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DTSTART:20260728T123000Z
DTEND:20260728T133000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Registration & breakfast\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T133000Z
DTEND:20260728T150000Z
SUMMARY:Welcome & Opening Plenary
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 2026 July ESIP Meeting!\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:PLENARY
LOCATION:Zlotnik Ballroom (1\,2\,3\,4)
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T150000Z
DTEND:20260728T160000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T160000Z
DTEND:20260728T173000Z
SUMMARY:ESDIS AI/ML Strategies
DESCRIPTION:We find ourselves in a position where the near-exponential growth of our archive is causing several problems: our archive grows faster than our community's ability to navigate it\, and faster than our ability to manage it. To combat this\, on the user side\, researchers increasingly work through AI-assisted tools. If NASA data is not findable and usable in those environments\, we cede our role as the authoritative source for Earth science data. On the curation side\, NASA needs to increasingly rely on automation. We will present our AI strategies targeting four areas: Production (AI-powered pipeline segments\, mission data and metadata development)\; Infrastructure (open machine-readable interfaces\, intelligent user support triage)\; Access (dataset matchmaking via external AI assistants\, semantic discovery as a service)\; Analysis (Earth science notebook extension in JupyterLab\, reproducibility scaffolding).\n\nAudience\nAnyone who wants or needs to employ AI/ML processes in their work
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T160000Z
DTEND:20260728T173000Z
SUMMARY:Modern Tools and Interoperable Workflows for Geospatial Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Building an open and collaborative geospatial community depends on creating opportunities to share emerging technologies\, interoperable tools\, and practical workflows. This session brings together participants of all experience levels to explore new approaches to analysis and data access while encouraging collaboration and idea sharing. Speakers and developers will showcase community-focused tools through approachable demonstrations designed to provide attendees with resources they can immediately apply in their own work. Pre-managed environments such as Google Colab will be used to share live coding examples\, web tools\, and other resources.\n\nAudience\nGeospatial scientists\, educators\, students\, and data providers interested in learning about newer geospatial tools\, workflows\, and data formats\; open to coding and learning new software
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T160000Z
DTEND:20260728T173000Z
SUMMARY:Real-Time Field Science Applications
DESCRIPTION:Earth Science Field Campaigns require applications and tools that assist with real-time tracking\, products\, and documentation. Various organizations have developed applications with similar capabilities. This session brings together managers and software engineers who manage these applications to learn from each other\, enabling each entity to build better applications. Applications to be discussed include: FARM Guru (real-time mobile radar data displays)\, ARM Field Campaign Dashboard (real-time data plots and documentation)\, NASA FCX (field data product viewer)\, SASSI (severe weather comms and real-time data)\, and NSF NCAR EOL Field Catalog (real-time field campaign platform tracking\, documentation\, and data product viewer). Session will close with a 25-minute panel discussion.\n\nAudience\nESIP Envirosensing Cluster members\; anyone who works in earth observing science and wants to learn about real-time field science applications
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T160000Z
DTEND:20260728T173000Z
SUMMARY:Data Preservation in a Time of Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at UT Austin supports large-scale compute and data storage across all areas of science\, with the NSF-supported Leadership Class Computing Facility (LCCF) now coming online. NCAR approached TACC to implement a more effective disaster recovery approach than storing tapes in a fireproof vault\, leading to a transfer of 15 PB of data over R&E networks beginning February 2026. This session details the preliminary design work\, technological tradeoffs weighed\, and how transfers of this scale can be accomplished and become commonplace. It will also discuss how TACC resources are available to the broader ESIP community.\n\nAudience\nCouncil of Data Facilities representatives\; researchers or project leads working with significant data resources\; representatives from high performance networking providers\, NSF-sponsored computing centers\, and universities with large-scale computing centers and data repositories
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T160000Z
DTEND:20260728T173000Z
SUMMARY:From Bespoke to Universal: How Standards Can Support NASA's Tool Convergence Effort
