Published January 5, 2026 | Version v1
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GEO Data and Knowledge Dialogue Series (2026)

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
  • 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

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Created:
January 6, 2026
Modified:
February 12, 2026