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SUMMARY:IGARSS 2023 Town Hall Meeting: Digital Twins for Earth Science
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an article that was originally published on the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium’s website.  \nThe International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium\, the flagship conference of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)\, took place in Pasadena\, California 16-21 July 2023. \nThe event aimed to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and experience on recent developments and advancements in geoscience and remote sensing technologies\, particularly in the context of earth observation\, disaster monitoring and risk assessment. The symposium’s Technology\, Industry and Education (TIE) section hosted a Town Hall meeting on the topic of Digital Twins for Earth Science. \nThe town hall\, featuring Claudia Vitolo from ESA\, as well as speakers from NASA\, CNES\, and Sentinel Hub\, provided an overview of ongoing Digital Twin projects\, as well as showcasing use cases for their functionalities. The presentations were then used as a starting point for an engaging discussion on the opportunities and advantages posed by digital twins for Earth Science and observation. \nThe International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium provided an engaging platform for the discussion of current and future scientific developments for science and technology\, more specifically on the value that Digital Twins will bring to existing observation methods.  \nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now. \nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/igarss-2023-town-hall-digital-twins/
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SUMMARY:2nd EUMETSAT Workshop for Destination Earth Data Lake Use Cases
DESCRIPTION:EUMETSAT is holding its 2nd Destination Earth workshop on the Destination Earth Data Lake (DEDL)\, related use cases and component validation in Darmstadt on 11 to 12 July 2023.   \n\n\n\nThe event is open to EU and EUMETSAT member state public institutions\, such as from public services and academia. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will focus on identifying use cases suitable for validation and demonstration\, subsequently allowing EUMETSAT to contract their development.  \n\n\n\nThe event is an important step in the development of the Data Lake and will also contribute to DestinE community building and information exchange between partners.  \n\n\n\nFor more information about the workshop\, visit the main event page now! \n\n\n\n\nLearn More
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/2nd-eumetsat-workshop-data-lake-use-cases/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:1st ECMWF Destination Earth Capability Providers Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is hosting its 1st Destination Earth (DestinE) Capability Providers Meeting in Bonn\, Germany on 12 to 14 June 2023.  \n\n\n\nThe hybrid event is by invitation only to the selected contractors and other invited guests. The meeting’s purpose will be to bring together ECMWF contractors working on the DestinE initiative to network and discuss upcoming operations.  \n\n\n\nThe meeting is a necessary first step in the development of the DestinE initiative’s programming infrastructure which will result in the creation of the Digital Twins.  \n\n\n\nFor more information on the meeting\, the DestinE initiative\, or ECMWF activities\, please reach out via ECMWF’s official channels. 
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/ecmwf-1st-destine-contractors-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230423T090000
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SUMMARY:EGU 2023
DESCRIPTION:Two related sessions tackled topics relevant to Destination Earth (DestinE) at the EGU 2023 in Vienna\, Austria from 23-28 April 2023.  \n\n\n\nThe EGU General Assembly 2023 brought together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth\, planetary\, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists\, especially early career researchers\, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. \n\n\n\nIn the framework of the event\, DestinE was covered in the sessions ESSI2.10 First steps towards Destination Earth and ESSI1.5 Digital Twins of the Earth. \n\n\n\nSession: First steps towards Destination Earth\n\n\n\n26 April 2023\, 16.15–17.55 (CEST)  \n\n\n\nDestination Earth (DestinE) is an ambitious initiative of the European Union aiming to develop – on a global scale – a highly accurate digital model of the Earth that will help understand and simulate the evolution in the state of our planet\, better predict impact on human system processes\, ecosystem processes and their interaction. \n\n\n\nDestinE will exploit state-of-the-art technologies\, including high-performance computing\, high-resolution Earth system models and novel approaches in analytics\, including artificial intelligence\, and offer unprecedented interactivity with the system for users. \n\n\n\nA number of tangible outcomes are expected from these developments: Earth system simulations will become more skillful\, the intensity and magnitude of natural disasters will be predicted more reliably\, decision makers will have tools to tackle more efficiently the effect of climate change and much more. \n\n\n\nWork is currently ongoing by the three implementing agencies (ESA\, EUMETSAT\, ECMWF) to develop the three components of the DestinE system: the Core Service Platform\, the Data Lake and the Digital Twin Engine. This session aims at presenting progress towards the implementation of the DestinE system. It will also highlight opportunities to contribute to this challenging and ambitious endeavor and co-evolve the system together. