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The European Space Agency is organizing the fifth Advances in SAR Oceanography workshop, SeaSAR 2018, which will be hosted in ESA-ESRIN from 7 to 10 May 2018.

The workshop is part of the #EOScience4Society – Scientific Exploitation Programme element aimed at exploiting data from ESA and operational EO Missions (e.g. Copernicus Sentinels) for science and application development.

Objectives

The main objectives for the workshop are:

• Report on progress/status of recommendations of SeaSAR 2012
• Provide a forum for scientific exchange and to assess the state of art in SAR coastal and marine applications, virtual labs, tools, virtual platforms.
• Initiate and encourage close collaboration between individual research groups
• Stimulating and supporting the exploitation of the ESA Earth Explorer and Copernicus Sentinel Missions. Formulate recommendations for algorithm and new products development
• Present…

The European Space Agency, in the context of the "Earth Observations Science for Society" Programme, and CNES are organising a sequel event to Hydrospace2015, called 4th Space for Hydrology Workshop - "Inland Water Storage and Runoff: Modeling, In Situ Data and Remote Sensing", Monday 7 - Friday 11 June 2021, hosted at ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. This time around the Hydrospace Workshop is organised in collaboration with the GEO Global Water Sustainability Initiative (GEOGloWS) - see the Objectives page - looking for opportunities to explore joint solutions with a broader view on key science questions for Research and Development, up to Operational use of remote sensing information. The aim of getting together during 4~4.5 days is to strengthen the collaboration between the four critical water communities: in situ, modelling and space observation scientists as well as “non-scientific” users such as water managers to address the needs of the application community.

Attracting thousands of scientists and data users, ESA’s Living Planet Symposia are amongst the biggest Earth observation conferences in the world. For decades now Earth observation has played a fundamental role in advancing our understanding of how our planet works and how it is being affected by climate change. While the need to continue to advance our knowledge and monitor global change remains paramount, Earth observation has entered a new era where it is playing a key role in a myriad of everyday applications to improve daily lives and is also becoming increasingly relevant for the competitive business sector.

The next symposium is being held at the MiCo Milano Congressi, in Milan, Italy, on 13–17 May 2019. The Living Planet Symposium 2019 promises to be bigger and wider ranging than ever before. The event will not only see scientists present their latest findings on Earth’s environment and climate derived from satellite data, but will also focus on…

As well as providing critical information about ice, CryoSat has also demonstrated that it can offer a valuable source of data for oceanography, hydrology and geodesy.

The conference therefore provides a forum for international scientists and operational users to present and share state-of-the-art CryoSat-based results, its decadal contribution to science and future perspectives in the following areas:

• Sea ice
• Greenland and Antarctica icesheets
• Glaciers and ice caps
• Oceans and marine gravity
• Hydrology
• Icebergs & ice shelves
• 10 Years of operations, synergies and future missions

The Earth Science 2019 from 22 to 23 May 2019 in Rome, Italy, will focus on current advances in the research and Technology of Earth Science & Space Technology.

The Earth Science Conference will be a multidisciplinary gathering of particpants from scientific areas such as Earth Science, Climate Change, Space Research, New Technology’s, education and policies. The forum of scientists, students and researchers from all corners of the globe, gather to discuss future science and technology. Each session of the meeting will be included with expert lectures, posters and discussions. Participants will design sustainable development processes, innovations by which and how these strategies drive new policies, advances the business and human health protection.

The objective of the Earth Science 2019 Conference is to discuss sustainable development and new technologies. Every year over 300 experts…

Hosted by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2015 (IGARSS 2015) will be held from Sunday July 26th through Friday July 31th, 2015 at the Convention Center in Milan, Italy. This is the same town of the EXPO 2015 exhibition, whose topic is “Feeding the planet: energy for life”. The conference main theme highlights the role of remote sensing for assessing, monitoring, and managing risks related to natural disasters. On behalf of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and the IGARSS Organising Committee we invite you to participate to IGARSS 2015, the world’s premier symposium on the subject of remote sensing. We look forward to meeting you and talking to you in Milan during IGARSS 2015

This year's European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) will take place in Rome, Italy, on 21-23 November. Participants will discuss the outcomes of the 2017 EFDRR held in Turkey and the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held in Mexico, and aim to address key issues that can accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement

The event will provide an opportunity to exchange and move forward on local level resilience, economic risks and reaching the Sendai Framework 2020 priority targets.

The Human Planet Forum 2025, “People and Planet: Shared Understanding for Informed Action,” will explore how geospatial data supports safer, more inclusive, and sustainable decision-making. The event will feature new data, strengthen partnerships, and guide the next phase of the GEO Human Planet Initiative (GHP).

As a flagship event of the GHP, which focuses on understanding and mapping human presence on Earth through open geospatial data, the Forum will emphasize the value of geospatial information in promoting sustainability and resilience worldwide. Taking place in Ispra, Italy, the Forum will gather scientists, policymakers, UN organizations, civil society, and private sector representatives to co-develop practical knowledge in fields such as disaster risk reduction, sustainability, and societal resilience.

The 2025 edition seeks to present the latest GHP data products, methods, and applications, expand the network of partners and contributors to the GHP Work…

The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising a Φ-week event focusing on EO Open Science and FutureEO - to review the latest developments in Open Science trends.

The Φ-week will include a variety of events (e.g. inspiring talks, workshops, roundtables, startup pitch, hackathons) to connect multi-disciplinary communities - from EO researchers, data scientists, non-space corporates, tech leaders, entrepreneurs, up to startup and innovators - to explore together how EO Open Science and innovation can benefit from the latest digital technologies and help shape FutureEO missions and services.

