posts/american-geographical-society_internship-geography-gis-activity-7486054035448377347-WJV5

Save the date. AmeriGEO 2026. 30 November-05 December. www.amerigeo.org/

Registration open. 10th AfriGEO Symposium: Earth Observation for a Resilient Africa. mapcompetition.rcmrd.org/

New report. Earth Observation for Sustainable Development. UN SPIDER. un-spider.org/sites/default/files/EO4SDG%20Book_UNOOSA.pdf

Save the Date: EO4Agri 2027, 26-30 April 2027. European Space Agency. eo4agri2027.esa.int/