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n16.15–16.25: An overview of the DestinE project \n\n\n\n16.25–16.35: Climate Digital Twin to support climate change adaptation efforts  \n\n\n\n16.35–16.45: Towards a Digital Twin of the Earth: ECMWF’s effort to build a Kilometre-scale Earth System Model   \n\n\n\n16.45–16.55: Destination Earth On-Demand Extremes Digital Twin \n\n\n\n16.55–17.05: Destination Earth Data Lake \n\n\n\n17.05–17.15: DestinE Core Service Platform Framework \n\n\n\n17.15–17.25: Towards building a vibrant DestinE User Community \n\n\n\n17.25–17.35: Adapting Energy Systems to a Changing Climate – A Destination Earth Use Case \n\n\n\n17.35–17.45: Compound flood forecasting and climate adaptation Destination Earth digital twin \n\n\n\n17.45–17.55: DestinE-AQ: High-resolution air quality forecast\, analysis\, and scenario simulations coupled to the Digital Twin of DestinE \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee the full session information and individual presentation details in the main event page. \n\n\n\n\nLearn more!\n\n\n\n\nSession: Digital Twins of the Earth (DestinE-related session)\n\n\n\n26 April 2023\, 14.00-15.25 (CEST) \n\n\n\nA Digital Twin of the Earth (DTE) is an interactive\, dynamic digital replica of our planet that combines observations with simulations from physical models and advanced AI-based analysis. It aims to replicate the Earth’s complex ecosystem\, allowing us to estimate our planet’s response to changes under both the current climate state and future climate projections. A DTE is an emerging concept that is capable of simulating what-if scenarios before they occur\, which is crucial for natural hazard mitigation and adaptation plans (e.g.\, floods\, heatwaves\, wildfires\, droughts\, etc.). A DTE calls for an advanced\, federated\, multi-computing architecture that works across organizations and agency boundaries. For a DTE to be successful\, it needs to be open source and developed for and by the community. It needs to be an extendable framework that encourages continuous contributions\, integration\, and development of advanced AI solutions in order to have an accurate digital representation of the physical environment. This session welcomes presentations on current open-source frameworks and enabling technologies for DTE including\, but not restricted to: \n\n\n\n\nOpen-source DTE framework\n\n\n\nComputer infrastructure to move virtual data from DTE repositories to service platforms\n\n\n\nSurrogate models for missing observations and unresolved physical processes\n\n\n\nHybrid AI / physics-based modelling\n\n\n\nExtreme value predictions\n\n\n\nUncertainty quantification and representation\n\n\n\nPost-processing (event detection and downscaling/super-resolution)\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n14.00–14.05: 5-minute convener introduction \n\n\n\n14.05–14.15: Towards a Digital Twin of the Carbon Cycle in Europe \n\n\n\n14.15–14.25: Open-Source Framework For Earth System Digital Twins Applied to Surface Water Hydrology \n\n\n\n14.25–14.35: Towards a local\, dated and thematic digital twins factory \n\n\n\n14.35–14.45: Earth System Deep Learning towards a Global Digital Twin of Wildfires \n\n\n\n14.45–14.55: Deep Learning for Verification of Earth’s surfaces \n\n\n\n14.55–15.05: Foundation AI Models for Science \n\n\n\n15.05–15.15: Statistical downscaling of precipitation with deep neural networks \n\n\n\n15.15–15.25: Confidence estimation of DNN predictions for on-board applications \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSee the full session information and individual presentation details in the main session page. \n\n\n\n\nLearn more\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/egu-2023/
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SUMMARY:Information Day: DestinE Core Service Platform Framework – Advanced Applications and Services
DESCRIPTION:The Information Day took place online on Friday\, 21 April 2023\, from 10.00 to 12.00 CEST. \n\n\n\nESA has provided an overview of the DESP Advanced Applications and Services intended Invitation to Tender (ITT). The upcoming ITT covers the procurement of Destination Earth Core Service Platform (DESP) Framework – Advanced Applications and Services\, for which ESA intends to place a single contract. \n\n\n\nThe Open ITT will be open exclusively to economic operators and organisations (including subcontractors) which have their registered office in an EU Member State\, or a State associated to the Digital Europe Programme in accordance with Articles 10 and 12 of the Digital Regulation. The EU Member States and the States associated to the Digital Europe Programme in accordance with Articles 10 and 12 of the Digital Regulation for this intended ITT are: \n\n\n\nAT+BE+BG+CY+CZ+DE+DK+ES+EE+FR+FI+GR+HU+HR+IT+IE+IS+LT+LI+LU+LV+MT+NO+NL+PL+PT+RO+SE+SI+SK \n\n\n\nThe presentation given during the Information Day has been published on ESA-STAR NEWS.
