Outreach

e-shape once again had a strong presence in GEO Week 2021 accentuating the project's contribution to GEO and EuroGEO at Side event: e-shape project contribution to GEO, EuroGEO and the GEO WP....

e-shape pilot mySPACE introduces us to the importance of estimating canopy height over large areas for sustainable ecosystem management....

Following the second Call for EO-based products, e-shape has selected 5 new Pilots that will join the project, expanding the EuroGEO community....

Earth Observation solutions for smarter and greener regions and cities: hands-on e- shape pilots 10 November 2021 10:00-11h30 cet Online webinar (zoom platform)...

Our e-shape, partner from OGC, Marie-Françoise Voidrot we’ll be giving a talk on the "European Exploitation Platform Ecosystem” and participate in a round table at the ESA Phi Week: https://phiweek.esa.int /....

6 academic scientists and researchers from Greece and France joined forces to share their experiences and research results and discuss the most resent innovations from Space to Ground, for renewable energy to environmental impacts assessments....

Join us on Tuesday 21 September 2021 [09:00-12:30] Demo Session: "Advances made in EuroGEO to deliver user-oriented solutions"...

Join us on Tuesday 21 September 2021 [14:00 - 16:00] at a session organized by e-shape. This webinar will introduce participants to key elements and concepts in the domains of knowledge and technology transfer....

SATELLITE EARTH OBSERVATION DATA SUPPORTING SMART AND RESILIENT AGRICULTURE:THE e-shape SERVICES Photonic Applications Week | Smart Farming Conference 1 October 2021 | Time: 10h30-12pm CET Virtual event (zoom)...

Final boarding call for onboarding! Be the next Horizon2020-e-shape partner. Deadline 3rd of September!...

Join us in the dedicated session "MO1.O-17: e-shape and EuroGEO Regional Initiative: Developing a Conducive Environment to Develop Earth Observation Operational Services" on Monday 12 July 2021!...

The theme of this year’s symposium is Strengthening inclusive partnerships across the GEO Work Programme (GWP)....

Agrowth , is a platform which is designed and developed in the context of e-shape's ' S1P2 EU-CAP Support ' pilot....

Don't miss the 2nd Virtual International Workshop on "Atmospheric & Climate Research in the EMMENA Region"...

Our e-shape partner DTU - Ioanna Karagli, will give an oral speech on "Earth Observation ocean winds for wind energy”...

e-shape is hosting the workshop " Expanding the Copernicus Services ecosystem: the e-shape contribution ", 17 June 2021....

Satellite-based applications in the maritime domain: hands-on the e-shape project...

e-shape ’s S1P2 EU-CAP Support pilot, in collaboration with S6P4 ReSAgri pilot, support the member-farmers of ASOO with a cotton growth monitoring service that daily provides new maps that indicate the areas of optimal seeding conditions....

Webinar: Earth Observation based solution supporting disaster resilience: hands-on the e-shape user-centric approach...

The Stairway to Excellence...

Our e-shape partner EARSC will participate in the EARSeL Joint Workshop 2021 EO for sustainable cities and communities | PLENARY 6: Sustainable Development Goals [4-6 pm CET]....

Our partners from ARMINES Lionel Menard and Philippe Blanc participated in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) virtual workshop held on 25th of March 2021....

Our e-shape pilot Pilot 5.1 | Improved historical water availability & quality information service and our partners EARSC and Eurisy participated in the the WaterMarketEurope event on March 24th 2021....

Since February 2021, Etna is experiencing a numerous number of eruptions and emitting volcanic ash into atmosphere....

The first version of pilot 3.2 was developed within the framework of the e-shape project, funded by the European Commission under the H2020 program....

Our e-shape partner from Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental research presented the Showcase ecosystem at User and Technology Talks: ENVIRONMENT PARSEC ECOSYSTEM....

How space technology contribute to the management of offshore wind energy products within the Maritime Spatial Planning process?...

Watch the video of our nextSENSE pilot and find out!...

The proposed system aims to support the distributed solar plant energy production management, as well as electricity handling entities and smart grid operations....

