EO Open Science 2.0 at ESA/Esrin (12-14 Oct 2015) | GSDI

"The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for innovative Earth Observation (EO) scientific exploitation activities – 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 (http://www.eoscience20.org) 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. These include open tools and software, data-intensive science, virtual research environment, e-infrastructure, citizen science, 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 scientific exploitation activities. The conference will be followed by a Hackathon on 15-16 Oct in ESRIN for interested developers."