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/information-day-desp-applications-services/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230308T080000
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SUMMARY:ETP4HPC Conference
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an article that was originally published on the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ website.  \n\n\n\nThe Science Business Annual Network Conference took place in Brussels and online on 7 February\, 2023\, under the theme “Sustainable horizons: Does our future depend on science?” \nThe event aimed to bring together EU policymakers\, academia\, researchers\, and the IT ecosystem to discuss the importance of upscaling international cooperation and resources to address climate change and extreme weather events. \nDuring the conference’s opening panel\, Peter Bauer emphasized the need for improved understanding of climate change through research and science\, advocating for investments in both fundamental questions and actionable solutions. The event also featured Robert-Jan Smits\, who highlighted the vast untapped potential of big data and digital technology in transforming production processes and society. \nA significant focus of the conference was the European Union’s funded initiative\, Destination Earth\, which aims to build a digital replica of the Earth system by 2030. This initiative involves collaboration between the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)\, the European Space Agency (ESA)\, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). \nThe Science Business Annual Network Conference provided valuable insights into the current state of the European science and technology ecosystem\, the progress of the EU’s Horizon Europe program\, and the importance of science\, research\, and policy in shaping a sustainable future. \n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/digital-twins-etp4hpc-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230215T090000
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SUMMARY:1st Destination Earth User eXchange
DESCRIPTION:This free-to-attend event was hosted virtually and in person on 15 February 2023 in Frascati\, Rome\, Italy. \nPlease click here for the report of the event. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nWhat is the first Destination Earth User eXchange?\n\n\n\nThis was the first of a series of regular events to establish\, grow and nurture a community of Destination Earth (DestinE) stakeholders. \n\n\n\nDestinE partners have decided to establish such events to inform the community on the progress in implementing DestinE and\, at the same time\, identifying stakeholders or prospective partners and understand the needs of the community so that the initiative can develop in synergy with its (potential) users. The User eXchange also aims at identifying prospective partners and understand stakeholder expectations and possible avenues for interaction. \n\n\n\nWhat is Destination Earth?\n\n\n\nThe Directorate-General for Communications Networks\, Content and Technology (DG-CNECT) of the European Commission has entrusted the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)\, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with the implementation of the DestinE initiative. \n\n\n\nDestinE aims to develop – on a global scale – a highly accurate digital model of the Earth to monitor and predict the interaction between natural phenomena and human activities. As part of the European Commission’s Green Deal and Digital Strategy\, DestinE will contribute to achieving the objectives of the twin transition\, green and digital. \n\n\n\nA broad stakeholder engagement is key to the success of the DestinE initiative and the three entities have been cooperating closely in developing a joint strategy towards user engagement and partnerships. This strategy includes setting up an open stakeholder dialogue aimed at the wider community ensuring engagement of all relevant players. The DestinE User eXchange is intended to become a central building block of this dialogue.
