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Meeting on development and sharing of open geodata
18 January 2023 @ 9h45 - 17h00
Open geodata is the idea that certain geospatial and Earth Observation (EO) data should be freely available to everyone to use, re-use and redistribute without restrictions like copyright or patents, but with requirements such as attribution and share- alike. It is considered a best practice for modern geo-information and EO research in line with Open Science and FAIR principles. However, developing easily accessible (e.g. cloud-optimised) and re-usable (big) geospatial datasets, and sharing them “effectively” with the research community and other stakeholders is challenging and usually requires a team effort including researchers, research software engineers, technology advisors, and community managers.
Collaboration between research institutions to share technical and practical know-how on best practices, as well as lessons learned while developing and sharing open geodata, supports such efforts and helps in developing an open data culture for open research and development communities. The meeting on “Development and Sharing of Open Geodata” aims to initiate such a collaboration between ITC and OpenGeoHub, by bringing both institutions together to present state-of-the-art research activities with a focus on open geodata, discuss the needs and challenges, and pursue collaboration opportunities especially to produce joint datasets and software.
OpenGeoHub is an independent research foundation (a DeepTech organisation) with 20 staff, primarily data scientists and technical experts, located at the Agro Business Park in Wageningen. It focuses on promoting open data and open source software solutions to support regional and global projects, currently leads the Open Earth Monitor and Eco Data Cube, and is also involved in the Land Carbon Lab project led by WRI.
Live streaming will be available at https://www.itc.nl/live/ during the event.
Registration
Registration is required to attend the mini-symposium. For registration please fill-in the registration form.
Programme
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9:45 – 9:55 |
Welcome and opening (Prof. Dr. Freek D. van der Meer, Dean ITC) (TBC) |
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9:55 – 10:20 |
OpenGeoHub |
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10:20 – 10:45 |
ITC and 4 Profiling Themes |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Presentations of ITC and OpenGeoHub projects
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A for each project. |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:40 – 15:20 |
Presentations of ITC and OpenGeoHub projects
15 min presentation + 5 min Q&A for each project. |
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14:15 – 14:45 |
Plenary Discussion |
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Coffee break |
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15:00 – 16:00 |
PhD’s in the Spotlight
5 min presentation + 2 min Q&A for each PhD candidate. |
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16:00 – 17:00 |
Drinks |