Time (UTC)

Agenda item

Presenter/moderator

13:00

Welcome

Ganiy Agbaje

13:05

Introductions

All participants

13:10

Spotlight presentations

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: opportunities for data and applications

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Applications of SWOT Data in Africa

Cassandra Nickles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Jane Awuor, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

13:40

Membership updates

EO4Africa Symposium

Drought Resilience +10

Other member updates on training, tools, and other resources

Ganiy Agbaje/Jean Danumah

All participants

13:55

Open discussion:

The Hydrologic Cycle and Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction: Should EOTEC DevNet Combine Flood and Drought Working Groups?

Ganiy Agbaje

All participants

14:10

Global leadership, Secretariat updates and Upcoming Opportunities

Report on Drought Resilience+10 Conference and other topics

EOTEC DevNet Secretariat

14:14

Next meeting, other next steps, and thanks

Jean Danumah

14:15

Conclusion

SAMPLE OF TRAINING AND CONFERENCES

NEW! EO College Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation, online, self-paced.

ARSET:

• An Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Its Applications, online, November, 2024, English/Spanish
• Methane Observations for Large Emission Event Detection and Monitoring, online, 19 and 21 November, English/Spanish
• Earth Observations of Blue Carbon Ecosystems, online, 3 and 5 October 2024, English/French

African Research Fellowships: Call 2024/2025: 1-year fellowships to four African researchers to work at the ESA-ESRIN, submission deadline 30 October.

EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Course Cloud Computing and algorithms for EO analyses, 11 Nov - 2 Dec, EN, deadline for applications Nov 1.

United Nations/Spain Workshop on GNSS and Related Space Technologies in Support of Urban Sustainability Challenges, 18-22 November in Malaga, Spain.

The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), 2-13 December, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Registration is open.

International Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer conference (IASI 2024), 2-6 December, Nancy France, in-person.

AGU24, 9-13 December, Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid).

World Space Forum, 3-5 December, in person, Vienna, Austria. Registration closes 3 November.

ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025, 23-27 June 2025, Vienna, Austria, call for abstracts open (14 October - 1 December)

PLACES TO FIND TRAINING

World Climate Research Programme catalog: wcrp-academy.org/catalog

International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing calendar of training events: https://www.isprs.org/calendar/2024.aspx

Digital Earth Africa: www.digitalearthafrica.org

EO Africa R+D Facility webinars on youtube: @eoafricardfacility3607

CEOS Training Calendar: training.ceos.org

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CEOS Earth Observation Handbook 2023: ceos.org/news/eohb-2023/

NASA ARSET: bit.ly/3Fh7ERe

Upcoming course: An Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Its Applications (6-20 November)

UN-SPIDER Events Calendar: bit.ly/3LjKHk0

ESA: eo4society.esa.int/training-education/

GEO Events Calendar: https://earthobservations.org/events

EO College: eo-college.org New MOOC: Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation

EUMETSAT training catalogue: https://trainingevents.eumetsat.int/trui/

Upcoming course: International Training Workshop on Capacity Building for EarlyWarningsforAll Initiative

WMO-CGMS VLab: wmo-sat.info/vlab/vlab-training-calendar/

WMO Global Campus: learningevents.wmo.int/#/

UN CC: e-Learn: https://unccelearn.org/