2026 Advancing Earth Observation Forum

Program at a glance

9-12 November 2026Crowne Plaza, Hobart, TasmaniaSovereign Capability, Global Impact

Plenaries and keynotes Workshops Parallel sessions Social events C1C2C3Centurion 1, 2 and 3 rooms

Mon 9 NovWorkshops and welcome

9:00-12:30  Morning workshops

C1Practical and sovereign AI for Earth observation: a hands-on agentic coding workshopFang Yuan, Independent Consultant
C2Satellite Derived Vegetation Products Community of PracticeStuart Phinn, The University of Queensland
C3Fly, Sense, Map: Hands-on Drone Data Collection for Ecosystem MonitoringArko Lucieer, University of Tasmania
12:30-1:30Lunch

1:30-5:00  Afternoon workshops

C1Cloud Native Geospatial for Earth Observation WorkshopAlex Leith, Auspatious
C2EO Capacity Building Across Industry, Government and Academia, and the NASA AVIRIS Australia Hyperspectral CampaignBradley Evans, University of New England and Earth Observation Australia
C3Process, Access, Analyse: Hands-on with Analysis Ready Drone DataArko Lucieer, University of Tasmania

6:00-8:00  Welcome Event

The Deck at Crowne Plaza. Ticket included in full registration.

Tue 10 NovConference day 1

Opening and Plenary 1

8:30 Welcome to Country and Conference
8:45 Opening address: Dr Stuart Minchin, Bureau of Meteorology
9:15-10:30 Plenary Panel 1: Sovereign Capability, Global Impact: What Will It Take?Moderator Dr Fang Yuan. Panel: Leyla Alpaslan, Paddy Brennan, Sebastian Robertson
10:30Morning tea

11:00-12:30  Parallel sessions

C1AI, foundation models and EO data
C2Wildfire mapping and intelligence
C3The Future of EO: International Cooperation and Emerging Missions under CEOS
12:30-1:30Lunch and poster showcase

1:30-3:00  Parallel sessions

C1Multisource Earth Observation, Global Standards: Scaling Trust in Analysis Ready Data
C2Coasts, shorelines and hazards
C3Lightning Talks 1
3:00Afternoon tea and posters

3:30-5:00  Parallel sessions

C1Hyperspectral, AVIRIS-3 and mineral mapping
C2Water observation and quality
C3SAR capability and applications

6:00-10:00  Forum Dinner

The Hanging Garden. Ticketed.

Wed 11 NovConference day 2

7:00-8:30  Women in EO Breakfast (ticketed)

9:00-10:30  Keynote addresses

9:00 K. Dana Chadwick, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9:30 Naoko Sugita, JAXA
10:00 Matt Hanson, LGND: Embeddings Are Summaries: Search, Discovery and ARD
10:30Morning tea

11:00-12:30  Parallel sessions

C1From Observation to Application: Scale-able Approaches for Vegetation Monitoring and Validation
C2Soil moisture, ecosystems and crop yield
C3Carbon, cloud and GeoAI
12:30-1:30Lunch and poster session

1:30-3:00  Parallel sessions

C1Crop mapping, cloud-native data and carbon
C2Forest and plantation condition
C3Lightning Talks 2
3:00Afternoon tea and posters

3:30-5:00  Parallel sessions

C1Coral, seagrass and kelp mapping
C2Forest, vegetation and carbon
C3SAR capability, QA and calibration

Thu 12 NovConference day 3 (half day)

7:30-8:30  Coffee and Career Growth (ticketed)

9:00-10:30  Parallel sessions

C1Australian calibration and validation activities in support of global EO missions
C2Vegetation validation, carbon and biodiversity
C3Data continuity, CEOS and drone monitoring
10:30Morning tea

11:00-12:15  Plenary 2 and close

11:00 Plenary Panel 2: Forward Looking / Market ConnectionModerator Arko Lucieer. Panel: Roxane Bandini-Maeder, David Borges, Marta Yebra, Amy Parker
12:00 Thanks and Conference Close
Crowne Plaza Hobart 110 Liverpool St, Hobart

Plenaries and keynotes in the Centurion Ballroom. Parallel sessions in Centurion 1, 2 and 3.

Tuesday lunch and poster showcase in the Centurion Ballroom Foyer.

Hobart local time. The program is subject to change. Earth Observation Australia
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