Opportunities Round-up: Nov. 4
Check out our latest selection of EO-related webinars, training sessions, conferences, and events, and find something that is of interest to you!
📅 Deadlines
🛰️ Basics of Remote Sensing for Educators 2026: Free online course, 9–12 November, with hands-on satellite data exercises. Particularly relevant to EO educators. Registration deadline: 7 November.
🛰️ Impact Stories from Space Challenge 2026 | Deadline extended until 1 December. If satellite data informed a development project, submit your story to the ESA Global Development Assistance program. Details at https://gda.esa.int/gda-impact-stories-from-space-challenge-2026
🧠 Training, webinars and events:
⭐ AmeriGEO Week pre-event trainings:
🛰️Want to learn more about daily hyperspectral data from NASA’s PACE mission? Already using NISAR data or looking to get started? Join NASA PACE Mission & Google Earth Engine and NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission trainings on November 5🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/g7uf3pzp
🤖 Geospatial AI in ArcGIS: Turning Data into Action (in Spanish) on November 12 🔗 Register at https://lnkd.in/einnCies
⭐Overview of Geocomputation and Geoweb Services: Online training from ISRO’s Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. Worth checking current registration eligibility. 9–13 November.
⭐ What’s next for global flood and drought forecasting? Join Strengthening Extreme Events Detection for Floods and Droughts (SEED-FD) webinar on 23 November to explore key project results and how they could support forecasting and early warning systems. Register at https://lnkd.in/eiTrdF96
⭐ New Training Announcement! Join NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) for an upcoming training on Identifying Disaster Extent and Risk Using NISAR Surface Displacement. The first session of this 2-part, no cost online training begins on November 12th. Register today at: go.nasa.gov/4iGJ2FU
⭐ESRI is hosting a “Rivers of Life” challenge on November 9-16 to explore what streamflow data can reveal about the potential impacts of El Niño across Africa. Sign up at https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/82c7c9e23cef49dc8776fd43a66abc01
⭐AESPP Earth Observation and Business Training: Online training for Africa-based learners covering EO data, policy and entrepreneurship. Particularly relevant to the Africa CoP. 14–18 Dec
⭐Call for applications. The African Space Agency (AfSA), under the Africa–EU Space Partnership Programme is organizing a specialised training course on Earth Observation (EO), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), scheduled to take place from 18 to 22 January 2027 in Rabat, Morocco. https://lnkd.in/eCHbdhxT. Another training on EO and AI for climate resilience, energy, and infrastructure development is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 15 to 19 February 2027. Details at https://lnkd.in/ekAdggYy.
⭐ National Conference on GIS Day 2026 is organized by the Nivetha Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences (NIEES), Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India. Will take place virtually on 18–19 November 2026. Oral and poster submissions are welcome. Details at https://niees.org.in
⭐Save the date. 4-9 April 2027. EGU General Assembly 2027, Vienna. European Geosciences Union. www.egu27.eu/
⭐Registration open. NewSpace Africa Conference 2027. 19-23 April 2027, Dakar, Senegal. https://newspace.spaceinafrica.com/ Newspace Africa Conference.
📅 Save the Date: Swiss Remote Sensing Days 2027. Swiss remote sensing community, mark your calendars for March 15-17, 2027. Event to take place in Davos, details at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/uzh-rsws_save-the-date-swiss-remote-sensing-days-activity-7523351929087971328-IJN6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAEMSueYBlK9Td_F5u6K1rFIMsj-wk0pG6oY
🌍 Community announcements & resources
⭐ The 2026 EO Handbook is here! Explore it now: 🔗 https://eohandbook.com
The 2026 edition of the CEOS Earth Observation (EO) Handbook focuses on the central role of satellite EO in helping society address adaptation and resilience at all scales in the face of varied and increasing hazards and risk conditions. Published by European Space Agency – ESA for CEOS, the handbook includes a global case study atlas featuring over 40 community-contributed stories about how EO data is making a real impact in addressing adaptation and resilience challenges.
⭐ Read UNOOSA highlights from the United Nations–Pakistan International Conference on Leveraging Space Technology for Early Warning for All, Climate Action and Disaster Risk Assessment – https://lnkd.in/p/dt34azAV.
