GEO Data and Knowledge Dialogue Series (2026)
- Creators
- GEO Data and Knowledge Working Group
Description
The GEO Data and Knowledge Dialogue Series 2026 builds on the 2025 GEO Onboarding Webinars for GEO Work Progremme Activities and drives GEO's mission toward equitable, actionable Earth Intelligence for All.
The launch webinar provided an overview of the upcoming series while also recapping key insights from the GEO Onboarding webinars, highlighting important takeaways and setting the stage for future discussions.
Future webinars will be added to this Knowledge Package as Resources, as long as they are available.
Please find here schedule of webinar series.
22 January, 15.00 CET - Advancing Open Knowledge to Earth Intelligence
- Join the GEO community and co-develop the implementation guidelines for Open Knowledge.
What does it imply in practical terms to apply Open Science, Access, Citizen & Participatory Science, Data, Reproducible Research, Software, Infrastructure, Hardware, Education, Evaluation, Diversity of Knowledge?
We invite you to contribute with your ideas, experiences and knowledge so that we together create the best possible guidelines for the Earth observation community. - Recording and presentations are available in the "Other" knowledge resources categories
19 February - In-situ, Satellite, Citizen Science: Interoperability in Practice, please register here
Agenda of the Dialogue 2
- Welcome and context – In-situ strategy implementation, Leo Chiloane, SAEON
- The role of citizen science in Earth observation – Use cases from the ENFORCE project
- Citizen science and the Earth Observation ecosystem, Linda See, IIASA
- The ENFORCE project case study Safeguarding Barcelona Urban Beaches through the engagement of citizen science Vanessa-Sarah Salvo, ICM-CSIS
- The ENFORCE Case Study, user perspective of the MINKA platform, Maria Josè Chesa Marro, BCN local council
- The Enforce project case study Addressing environmental and health challenges in the Valle Galeria in Italy Alessia Tisci, ASUD
- Water Quality Data Sharing Network: A Canadian Case Study.
Grace Saunders-Hogberg, Veritas Terrae - Data provider perspective – Copernicus In-Situ Data Component
Franca Disabato, LINKS - In-situ data for satellite calibration, validation, and enhancement
Thierry Marbach, EUMETSAT - Interoperability and standards
Piotr Zaborowski, OGC - Introduction and overview of the GEO In-Situ Data Strategy
Helen Glaves, British Geological Survey - Open discussion
Future Dialogues, stay tuned
10 March - Data Spaces & Ecosystems: Enabling Scalable Earth Intelligence
19 March - Governance, Licensing & Ethics for Earth Intelligence
16 April - Capacity Building for, AI and Equity in Earth Intelligence
23 April - Measuring Impact: KPIs and Metrics for Earth Intelligence Services