A stand-alone lidar-based method for detecting airborne hazards for aviation in near real time (NRT) is presented by our e-shape pilot: EO4D_ASH - EO Data for Detection, Discrimination & Distribution (4D) of Volcanic ash....

AGU20 Fall Meeting will be one of the world's largest virtual scientific conferences, with exciting programming and events....

With this year’s switch to the virtual sphere, WindEnergy Hamburg will air on WindTV....

Deep dives with e-shape at Science Impact Magazine! Our e-shape article "Shaping our understanding of planet Earth" has been published!...

Join us for a week-long showcase on the impact of open Earth observations! When: 2-6 November 2020 Where: Online...

This workshop will present and discuss solutions to use satellite data and signals, which can make a real difference for public managers willing to increase cities’ sustainability and resilience to climate change and critical events....

e-shape has welcomed during the annual General Assembly from 19-21 October 2020, the 5 new pilots of the Call for EO-based products 2020 that will join the e-shape consortium expanding the EuroGEO community....

"Earth Observation solutions contributing to EuroGEO: cross-benefits benefits e-shape and SCO communities" In cooperation with the Space Climate Observatory (SCO), EARSC is organising a webinar on the 14 th of October at 1h30-3PM....

Our e-shape collegues from NOA will participate in the round table at the Online Smart Farming Conference, on October 9th 2020, which is hosted by EARSC and EURISY....

With a joint effort of e-shape and ERA_PLANET / iGOSP projects a step forward was made on the development of a tool in support of the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury....

The Innovation News Network Magazine #Issue 3 features the work of our partner "National Observatory of Athens" and their role in the H2020 project, e-shape. Research Directors Evangelos Gerasopoulos and Charalampos (Haris) Kontoes discuss how the institution plan to coordinate earth observation in order to improve upon global sustainability and deliver robust environmental information....

e-shape is one of the nine EU-funded Environmental Observations projects that contribute to upscale Europe’s Environmental Observations capacities and develop solutions meeting specific users’ needs....

The 2020 UN/Austria Symposium "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action" takes place from 1-3 September. It discusses how space technologies support climate action....

The nextSENSE service was implemented, after long research, in the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape’s renewable energy showcase ( nextSENSE pilot ) and provides continuous monitoring and short-term forecasting of solar energy in real-time for Europe and North Africa....

The recent publication on satellite and ground-based observations of volcanic plumes produced during the Etna activity between 24 and 30 December 2018, was carried out in the frame of the e-shape project....

e-shape participated in the Copernicus Relay and Academy monthly teleconference on the 16th of July....

EuroGEO Disaster Resilience Action Group Overview...

How does e-shape project contributes to eLTER? an article by Ulf Mallast...

Early Warning for Epidemics Virtual Webinar 9&14 July 2020 Earth Observation creates opportunities for Health & Epidemics...

Athens co-design workshop takes place virtually 1st of July! Co-design is used as a toolbox to support the development of the 27 e-shape services in a user-centric approach....

Harvesting machines weigh about 20 tons and require good bearing capacity of the terrain to avoid the machines from getting stuck. Only sufficient soil conditions prevent damaging the topsoil of the forest floor and negatively impacting the biosphere....

Would you like to know how e-shape can support European companies to develop? Join us on June 25, 2020 at 16:00- 16h45 ( CET ) to listen from two e-shape partners why this project is an opportunity and how you can benefit from it....

During this free webinar you will learn about: European infrastructures and platforms for Earth observations | Different types of platforms | Platforms based on Ellip | Platforms for the industry | the eoMall | How you can strengthen or join the EuroGEO community - in projects and in GEO...

In the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape's renewable energy showcase, the NOA in collaboration with Indian technological institutes and a renewable energy constructor published a paper dealing with a roof-top photovoltaic energy production management exploiting Earth Observation data and technologies....

e-shape has launched its Market Trends Observatory, an activity aiming at providing knowledge to the e-shape Showcases and Pilots as well as to the wider Earth Observation community about relevant developments and trends in markets and technology....

Are you the next e-shape partner? Do you want to get access to up to 50k in funding, co-design, development, and sustainability booster activities, and a wide EO community? e-shape launched the Call for EO-based products 2020 on June 8 th to onboard further partners in the e-shape consortium and expand the EuroGEO community....

