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26/03/2026

Yet another interesting webinar in the CLEAR-EO webinar series! Join us today 26th March 15:00 CET/14:00 UTC

04/03/2026

We support equality, diversity, and inclusion in every aspect of society. The traditional Group on Earth Observations celebratory webinar on UN International Women’s Day 2026 is of course a given. This year the webinar is held on Monday 9th March 15:00. The video presents the all impressive panel of speakers from around the globe!

Registration link in comments but read on for the description of the event!

Bente Lilja Bye is moderator.

🌍 GEO UN International Women’s Day 2026
Rights. Justice. Action. – Women Powering Earth Intelligence
📅 9th March 15.00-16.00 | Registration link in comments

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will once again continue its multi-year tradition of celebrating UN International Women’s Day — and in 2026, we are strengthening the link between equity and the technical foundations of Earth Intelligence.

This year’s event is jointly organized by three GEO groups:

🔹 GEO EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)
🔹 GEO activity Linking and Connecting Women in Earth Observation and Earth Intelligence
🔹 GEO Data and Knowledge Working Group

Aligned with the 2026 global theme led by UN Women — “Rights. Justice. Action. for All Women and Girls” — the webinar will focus on:

🤖 Responsible AI and Earth Intelligence
🌾 Global South Earth observation priorities (agriculture, resilience, climate adaptation)
🌱 Citizen science and Indigenous knowledge systems
📊 Inclusive data governance and open knowledge

Importantly, this is not only a celebration. The webinar will serve as a concrete input to ongoing GEO community work on developing implementation guidelines for:

• The GEO In-Situ Data Strategy
• The GEO Open Knowledge Statement

All within the broader implementation of GEO’s Post-2025 vision: Earth Intelligence for All.

By connecting inclusion with AI, data spaces, and governance, we aim to ensure that rights, justice, and action are embedded in how Earth Intelligence systems are designed, governed, and deployed globally.

04/03/2026

We are in Brussels for the European Ocean Days. Exciting and inspiring days.

Do you know what ocean observation and marine knowledge mean?

Thanks to accurate marine data from satellites, sensors at sea or research vessels, we can:

🔹Understand and be better prepared for the impact of climate change

🔹Monitor and react more quickly to extreme weather events

🔹Make sure activities at sea are safe and secure

We want to make ocean observation stronger, more efficient, and more far-reaching. Today, we are announcing OceanEye, the EU ocean observation initiative that will be our window on the ocean, our key to unlocking the power of ocean knowledge.

link.europa.eu/Hv4rJY

04/03/2026

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Quality is multi-dimensional.
Describe accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness and lineage.

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Federation beats silos.
Bring computation to the data, not the other way around.

17/12/2025

Everything evolves: datasets, algorithms, models and services. Use
versioning for data and code, and describe what changed. Mark
deprecated versions clearly so users can migrate safely.

17/12/2025

Data provenance links outputs back to inputs and processes. Capture sources, processing steps, software versions and parameters.

Provenance is essential for reproducibility and digital twin
traceability.

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Treat documentation as part of the product, not an afterthought.
Provide README files, API docs, notebooks, and usage examples close to the data. Good documentation is a key ingredient of open knowledge.

15/12/2025

Showing confidence, as in provide information about the uncertainty related to your data, will create trust, be transparent of course, and provide good basis for informed decisions.