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/welcome-to-the-first-destination-earth-user-exchange/
CATEGORIES:User eXchange
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SUMMARY:Science Business Annual Network Conference
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an article that was originally published 9 May 2023 on the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’s website.  \n\n\n\nThe Science Business Annual Network Conference took place in Brussels and online on 7 February\, 2023\, under the theme “Sustainable horizons: Does our future depend on science?” \nThe event aimed to bring together EU policymakers\, academia\, researchers\, and the IT ecosystem to discuss the importance of upscaling international cooperation and resources to address climate change and extreme weather events. \nDuring the conference’s opening panel\, Peter Bauer emphasized the need for improved understanding of climate change through research and science\, advocating for investments in both fundamental questions and actionable solutions. The event also featured Robert-Jan Smits\, who highlighted the vast untapped potential of big data and digital technology in transforming production processes and society. \nA significant focus of the conference was the European Union’s funded initiative\, Destination Earth\, which aims to build a digital replica of the Earth system by 2030. This initiative involves collaboration between the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)\, the European Space Agency (ESA)\, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). \nThe Science Business Annual Network Conference provided valuable insights into the current state of the European science and technology ecosystem\, the progress of the EU’s Horizon Europe program\, and the importance of science\, research\, and policy in shaping a sustainable future. \n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/ecmwf-sciencebusiness-2023/
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SUMMARY:COP27: 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an event page that was originally published 7 November 2022 on the European Space Agency’s website.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld leaders and experts gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh\, Egypt for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) where a session dedicated to Destination Earth (DestinE) was held on 10 November 2022.  \nThe session was titled\, “Destination Earth: Earth’s digital twin to support greener policies for a greener future”. The session featured the three Entrusted Entities implementing DestinE\, European Space Agency (ESA)\, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).   \nPanellists included ECMWF Destination Earth Science Lead Irina Sandu\, ESA Management & Ground Segment Department Head of the Mission Nicolaus Hanowski and EUMETSAT Destination Earth Programme Manager Lothar Wolf. The session was also moderated by European Commission DG CNECT Open Science and Digital Modelling Deputy Head of Unit Tobias Wiesenthal and European Commission DG DEFIS Earth Observation Deputy Head of Unit Elisabeth Hamdouch.  \nApart from this\, during several sessions\, ESA emphasized how satellite data enhances scientific understanding of climate change and validates climate models for predicting future changes. ESA also underscored the growing use of satellite information in supporting global climate action and tracking progress towards commitments under the Paris Agreement. Panels discussed climate information for decision making\, Earth observations for mitigation and adaptation\, CO2 monitoring\, and the implementation plan for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) 2022.  \nThe conference focused on limiting greenhouse emissions and addressing loss and damage resulting from climate change while taking stock of the latest climate science. Satellites played a crucial role\, providing observations that detailed significant changes across the planet\, such as glacier shrinkage\, polar ice sheet loss\, and rising global sea levels.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now! \n\n\n \n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/esa-cop27-participation/
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SUMMARY:Destination Earth Information Day
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an event page that was originally published 9 May 2023 on the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ website.  \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Destination Earth (DestinE) Information Day was held on 28 February 2022 to provide a high-level overview of the intended activities and procurements related to DestinE\, and offered the opportunity for interested parties to ask questions.  \nAs part of their respective tasks under Destination Earth\, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)\, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) intend to procure scientific and technical capabilities and solutions to deliver the first phase of DestinE. The procurements will be published in the form of Invitations to Tender (ITTs).   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now! \n\n\n \n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/destine-information-day-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20210511T100000
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SUMMARY:Science and Technology Seminar: How the EC's DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making: National and collaborative perspectives
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an event page that was originally published on the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ website.  \n\n\n\n\n\nOn 11 May 2021\, ECMWF ran a seminar titled “How the EC’s DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making: National and collaborative perspectives”.  \nThis ECMWF Science and Technology Seminar is the last out of a series of three Destination Earth (DestinE) related sessions. This third talk focused on how such European actions can support and enhance national activities. Within this series there are a set of talks that focus on the development of digital twins in the context of the Destination Earth initiative.  \nJørn Kristiansen from Met Norway spoke of the need for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to constantly identify new areas of investigation and new directions for interdisciplinary and joint research\, including mathematical tools and computing science\, making more of existing and emerging observations through modelling and data assimilation among areas covered.  \nFrancisco Doblas-Reyes from the Barcelona Computing Centre looked at the way a scientific community can benefit from Destination Earth\, in areas such as the need for computationally efficient models to run many hindcasts with large ensembles\, and the challenges of managing such workflows and data.  \nThe European Union (EU) plans to be climate neutral by 2050. For its green transition\, the EU plans to fund the development of digital twins of the Earth. For these twins to be more than big data atlases\, they must create a qualitatively new Earth system simulation and observation capability using a methodological framework responsible for exceptional advances in numerical weather prediction.  \n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now! \n\n\n \n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/science-technology-seminar-national-collaborative-perspectives/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20210408T100000
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SUMMARY:Science and Technology Seminar: How the EC's DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making – ESA's and EUMETSAT’s perspectives
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an event page that was originally published on the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ website.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn 8 April 2021\, ECMWF ran a seminar titled “How the EC’s DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making – ESA’s and EUMETSAT’s perspectives”.  \nThis seminar is part of the ECMWF’s Science and Technology Seminar Series. Within this series are a set of talks that focus on the development of digital twins in the context of the Destination Earth initiative. Following the previous seminar in the series\, this seminar features representatives from ESA and EUMETSAT which provided an overview of their components of DestinE; the Core Platform and the Data Lake\, respectively.  \nThe European Union (EU) plans to be climate neutral by 2050. For its green transition\, the EU plans to fund the development of digital twins of the Earth. For these twins to be more than big data atlases\, they must create a qualitatively new Earth system simulation and observation capability using a methodological framework responsible for exceptional advances in numerical weather prediction. Under the European Commission’s leadership\, and in coordination with the Member States\, scientific communities and other stakeholders\, three entrusted entities will implement the core platform and the first two digital twins: ECMWF\, EUMETSAT and ESA.  \n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now! \n\n\n \n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/ecmwf-seminar-esa-eumetsat-perspectives/
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SUMMARY:Science and Technology Seminar: How the EC's DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making - Digital twins as a step-change for Earth-system modelling and data assimilation
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on an event page that was originally published on the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts‘ website.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn 5 March 2021\, ECMWF ran a seminar titled “How the EC’s DestinE programme transforms environmental policy making – Digital twins as a step-change for Earth-system modelling and data assimilation”.   \nThis seminar is part of ECMWF’s Science and Technology Seminar Series with talks that focus on the development of digital twins. In this first talk in that set\, Peter Bauer provided an overview of the European Commission’s Destination Earth (DestinE) programme\, showing the motivation\, context\, high-level architecture\, and scientific and programmatic aspects.   \nNils Wedi then presented the recent results of 1km global simulations achieved on the Summit system\, using the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). He described how such simulations could contribute to a Digital Twin prototype.  \nThe European Union (EU) plans to be climate neutral by 2050. For its green transition\, the EU plans to fund the development of digital twins of the Earth. For these twins to be more than big data atlases\, they must create a qualitatively new Earth system simulation and observation capability using a methodological framework responsible for exceptional advances in numerical weather prediction. Developing next-generation models to produce high-resolution digital twins of the Earth is an area of focus in ECMWF’s Strategy 2021-30.  \n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now! \n\n\n\n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/ecmwf-seminar-digitaltwins/
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SUMMARY:ESA Φ-week 2020
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: this is based on a post-event report that was originally published 28 September 2020 on the European Space Agency’s website.  \n\n\n\nIn 2020\, ESA’s EO Φ-week event\, held on 28 September – 2 October 2020 online focused on Digital Twin Earth—a dynamic\, digital replica of our planet using Earth observation data and AI. \nThe Digital Twin Earth concept\, which now evolved to embrace both the EU-funded Destination Earth initiative and the ESA-funded DTE programme\, was presented and aims to accurately represent Earth’s changes\, monitor natural and human activity\, and support sustainable development. The event highlighted the successful launch of Φ-sat-1\, the first European Earth observation mission with onboard AI\, which efficiently filtered data and reduced downlink costs. \nDuring Φ-week\, speakers emphasized the importance of addressing climate change and how Earth observation satellites\, like those in the Copernicus program\, play a crucial role in monitoring and solving environmental challenges. The event also announced an exciting ESA initiative in collaboration with CERN\, the “EOP AI-enhanced Quantum Initiative for EO – QC4EO\,” exploring the potential of quantum computing and AI in solving complex Earth observation problems and supporting programs like Digital Twin Earth and Copernicus. This collaboration holds promising implications for advancing Earth observation capabilities and environmental management. \n\n\n\nMake sure you don’t miss important DestinE updates. Join the DestinE Community newsletter now. \n\n\n\n\nJoin the DestinE Community
URL:https://destination-earth.eu/event/esa-%cf%86-week-2020/
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