AmeriGEO Week 2024 is almost here!
This year’s event will be held from 26 to 30 August in Quito, Ecuador. Its theme is “Adaptándonos para un futuro resiliente, con inteligencia terrestre” or “Adapting for a resilient future with Earth Intelligence.”
In addition to the six plenary keynote sessions below, there will be a disaster risk management fair highlighting local efforts, a variety of side events and training offered, and a regional Americas Caucus meeting.
The plenary sessions for this year’s event includes:
Session 1: Disasters and Risk Management
Session 2: Achieving the Aguascalientes Commitments
Session 3: Marine and Ocean Health
Session 4: Implementation of the Post 2025 GEO Strategic Plan
Session 5: Looking toward COP28: One Health Partnerships to Accelerate Climate Action
Session 6: Security for Development
Register now via the AmeriGEO Week 2024 website and keep an eye out for more information as we get closer to the event. Already registered and can’t wait for August, check out the video our colleagues at GEO Ecuador made for a preview!
Kindly reach out to the secretariat (secretariat@amerigeo.org) with any questions.
Invitation to the EuroGEO Workshop 2024:
We are pleased to inform you that the 2024 edition of the EuroGEO Workshop will take place in Krakow Poland, from 8 to 10 October 2024, at the Holiday INN, an IHG Hotel.
The EuroGEO Workshop 2024 is jointly organised by the European Commission and the EuroGEO Secretariat with the support of the Polish Space Agency (POLSA). The Key message is“COMBINE, COORDINATE, COOPERATE: Welcome to the new era of EuroGEO”
Register here.
EGW24 will:
Mobilise and revitalise the EuroGEO Action Groups and harness synergies across research and EO industry around strategic focus areas.
Foster the maximisation of research & innovation impact for the benefit of end users, engaging academia and the industry.
Engage with national GEO activities, showcasing the EO expertise and synergies contributing to EuroGEO and GEO.
Facilitate peer exchanges highlighting the European contribution to GEO
Build a consensus on the adoption of a revised EuroGEO implementation plan as a contribution to GEO post-25 strategy.
On the EuroGEO workshop 2024 webpage you can find the outline of the programme (draft) as well as a list of the suggested hotels and transport means for travel from the airport to the venue.
The registrations are NOW open. Important Note! Registrations close on September 13, 2024
AFRIGEO Symposium
AfriGEO invites you to the 8th AfriGEO Symposium which will be held from 12th to 15th of August at RCMRD in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the symposium is, “Earth Intelligence for Africa.”
The AfriGEO symposia have been held annually since 2016. They are an opportunity for the AfriGEO Community to network, share and build meaningful collaboration and partnerships that support and address varied developmental challenges on the continent using earth observation.
The symposium will have 10 key sessions: Session 1: EO in supporting National Priorities, Session 2: EO for Disaster Risk Reduction, Session 3: EO for Agriculture and Food Security, Session 4: Post 2025 GEO Strategy, Session 5: Strengthening National Coordination, Session 6: Data and Infrastructure, Session 7: EO for Sustainable Land and Forest Management, Session 8: Africa Connect , Session 9: Innovation Lounge and Youth Session, Session 10: EO AfriGEO capacity building Fund Setup.
The AfriGEO Symposium will focus on AfriGEO’s thematic areas:
- Agriculture, Food Security, Soil Moisture and Agricultural Outreach Support
- Biodiversity, Land degradation and Sustainable Forest Management
- Land Cover for Africa, Land administration, Sustainable Urban Development
- Blue Economy and Water Resource Management
- Climate Services and Adaptation.
- Health, Air Quality and Disaster Management.
- Innovation, Data and Infrastructure
Register now through this link to attend, participate or submit your abstract (max 300 words) for the session you would like to contribute to.
Abstracts submission deadline was 30th June.
