Opportunities Round-up: Oct. 5

Hyperspectral Imaging. Flood Risks in Mountain Areas. Training Assessment in Light of Generative AI – there a wide diversity of conferences and webinars in this week’s Opportunities Round-up. 

Easy to skim!

📅 Deadlines

1 November. Abstract deadline. EO for a Sustainable Blue Economy User Consultation Meeting (1-5 February 2027). ESA. https://eo4blueeconomy27.esa.int/

⭐2 November. Registration deadline. 16th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS). Glasgow, Scotland. www.ieee-whispers.com/

2 November. Abstract deadline. 9–12 February 2027. Workshop. International Workshop on High-Resolution Thermal EO. ESA. https://thermal2027.esa.int/

3 November. Abstract deadline. Hydrospace 2027. Toulouse, France. CNES, ESA, NASA, GEWEX. www.hydrospace2027.org/

⭐9 November. Fellowship application deadline. 2027 ESIP Community Fellows Program. Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP). www.esipfed.org/student-opportunities/community-fellows/

⭐13 November. Session proposal deadline. Understanding Risk Global Forum 2026. GFDRR/World Bank/ADCMC. www.urabudhabi.com/

⭐15 November. Poster application deadline. 18th AOGEO. 15-17 December, Japan.. aogeo18th.com/

1 December. Masters degree scholarship application deadline. Various programs for international students with targeted resources for African and other developing country students. Wageningen University & Research. www.wur.nl/en/education/master/study-expenses-masters/scholarships

🧠 Training, webinars and events

⭐7 October. Webinar. Cascading Flood Risks in Mountain Regions: Early Warning, Governance and Resilience. WMO/APFM/IDMP. wmo.int/events/webinar-cascading-flood-risks-mountain-regions-early-warning-governance-and-resilience

⭐ 12-16 October. Hybrid conference. 47th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. New Delhi, India. acrs2026.in

⭐13 October-1 December. Online course in English, Spanish and Portuguese. (14 90-minute sessions.) Climate and Health Responder Course: Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in the Americas and the Caribbean. Columbia University and others. https://lnkd.in/p/gV8edwfX

14/15 October. Regional Community of Practice Meet-ups. EO Capacity for Anticipatory Action on Drought. https://eotecdev.net/oct-14-15-eo-capacity-for-anticipatory-action-on-drought/

⭐20 October. Webinar. From Product to Process: How Universities and Training Teams Are Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative AI. Generative AI Community of Practice. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ac857d95-fed5-49eb-8f59-78a1a0a826a4@396b9e20-59c1-4cf1-bc03-d43fd5759427

22 October. Workshop. Sustainable Finance for the Space Sector. European Commission. https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance-space-sector-2026-10-22_en

22-24 October. Event. Tropical Meteorology Week. https://www.eumetrain.org/

⭐28 October. Webinar. RainCheck Africa: Gridded Rainfall Dataset Performance in Africa. AfriClimate AI. https://lnkd.in/p/g5ZkdYVs

⭐6 November. Hybrid conference. RAL Space Early Careers Conference 2026. RAL Space. www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/events/early-careers-conference-2026

⭐12/19 November. Online training. Identifying Disaster Extent and Risk Using NISAR Surface Displacement. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/identifying-disaster-extent-risk-using-nisar-surface-displacement

⭐23 November. Webinar. Improving Global Flood and Drought Forecasting for Early Warning, Preparedness and Operational Decision-making. SEED-FD. https://www.seed-fd.eu/

2 December. Dissemination Event, Barcelona. Delivering the Blueprint: SpaceSUITE. https://www.spacesuite-project.eu/dissemination-event-in-catalonia/ 

🌍 Community announcements & resources

⭐Survey. Earth Observation Research Network and Infrastructure Requirements. GEO. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=yjfM2EZljESDaQ8QJqMwa6kbQgmVfGBKngMSuB9Gb21UMklHQk5FOFkwUjVGSFZYRDIwNEVWNEFFWS4u&route=shorturl

⭐Registration open. In-person conference. Pacific GIS & Remote Sensing Conference, 30 November-4 December. Suva, Fiji. pgrsc.org/pacific-gis-rs-users-conference/

⭐Webinar recording. Using the Earthaccess Python Library to Stream Data. NASA Earthdata. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/events/using-earthaccess-python-library-stream-data

Registration open. AmeriGEO Week 2026, 30 November-4 December, Guatemala. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8704b53bcedb481cad74e7a4d1c7359e/page/Inicio

Registration open. 7th World Landslide Forum. 23-27 November, India. https://wlf7.org/

Accepting applications. NASA Postdoctoral Program. https://npp.orau.org/index.html

Call for papers. ISPRS Geospatial Week 2027. 19-24 September 2027, Poland. www.gsw2027.pl/

Livestock data hub. FAO.  https://livestock.fao.org/

Interactive and PDF Guidebook. NASA Earth Science Applications Guidebook. go.nasa.gov/4wyTaUN 

Report. State of Global Water Resources 2025. World Meteorological Organization. wmo.int/resources/publication-series/state-of-global-water-resources/2025