ODOK and National GEOs session, Open Data and Open Knowledge Workshop 2025

Creators: GEO Data and Knowledge Working Group

Others:: Carlos, Felipe; T. Kabo-Bah, Amos¹; Makapela, Lulu; Stelmaszczuk-Górska, Martyna; Friedl, Lawrence²

1. University of Energy and Natural Resources
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Description

This resource contains the materials presented during the ODOK and National GEOs session at ODOK 2025, held on 5 May 2025 in Rome as part of the GEO Global Forum.

Session description: This session focused on the role of Open Data and Open Knowledge (ODOK) in enhancing National GEOs, with examples of international cooperation and capacity building efforts. It will highlight how ODOK drives collaboration and strengthens Earth observation capabilities worldwide.

Moderators

Paola De Salvo, GEO Secretariat

Speakers

"Powered by Openness: Open-source Software Enabling Knowledge Exchange in the GEO Community" - Felipe Carlos, GEO Secretariat
"Ghana GEO Knowledge Hub: Overview" - Amos Kabobah, University of Energy and Natural Resources
"Building the SA-GEO Knowledge Hub: South African pioneering for the establishment a National Knowledge Hub" - Lulu Makapela, NEOSS
"China-Africa Cooperation on Satellite Remote Sensing Application (CASCA) for Earth Intelligence" - Fanghong Yue
"Energizing EO Capacity Building on Floods and Droughts: the Nexus between SDGs 11 and 17" - Lawrence Friedl, NASA and Martyna Stelmaszczuk-Górska (EOTEC DevNet / Uni Jena)