DESCRIPTION:This session will seek to bring tool developers together with metadata curators to explore how we can work together to make more data more usable through improved standards compliance and more robust metadata. Metadata curation\, data product design\, standards development\, and software engineering are typically done by completely separate teams\, but software that makes Earth science data accessible requires standardized formats and data models\, and robust\, standards-compliant metadata. As ESDIS moves away from bespoke data tools toward an integrated environment of shared\, enterprise-class tools and services\, this session aims to bring together diverse groups to understand how to work more cooperatively to improve data FAIRness.\n\nAudience\nMetadata curators\, software engineers\, and data producers (scientists) who want to improve data FAIRness
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T173000Z
DTEND:20260728T190000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Lunch & networking\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Tejas Dining Room
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T190000Z
DTEND:20260728T203000Z
SUMMARY:The National Spatial Data Infrastructure: Progress and the Path to a NextGeneration SDI Specification
DESCRIPTION:Accessing spatial data shouldn’t be this hard. Scientists routinely struggle to find\ncurrent\, authoritative\, and validated datasets across agencies and platforms. This\nsession directly addresses those pain points by bringing together policy\, technology\,\nand community voices to focus on practical solutions that make data easier to find\,\naccess\, and use.\n\nWe will connect federal SDI governance\, nextgeneration OGC standards\, and\nAIassisted data discovery to show how the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)\nis evolving to better support Earth science. The session will provide an update on\nprogress to date\, outline the current status of the NSDI\, and—most importantly—invite\ndirect input from the Earth science community through an open Request for\nInformation (RFI). Participants will see concrete examples of how modern SDI\napproaches can reduce datawrangling time\, improve metadata quality\, and streamline\ncrossagency discovery workflows.\n\nThe NSDI is a foundational framework for linking Earth science data producers and\nconsumers across organizational and jurisdictional boundaries. Modernizing the NSDI\ndirectly supports ESIP’s “Bridging Divides” theme by connecting data\, technology\, and\ncommunity in ways that reduce friction\, improve interoperability\, and accelerate\nscientific insight.
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T190000Z
DTEND:20260728T203000Z
SUMMARY:Virtual Stores: Bridging Archival Formats with Cloud-Native Access (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Virtual store technology enables network-optimized access to archival file formats and is gaining traction at large data providers such as NASA. This two-part session focuses on knowledge sharing and community building for anyone adopting virtual store technology. Part 1 features presentations from varied data producers within ESIP on how the technology is being adopted: pipeline systems\, virtual stores in production\, and complex data use cases. Part 2 (following session) is a working session with breakout groups focused on iterating on the virtual stores feasibility report\, discussing standards requirements (e.g. GeoZarr)\, and hands-on building of virtual datasets.\n\nAudience\nData engineers\, data-related program managers\, cloud data users
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T190000Z
DTEND:20260728T203000Z
SUMMARY:Failure Isn't Failing
DESCRIPTION:We hide our failures. Our resumes and CVs sing of our accomplishments\, but not the twisted path we took to get there. In this session\, three community leaders will proudly tell tales of their professional failures: the impact they had\, what their response was\, and with hindsight\, what it might have been in a kinder universe. This session is offered in support of every researcher with imposter syndrome\, every scientist who didn't get an experiment to work\, and everyone who had a dream job turned nightmare. Significant audience participation is expected.\n\nAudience\nEarly career researchers who want to learn how others have failed and pivoted\; experienced professionals who want to know they aren't alone\; everyone in between
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Developing Community Recommendations for Enhanced Data Impact through Governance and Stewardship
DESCRIPTION:This session is the third and final in a series on how connecting data governance and stewardship efforts across organizations can enhance interoperability and maximize impact of Earth science data. A report from the July 2025 ESIP session has been published to ESIP Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17990054). In this final session\, organizers will share analysis and progress since then and invite participants to contribute to the development of community recommendations for the Earth science community on enhancing data impact through improved interoperability.\n\nAudience\nData stewards\, developers\, architects\, policy-makers\, and anyone interested in improving interoperability of their research data through data governance and stewardship practices
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