Just past the first anniversary of the e-shape project, you should by now all know our slogan; We e-shape EuroGEO !! But what does it mean? What is e-shape? What is EuroGEO and what does it mean for the agricultural services in Europe?...

As EuroGEO brings together a large part of the European Earth Observation community, it was essential to maintain the momentum and seize this opportunity to reflect on the initiative and how we can increase its role into GEO and better leverage the benefits GEO can bring to Europe....

Do you deliver Earth Observation-based services or products contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement or Sendai Framework and want to join the EuroGEO community? Be ready to become a new e-shape partner, the leading project expanding the EuroGEO initiative....

Upscaling water services from national to global scales. We are continuing to work on improving the main infrastructures which are: 1) existing setups of the hydrological model HYPE for different areas of interest, and 2) corresponding operational applications at SMHI for historical and near-realtime analyses and forecasts....

There is a growing realization amongst policy-makers that reliable and accurate soil monitoring information is required at scales ranging from regional to global to support ecosystem functions and services in a sustainable manner under the amplifying climate change enabling countries in target setting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

This paper aims to present a novel EO-based soil monitoring approach leveraging open-access Copernicus Sentinel data and Google Earth Engine platform. Building on key results from existing data mining approaches to extract bare soil reflectance values the current study delivers valuable insights on the synergistic use of open access optical and radar images....

The publication is part of the Showcase 4 (myEcoSystem) for which it is essential to have reliable data products over various scales to investigate ecosystem status and possible changes over time....

In the Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture showcase, the first pilot is dedicated towards support of the Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM). Read a GEOGLAM success story!...

Equity-free funding and support for SMEs innovating in food, energy or environment: PARSEC Open Call 2...

The solar energy nowcasting system of the nextSENSE showcase was introduced in southern Asia....

Τen years have passed since the 2010 eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. On 14 April 2010, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted explosively, hurling volcanic ash several kilometers into the atmosphere....

During the COVID-19 lockdown period, atmospheric pollution dramatically reduced in most parts of the world, becoming particularly evident over cities and industrial agglomerations. This observation has been enabled by Copernicus!...

In a recent investigation by Musuuza et al. (2020), SMHI researchers demonstrate how earth observations (EO) can fill the spatial and temporal gaps in ground-based observations, whilst satellite assimilation produced consistent hydrological model outputs in a mountainous river basin in Sweden....

We are excited to announce that o ur partner BEYOND EO Center introduced Horizon2020-e-shape at the French Institute of Athens, Greece with great success!...

As cities around the world strive to become smart, renewable solar and wind power can play a crucial role in helping them provide reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy and hence, reducing climate change and air pollution....

We are proud to announce the first completed activity of e-shape first sprint for the energy Showcase!...

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Help Desk platform for the e-shape project, available immediately to all of our visitors-users....

e-shape in motion! In the framework of the e-shape project, our pilot on solar energy nowcasting & short-term forecasting system (nextSENSE) is participating in the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, CA, USA....

Our pilot for EO-based surveillance of mercury pollution is supporting the GEO Flagship GOS4M....

Evenflow is taking part in the Horizon 2020 project Parsec Accelerator . Deadline for applications is the 20th of December 2019 at 17:00 CET....

Two invited seminars of 'Improving future ecosystem benefits through Earth Observations - from EO to ecosystem services modelling'....

Our e-shape partner DEIMOS suceessfully participated and introduced e-shape project during the Linking Earth Observation data and Sustainable Development across the Atlantic Workshop, held in Estoril-Portugal, on 3-5th December 2019....

A team from the National Observatory of Athens in collaboration with the World Radiation Center in Switzerland have developed an holistic solar energy estimation mechanism which exploits the nowadays Earth Observation data sources and technologies....

Our e-shape partner CNR, participated in the 10th meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group which took place on Saturday, 23 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, back to back with the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention and its preceding preparatory meetings, which will be held from 24 to 29 November 2019....

The course of 'Remote Sensing' at the 'Geoinformation in Environmental Management' MSc of the International Centre for Advanced Meditarrenean Agronomic Studies at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, GR, is successfully concluded by Dr. I. Manakos....

