Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data
Barcelona, Spain
The Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (OEMC) Global Workshop 2026: “Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data”, will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 7–9 October 2026 (hosted by CREAF and the OpenGeoHub Foundation).
During this three-day hybrid workshop, the OEMC consortium will present its final outputs and tools, gather feedback and needs from end-users and developers, and hear from organizations and projects from around the world who are working in the field of open-source technology, Earth Observation data, and state-of-the-art tools to monitor our environment. The program will also include discussions around the accessibility and usage of Earth Observation data, with broad participation from policy, academic, and business communities. The special topic of this conference is “Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data”.
Nico Lang
Uta Heiden
Fred Stolle
Frank Feng
Markus Reichstein
Coco Antonissen
Marc Russwurm
Alexander Jacob
We are calling abstracts for oral talks, workshops ,co-development sessions or poster session. All proposals will be reviewed by the science committee and the best ranked proposals will be then selected.
The Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2026 aims to continue being one of the flagship events for the open-source geospatial community in Europe. Here is an overview of each type session:
1-Keynotes: These presentations will be hosted by our special guests, who will provide a 30-minutes talk. For this year’s edition, we will have representatives from the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Max Planck Institute, Netherlands Space Office (NSO), LifeWatch ERIC and many more.
2- Workshops: The focus of the workshops is open-source software and methods in support of European policies and decision-making. This will be a stage for practical sessions hosted by one or more presenters, who will guide you through new methods and tools. The duration of each session is between 30-45 minutes.
3- Oral talks: Some of the expected topics will be the research and application of geospatial technologies in various fields including governance, industries and in the public sector. This year we will focus also on the role of user communities and corresponding use cases in the fields of Forest & biodiversity; Soil, water & agriculture, and Climate & health. The duration of each talk is 20 minutes.
4- Poster presentations: The author(s) of each poster will be able to give a 5 minutes presentation, which this year revolves around the topics of Forest & biodiversity; Soil, water & agriculture, and Climate & health in the context of open-source tools and Machine Learning technologies.
The Global Workshop 2026 will be held at the Casa Convalescència located in Barcelona, Spain.
Casa Convalescència is a modernist building that belongs to the historic complex of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, declared a Historic-Artistic Monument and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 171, Horta-Guinardó, 08041 Barcelona
All sessions are video-recorded using Zoom webinar functionality in HD quality. Subject to approval of the presenters, the videos are uploaded on OpenGeoHub’s TIB.Av channel and a DOI will be assigned to each talk. Speakers are asked to accept the general recording conditions and sign a document allowing for videos to be shared. Copyright of the video’s will be assigned to authors / presenters as in standard Open Access materials.
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