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SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T190000Z
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SUMMARY:To PID or Not to PID: Advanced Topics in Physical Sample Data Curation
DESCRIPTION:The ESIP Physical Sample Curation Cluster recently published a guide for scientific authors on 'Publishing Open Research Using Physical Samples.' This interactive session builds on that work to spur new discussion on advanced topics in open research using physical samples\, with the goal of identifying places for further best practices development. Three 8-minute presentations will showcase key advanced topics\, followed by ~40 minutes in breakout groups using large sticky note posters to document use cases and outline proposed guidance. The session closes with ~20 minutes of report-backs and discussion on next steps. Seeded discussion topics include CRediT taxonomy and samples\, and field campaigns.\n\nAudience\nResearchers who use physical samples\; curators of physical sample collections\; infrastructure developers and data stewards who work on systems containing digital sample identifiers\; ESIP community members with connections to scholarly journal infrastructure and DOI registries
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260728T203000Z
DTEND:20260728T210000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T210000Z
DTEND:20260728T223000Z
SUMMARY:Trusted Data and AI as a Potential Trusted Data Stream for Disasters
DESCRIPTION:This session addresses when and where data are available for disaster response and recovery efforts. It will discuss latency for data collection\, formerly available services that have been discontinued and where archives exist\, failures of early warning systems\, and how AI can aid in response and recovery — including the pitfalls of relying on AI for analyzing disaster-related data. The session features the Trusted Data Now! interface\, developed by DLC fellow Jeil Oh\, which gathers trusted data resources in one centralized location. The session will conclude with a roundtable discussion with audience input.\n\nAudience\nScientists and researchers\; data community\; decision-making community (e.g. agencies)\; students\; ESIP Disaster Lifecycle and Wildfires Cluster members
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T210000Z
DTEND:20260728T223000Z
SUMMARY:Virtual Stores: Bridging Archival Formats with Cloud-Native Access (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Part 2 of the Virtual Stores session. This working session has participants forming breakout groups\, each with a lead\, focused on: iterating on the virtual stores feasibility report\; discussion topics such as how to integrate search with access and what standards are required (e.g. GeoZarr)\; and hands-on work building a virtual dataset. Virtual stores enable network-optimized access to archival file formats and are gaining traction at large data providers such as NASA. The goal is knowledge sharing and community building for anyone adopting virtual store technology.\n\nAudience\nData engineers\, data-related program managers\, cloud data users
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260728T210000Z
DTEND:20260728T223000Z
SUMMARY:Organising Hybrid Meetings: Making Them Worthwhile Rather Than Striving for Perfect
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid meetings became common after COVID-19 lockdowns lifted\, but many conferences have returned to fully in-person formats\, which reduces inclusivity. Travel costs are particularly high for those from the Global South\, and many people face restrictions such as caring responsibilities or health issues. This session works with participants to develop: (1) a toolbox of approaches and techniques that work well in hybrid meetings\; and (2) a structured list of approaches to a good hybrid meeting covering technology\, facilitation\, and logistics. Includes a short talk from an EGU representative on how EGU makes hybrid meetings work.\n\nAudience\nAnyone looking for approaches to make conferences and events more accessible\, participatory\, and inclusive — both as organisers and as participants
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
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SEQUENCE:0
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DTEND:20260728T223000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging Divides Through Data Rescue: Best Practices for Rescuing Long-Term Datasets
DESCRIPTION:Data rescue is the ultimate bridge between the scientific past\, present\, and future. It connects legacy records and multiple formats with AI/ML for digitization and cloud storage to serve a broader community needing long-term baseline data. This session covers data rescue relevant to any sector\, with examples from earth sciences including natural systems and applied contexts (forestry\, agriculture). It covers triaging which data to focus on first\, working through examples\, and discussing current challenges. Participants are encouraged to bring data examples they want help troubleshooting.\n\nAudience\nScientists learning to integrate historical datasets into modern longitudinal studies\; data stewards and archivists seeking new tools\; tech developers identifying pain points in the rescue pipeline\; students and educators