2019 GEO Week / Ministerial Summit! Another summit of thought-provoking presentations and productive networking was accomplished....

Our partner IBEC successfully participated in the 3rd meeting of the Global soil laboratory network , held in FAO headquarters Rome-Italy, on the 28-30th of October....

e-shape is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s GEO Week 2019 / Ministerial Summit held at Canberra, Australia, 4-9th November, that will unite tycoons from different scientific areas....

Save the date 18th October 15:00 CEST for a joint e-shape - NextGEOSS webinar on Standards compliance: Benefits, Tools and Return on Experience....

e-shape participated in the "Researchers' Night 2019”, held on 27th September! Researchers' Night is an annual event celebrating science and research, which takes place simultaneously in several hundred cities across Europe and beyond....

Our e-shape partner, DTU Wind Energy (SC3), participated in the OceanObs19 conference, in Honolulu, on 16-21/9/2019 and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape and specifically the main activities of the pilot "Merging offshore wind products"....

OGCE has enjoyed a F2F meeting in JRC to invite INSPIRE experts to participate in a webinar currently under construction in cooperation with NextGEOSS H2020 Project....

Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 InfoDay Space, organized by ARMINES & SAFE CLUSTER in Sofia, Antipolis on 17/9/2019. and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape....

Our partner CIMA Research Foundation participated in the open science meeting STEAM/G-CLASS/Hydroterra at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk the Nederlands on 10th of October....

Our partners EARSC & VITO, organized during Phi Week a dedicated side event "Modernising Farming: Earth Observation to Support Crop Growth Cycle", 10/9/2019, Frascati, Italy...

Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 Coordinators' Day, organized by EASME and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape providing the opportunity for potential synergies with other newly funded projects....

In November 2019, Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments, business leaders, heads of international non-profits and passionate experts will meet in Canberra, Australia for GEO Week 2019 and the GEO Ministerial Summit....

GEO Secretariat launches the Industry Track! Technology and space companies from around the world are invited to participate in GEO Week 2019 as part of the brand new Industry Track....

The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2019, unfolded over 5 days, 26 to 30th of July 2019, in Romania, Bucharest. Evenflow has attended and introduced the e-shape project to a community of highly skilled software developers from all corners of the world who could potentially contribute to user uptake in their respective areas. More info: https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/full-schedule/...

The EuroGEOSS Workshop took place from 3 to 5 July 2019 at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon (Portugal). The event was co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....

A user consultation workshop on space-based EO tools for mapping and monitoring soils took place from 02 - 03 July 2019 at ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy with the aim to bring together stakeholders from the policy and user domain with remote sensing experts to discuss the necessary steps to develop such a system....

The EuroGEOSS Workshop will take place in Lisbon (Portugal), from 3rd to 5th of July 2019, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento. The event is co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....

To strengthen Europe’s contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), EuroGEO has launched e-shape. With a user-centric approach to Earth observation (EO) data sharing, the system aims to improve forecasting capabilities for sound decision-making....

Mount Etna, Europe's most active and “youngest” volcano, spewed ash once again, on May 30th, 2019. PollyXT lidar at PANGEA-NOA station of Antikythera Greece (35.86N, 23.31E) was the first to capture the fingerprint of the activity and the dispersion of volcanic emissions is simulated with the FLEXPART-WRF model....

On the 20th and 21st of June EARSC held the first edition of its annual EXPANDEO event, bringing together the Earth Observation market. In total, the event hosted 160 attendees that either work in the EO industry, are institutional stakeholders or others who are affiliated with the Earth Observation Sector. This year was a special edition for EARSC since they also celebrated their 30 years anniversary!...

Technical meeting held at the premises of Kerkini Lake Protected Area in Greece....

Disaster resilience is officially a high priority on the portfolio of the e-shape project and BEYOND Center of Excellence is an important player in this initiative....

This symposium focused on how Earth Observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth Observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions. e-shape participated in this symposium and was introduced the e-shape Food security and sustainable agriculture pilots to the GEOGLAM executive committee....

e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe) , a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....

Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape for strengthening the benefits for Europe of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) – establishing ‘EuroGEOSS’ e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....