The event will help you to:

• Gain insight into the latest trends in EO Open Science New Space, and the impact of new technologies such as AI and blockchain on space and FutureEO,
• Connect and Network with the new ecosystem of space including scientists, innovators, corporate leaders, startups and investors,
• Discover …

The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising a Φ-week event focusing on EO Open Science and FutureEO - to review the latest developments in Open Science trends and kick-start innovative activities of the recently created Φ-department looking at FutureEO, and its associated Φ-lab aiming to identify, support and scale bold EO ideas.The event will be hosted in ESA-ESRIN from 22 to 26 October 2018.

Come and hear about the latest trends in EO! The Φ-week will include a variety of events (e.g. inspiring talks, workshops, roundtables, startup pitch, hackathons) to connect multi-disciplinary communities - from EO researchers, data scientists, non-space corporates, tech leaders, entrepreneurs, up to startup and innovators - to (i) explore together how EO Open Science and innovation can benefit from the latest digital technologies and (ii) help shapeFutureEO missions and services.

The Φ-week aims to act as a kind of…

The 6th World Landslide Forum “Landslides Science for sustainable development” will be held in Florence at the Palazzo dei Congressi from 14 to 17 November 2023.

The event, jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (Kyoto, Japan), the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and the UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-hydrological Hazards at the University of Florence, will focus on Landslide Science for Sustainable Development, as a contribution to the Kyoto 2020 Commitment for global promotion of understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk (KLC2020).

The forum will focus on the following themes, among others:

• The Kyoto Landslide Commitment for sustainable development
• Remote…

In the frame of the EO Science for Society Programme Element, the European Space Agency is organising the 2nd Mapping Water Bodies from Space Conference.

The purpose of this conference is to provide scientists and data users with the opportunity to present first-hand and up-to-date results from their on-going research and application development activities by using data from past and current Satellites.

The Conference will be held at ESA-ESRIN (Frascati, Italy) on 27-28 March 2018.

The International Conference on Disaster Management is being reconvened following the success of the previous meetings, held at Wessex Institute in the New Forest in 2009, the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA in 2011, A Coruña, Spain in 2013, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey in 2015 and Seville, Spain, 2017.

This series of conferences originated with the need for academia and practitioners to exchange knowledge and experience on the way to handle the increasing risk of natural and human-made disasters. Recent major earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural phenomena have resulted in huge losses in terms of human life and property destruction. A new range of human-made disasters have afflicted humanity in modern times; terrorist activities have been added to more classical disasters such as those due to the failure of industrial installations for instance.

It is important to understand the nature of these global risks to be able to…

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing an innovative Earth Observation (EO) scientific exploitation programme – referred as Earth Observation Open Science 2.0 - to maximize the scientific benefits of Earth Observation (EO) data by capitalizing on the digital revolution.

In this context, ESA is organizing a community consultation meeting in ESRIN (Frascati, Italy) on 12-14 Oct 2015 to explore to the new challenges and opportunities for EO research created by the rapid advances in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). This includes open tools and software, data-intensive science, virtual research environment, citizen science and crowdsourcing, advanced visualization, e-learning and education of the new generation of Data scientists.

The conference will present precursor activities in EO Open Science and Innovation and develop a Roadmap preparing for future ESA…

The Φ-week event will be held from 12 to 16 November 2018. The event will consists of sessions (e.g. inspiring talks, workshops, roundtables, startup pitch, hackathons) to connect multi-disciplinary communities - from EO researchers, data scientists, non-space corporates, tech leaders, entrepreneurs, up to startups and innovators - to explore together how EO Open Science and innovation can benefit from the latest digital technologies and help shape future EO missions and services. 

The aim of the event is to make the attendees:

• Gain insight into the latest trends in EO Open Science New Space, and the impact of new technologies such as AI and blockchain on space and FutureEO

• Connect and Network with the new ecosystem of space including scientists, innovators, corporate leaders, startups and investors

• Discover from keynote speakers about the latest trends in tech and space

• Learn about a…

The Very High-resolution Radar & Optical Data Assessment (VH-RODA) 2025 Workshop will be held in Frascati, Italy. The sixth edition of the workshop will provide an open forum for the new space, commercial, and institutional space sectors to discuss the latest developments in Earth Observation (EO) data quality, calibration, and validation.

The event will focus on very high-resolution SAR, optical, and atmospheric constellations, sensors, and data products, with special attention to commercial EO data providers, calibration and validation activities, and synergies between the optical, SAR, and atmospheric communities. It will also highlight standards and best practices for ensuring data quality.

Workshop topics include calibration techniques, calibration sites, fiducial reference measurements, analysis-ready data, digital elevation models, and ground control points. Further sessions will address quality control, product validation, artificial intelligence for…

The course on International Disaster Law (IDL) offers participants an opportunity to analyse one of today’s most important legal challenges: the prevention and management of natural and man-made disasters. Lectures will be delivered by distinguished speakers including Eduardo Valencia-Ospina (Special Rapporteur of the ILC on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters), Walter Kälin (former Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons), academics, as well as representatives of relevant international and national actors involved in IDL, such as the IFRC, IAEA, OCHA, the Italian Civil Protection Department and the Italian Red Cross.

The programme seeks to offer a comprehensive overview of the main practical, diplomatic and military issues related to the legal aspects of disaster prevention and management activities. Topics will be covered using a plenary-based approach complemented by practical…