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:The ESDIS Metadata and Data Quality Drive
DESCRIPTION:This session puts forward the case that high quality metadata leads to better tools and services\, and that standardized data leads to less costly tools and services. The session tests two hypotheses: (1) improving metadata quality will improve the quality of tools and services\; and (2) improving standardization of incoming data will reduce the cost of ingest\, archive\, and distribution. Improvements being tested include bringing UMM-C inventory in line with schema validation rules\, turning on CMR schema validation\, establishing CMR as single point of truth for ESDIS metadata\, and iterative AI/ML-powered improvement of collection metadata. The session measures reduction of issues reported against Earthdata Search.\n\nAudience\nData providers\, data curators\, research scientists
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
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DTSTART:20260728T220000Z
DTEND:20260728T233000Z
SUMMARY:Welcome Reception
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T123000Z
DTEND:20260729T133000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Registration & breakfast\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Tejas Dining Room
SEQUENCE:0
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DTEND:20260729T150000Z
SUMMARY:Build an MCP Server for AWS Open Data Using Vibe Coding with Kiro (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:In this hands-on workshop\, participants learn how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that can access the Registry of Open Data\, using Vibe Coding with Kiro — with no manual coding required. Part 1 introduces MCP servers and the Registry of Open Data\, demonstrates how conversations with Kiro become working code using vibe coding\, and begins building tools to search and discover imagery and data. The workshop leverages features of the Registry of Open Data including searching by mission and by tags and fetching imagery. Part 2 (following session slot) continues building and applying the MCP server.\n\nAudience\nData scientists\, developers\, data analysts\, technical managers
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
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DTEND:20260729T150000Z
SUMMARY:Closing the ARCO Adoption Gap: Modernizing Data Analysis Workflows
DESCRIPTION:Despite the growing availability of Analysis-Ready\, Cloud-Optimized (ARCO) data\, most of the Earth System Science community still relies on legacy download-and-analyze workflows. This session brings together data providers\, software developers\, and users to compare notes on what is actually moving the needle on adoption\, with focus on interoperability across ARCO datasets from different providers. It also discusses the rapidly expanding role of LLM-assisted data discovery and analysis\, including emerging tooling such as MCP servers. Through lightning talks\, demonstrations\, and guided discussion\, the session will surface pain points and collaboratively draft a lightweight ARCO Adoption Notes document.\n\nAudience\nOpen data providers (NASA\, NOAA\, DOE\, NSF NCAR\, USGS\, university data centers)\; tool and cyberinfrastructure developers\; Earth science researchers and domain scientists including graduate students and early-career researchers
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
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SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Bridging Human Silos: Setting Up Data-Centric Communities of Practice to Reach Across Divides
DESCRIPTION:The session organizers are building communities of practice around ICESat-2 datasets by convening disciplinary-related data user groups to share pain points and solutions. This session invites the ESIP community to share experiences with building or participating in similar CoPs to create guidance for replicating and sustaining these human connection spaces. Organizers will share lessons learned from ICESat-2 Inland Water and Forestry/Biomass/Canopy communities\, covering how to find participants\, what training attendees desire\, and successes seen so far. The session then workshops best practices for a community of practice.\n\nAudience\nPeople who have a stake in how communities of practice are set up and conducted\; those who want to build their own CoP around a specific discipline\, mission\, or topic
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
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DTSTART:20260729T133000Z
DTEND:20260729T150000Z
SUMMARY:Federal Data Strategies: Successes and Opportunities for Bridging Divides
DESCRIPTION:A continuation of sessions on Federal Data Strategies that started in 2023\, this session is a venue for federal agencies to share opportunities for collaborations that will maximize the impact of investments in Earth science data resources. Federal agency representatives will address: emerging joint-agency opportunities in developing open data ecosystems\; improving coordination among agencies in data management resource investments\; innovative approaches to leverage existing Federal data investments to move from access to integration\; and coordinating Federal agencies to facilitate benefits of artificial intelligence. Followed by discussion and audience input on the ESIP meeting theme.\n\nAudience\nFederal government data practitioners\; ESIP program committee\; connectors\; users of federal data who want to understand how agency activities will influence data coordination and integration
