Events
Here you will find the upcoming or recent events related to the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform.
20/ 9
2024
Agro-informatics Tech Talk on ‘Status and Update of WorldCereal’, Friday, 20 September, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Virtual Event, 20/09/2024
Join us on Friday, 20 September at 15.00 CEST for a virtual presentation on the “Status and Update of WorldCereal” by Kristof Van Tricht, Senior R&D Professional, VITO Remote Sensing.
The challenge of global food security in the face of population growth, conflict, and climate c...
30/ 5
2024
FAO at WSIS +20 High-Level Event 2024: ‘Process for Progress- Reflecting and Building on 20 years of digital journey’
Hybrid Event, 30/05/2024
The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024. FAO is organizing a session on Thursday 30th May 2024, 11:00-11:45 CEST on ‘The Future of Digital Agriculture: Process for Progress- Reflecting and Building on WSIS 20 years’ journey’.
15/ 1
2024
16/1
2024
Join the ESA EO4Health User Forum 2024
Virtual Event, 15/01/2024 - 16/01/2024
The European Space Agency, in the context of EO Science for Society, is organizing the EO4Health User Forum to be held virtually on 15-16th January 2024, with FAO participating in sessions related to Global Health, EO applications on vector borne and non communicable diseases, as well as on capacity building and digital platforms.
18/ 12
2023
International Webinar on Earth Observations for Agricultural Statistics (EO-STAT)
Virtual Event, 18/12/2023
On Monday, 18th December, from 12:00 to 16:00 (Rome Time), join the UN Regional Hub for Africa on Data Science and Big Data for their upcoming "International Webinar on Earth Observations for Agricultural Statistics (EO-STAT): EO Data Cubes, Smart Classification Algorithms, Impacts...
22/ 11
2023
19/ 10
2023
FAO ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient AgriFood Systems’ on the spotlight at the Science and Innovation Forum 2023
Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 19/10/2023
FAO's special event at SIF2023 ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient AgriFood Systems’ will take place on Thursday 19th October, 14.30-16.00 CEST to showcase concrete examples of technological innovations that aim at transforming traditional agricultural practices into sophisticated, data-driven systems that will protect efficiently our people and our planet.
29/ 9
2023
Hybrid event to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW)
Rome (Italy), Hybrid Event, 29/09/2023
The event will see a call to action to reduce food loss and waste toward transforming agrifood systems.
25/ 7
2023
Digitalization for Resilient Agrifood Systems
Rome (Italy), 25/07/2023
The UN Food Stocktaking Moment special event on ‘Digitalization for Resilient Agrifood Systems’ will be held on the 25th of July in Rome.
27/ 7
2023
CEU Summer Workshop - Geospatial Technologies for Building Resilience
Budapest (Hungary), Hybrid Event, 27/07/2023
Geospatial technologies and remote sensing are valuable resources to monitor the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and thei...
11/ 7
2023
13/7
2023
Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum 2023
Amman (Jordan), Hybrid Event, 11/07/2023 - 13/07/2023
This three-day event, which will take place from 11th to 13th July in Amman, Jordan, aims at assisting countries in the NENA region in the development of their e-agriculture national strategy.
12/ 7
2023
Latest advancements on PyAEZ, an innovative free and open-source application for land evaluation
Virtual Event, 12/07/2023
This event aims to promote the use of innovative free and open-source tools for making AEZ analysis more accessible through the GAEZ Data Portal.
8/ 3
2023
10/5
2023
FAO Webinar Series: Earth observation data for agricultural statistics
Virtual Event, 08/03/2023 - 10/05/2023
From 8 March to 10 May 2023, FAO's Office of Chief Statistician organized a Webinar Series on Earth observation data for agricultural statistics. The webinar series raised awareness of the EOSTAT project and highlighted FAO's work in building countries' capacity on the use of Earth observation data for the production of agricultural statistics.
5/ 5
2023
Presentation: WaPOR database version 3.0 and the new WaPOR portal
Hybrid Event, 05/05/2023
WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and will feature data obtained through an updated methodology (version 3.0).
11/ 5
2023
AgroInformatics Tech Talk ’The EO platform ecosystem and digital innovation activities in support of land applications'
Virtual Event, 11/05/2023
FAO AgroInformatics Tech Talks, hosted by FAO Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI), aim at sparking peer-to-peer discussions on the central role that technology, science and data play in sustainable digital agriculture for targeted impact and to strengthen links within the agroinformatics community and beyond.
24/ 1
2023
26/1
2023
Regional Workshop on ‘Increasing agricultural development project impact through better planning and communications using FAO´s Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform’
Virtual Event, 24/01/2023 - 26/01/2023
Regional training on the use of the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform for increased agricultural development project impact.
17/ 2
2023
Digital Agriculture: Driving Digital Transformation for Food Security
Virtual Event, 17/02/2023
This Webinar will explore the concept of food security in the context of digital agriculture and the role of AI and IoT in delivering interventions for the optimization of agricultural production processes.