29 Jul 2024
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Dates for your diary: upcoming regional GEO events
The GEO Symposium and ODOK Workshop isn’t the only key GEO event coming up this year. You can also register now to take part in key regional GEO events, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia-Oceania and Europe.
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AfriGEO Symposium
📅 12-15 August
📍 Nairobi, Kenya
🔗️ Symposium website / Registration page
In the face of challenges like urbanisation, increased weather and climate unpredictability, and population growth, how do we harness the power of Earth intelligence to support decisions in various sectors across Africa?
Improved information access, rich indigenous knowledge and advancements in technology are among the opportunities for progress that will be discussed at this year’s AfriGEO symposium. Experts will have a chance to network, learn and be a part of insightful discussions on Earth intelligence for Africa.
The symposium will feature key sessions on topics like Disaster Risk Reduction, data and infrastructure, land and forest management, and health.
AmeriGEO Week 2024
📅 26-30 August
📍 Quito, Ecuador
🔗 AmeriGEO Week 2024 website / Registration website
The theme for this year's AmeriGEO Week is Adapting for a resilient future with Earth Intelligence.
The event will bring together the inter-American Earth observation community to discuss the role Earth observations play in natural disaster prediction, resilience and emergency response.
AmeriGEO Week 2024 will be an opportunity to engage with participants from GEO member countries in the Americas and with Ecuadorian institutions and groups, including the national GEO and local indigenous communities.
16th AOGEO Symposium
📅 3-5 September
📍 Tokyo, Japan
🔗 Symposium website / Registration link
The 16th AOGEO Symposium will focus on how the Asia-Oceania region can harness Earth Intelligence for the benefit of society while ensuring global equity. An AOGEO Statement will be adopted at this symposium as a contribution to the Post-2025 GEO Implementation Plan.
EuroGEO Workshop 2024
📅 8-10 October
📍 Krakow, Poland
🔗 Workshop website / Registration link
Since EuroGEO’s inception, the European landscape has changed significantly.
Firstly, the implementation of the EU Space Programme has provided the necessary infrastructure and data that EuroGEO utilises to tackle global and regional challenges through GEO programme activities.
And secondly, the adoption of the GEO Post 2025 Strategy (PDF) shifts the focus from “Earth observation” to “Earth Intelligence”, from services to equity, to bridge the global information gaps.
At this critical juncture, this year’s EuroGEO workshop, will mobilise the Earth observation community to Coordinate, Combine, Cooperate.