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
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SUMMARY:Update on WMO Information System 2.0
DESCRIPTION:The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System 2.0 (WIS2) is the new data exchange backbone for 193 WMO Members across all WMO Earth system domains: weather\, climate\, hydrology\, ocean\, atmospheric composition\, cryosphere\, and space weather. WIS2 is built on a modern cloud-native technology stack using standards developed within OGC and WMO\, providing discovery\, access\, and near real-time notification of data availability. This session brings together WIS2 and OGC API experts for an update and discussion covering WIS2 architecture\, FOSS reference implementations\, pilots and production rollout globally\, and mechanisms for trusted organisations to publish data to WIS2.\n\nAudience\nData producers interested in making their data available to the weather forecasting community\; researchers and educators interested in accessing and using WIS2 data
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/4888f7890d037d9073693fd39d0b514c
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T150000Z
DTEND:20260729T160000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T160000Z
DTEND:20260729T173000Z
SUMMARY:Build an MCP Server for AWS Open Data Using Vibe Coding with Kiro (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Continuation of the hands-on MCP server workshop. Part 2 deepens the work begun in Part 1\, expanding the MCP server's capabilities to search and discover imagery and data from the Registry of Open Data. Participants continue using Vibe Coding with Kiro to build tools that allow searching and discovering data without writing any code. The session concludes with applying the finished MCP server to datasets of participants' choosing. No manual coding required. Participants are encouraged to check out the Registry of Open Data in advance: https://registry.opendata.aws/\n\nAudience\nData scientists\, developers\, data analysts\, technical managers
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/fe19d2d3429a069c46db8ffc66065d7b
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T160000Z
DTEND:20260729T173000Z
SUMMARY:Harmonizing Innovation and Preservation: Integrating Cloud-Native Formats into Open Earth Science Ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:The federal government is accelerating data preservation efforts and is beginning to receive cloud-native formats for long-term preservation. Archivists and data management practitioners now face the challenge of preserving formats that are community-managed but not yet adopted by widely recognized authoritative bodies such as LOC or NARA. This session explores the policy gap and the need for agile governance frameworks on new cloud-optimized formats. Agencies will share how they have successfully adopted and implemented new cloud formats as part of cloud migration\, covering advantages and disadvantages\, governance policy\, data access considerations\, and documentation requirements.\n\nAudience\nData management professionals\, policy makers\, developers\, GIS analysts
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/87e10cb1be39c3c9f1a21d9ddbb97917
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T160000Z
DTEND:20260729T173000Z
SUMMARY:Building Technical Know-How Through Innovation Seed-Funding and Community
DESCRIPTION:New projects bring new technical skill needs at every career stage. Through small projects\, prototyping\, and community input\, programs like the ESIP Lab and the USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) provide pathways for researchers to experiment with technology development in a low-stakes environment\, gaining skills to leverage new data\, tools\, and AI technologies. This session brings together program managers\, funded PIs\, and other ESIP attendees to share lessons learned in building technical capacity. Goals include helping attendees understand how these programs differ from normal funded projects\, presenting what leads to success\, and gathering input on what would help attendees succeed.\n\nAudience\nUSGS Community for Data Integration seed-funded project members\; ESIP Lab members\; anyone interested in learning more by applying for or using the products of these two programs
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/e16f22cc1d59190a0ccab3541da018fe
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T160000Z
DTEND:20260729T173000Z
SUMMARY:Facilitating Scientists' Learning While Stress Testing Open Science Principles via Openscapes
DESCRIPTION:How do we meld open science principles to meet government agency requirements? By making space for open collaboration. This session explores melding and messiness\, focusing on two stories: (1) NASA Openscapes Mentors' code-based tutorials and learning resources in the Earthdata Cloud Cookbook and how they could be better integrated into the NASA Earthdata unified website\; (2) NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Mentors' efforts to secure and help govern shared cloud resources for staff across the agency. Themes include trustworthiness\, AI-readiness\, maintenance and time allocation for review\, serving the community\, and philosophical and technical questions.\n\nAudience\nCross-agency folks of all expertise — technical\, policy\, and beyond — who can share experiences and help develop solutions and next steps
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/01222bcddf968a0ef596fad82bd15cda
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T160000Z
DTEND:20260729T173000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging the Divide Between Geospatial Data and Clinical Data with Standards
DESCRIPTION:This discussion-focused session presents a first draft of a proposed metadata and provenance standard for linking geospatial and clinical data\, capturing all metadata needed for clinical and public health applications. The facilitated discussion will probe the limits of the standard. The Geodata 4 Health cluster has desired outcomes designed to close gaps between those who collect data and those who use data\, between scientific disciplines\, to harmonize tools and resources\, and to move toward true data integration. Organizers plan to work with session design support to maximize utility and impact.\n\nAudience\nESIP and Geodata 4 Health cluster members\; participants from NIH\, NASA\, NOAA\, and USGS\; ESIP clusters including Air Quality\, Disaster Lifecycle\, Data Readiness\, Information Quality\, and Wildfire
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7a71655a1a32d8bd5e82c4cec1b7f297
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/7a71655a1a32d8bd5e82c4cec1b7f297
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T173000Z
DTEND:20260729T190000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Lunch & networking\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Tejas Dining Room
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/19804c9f2d470c8fcb8b4d9357a085b1
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T190000Z
DTEND:20260729T203000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging Discipline Divides: Applying AI to Curation (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Metadata curation deals with many processes that can be substantially accelerated through AI\, including selecting relevant terms from large controlled vocabularies\, drafting descriptions\, and extracting basic information from resources being described. This session brings together challenges\, works in progress\, and successes from several NASA sciences on incorporating AI techniques into curation workflows. Part 1 features presentations from all five NASA science areas — Heliophysics\, Astrophysics\, Earth Science\, Planetary Science\, and Biological and Physical Sciences — balanced with discussion for attendees to learn from others' work and collaboratively incorporate that progress into their own curation workflows for data\, software\, and other science resources.\n\nAudience\nESIP Semantic Technologies Committee members\; ESIP Data Stewardship and Machine Learning Cluster members\; curators and data stewards in any science looking for new methods\; repository managers seeking to streamline metadata workflows
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1ab0c75bc4f8692a0efcf437458f9806
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/1ab0c75bc4f8692a0efcf437458f9806
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T190000Z
DTEND:20260729T203000Z
SUMMARY:Help Us\, Help Ourselves: Sharing Infrastructure Across Repository Networks
DESCRIPTION:Open data repositories share a common core set of needs for computing and networking infrastructure. As repositories grow\, there is an increasing trend to move 24x7 operational services from on-prem data centers to commercial cloud providers\, often at significantly higher prices (redundant multi-site storage can be 10-30x higher than on-prem). In light of recent massive funding cuts\, this Council of Data Facilities cluster session explores synergies and efficiencies gained when repository networks cooperatively provide mutual access to on-prem data center facilities. Case studies will focus on shared storage infrastructure\, drawing on networks like OSDF and OSN. The session will develop a roadmap for a bottom-up community effort to help repositories help themselves.\n\nAudience\nRepository managers\, technology developers\, and open data facility users interested in sustainable\, reliable\, and accessible open data\; academic and federal facilities
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/fff62d5990b049754b4a025404b94694
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T190000Z
DTEND:20260729T203000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging Divides and Getting to Yes
DESCRIPTION:Good ideas do not become reality on their own. Bridging divides often requires bringing together different perspectives\, aligning priorities\, and overcoming what can feel like intractable inertia. Through personal stories and practical lessons\, speakers will reflect on the often unseen work of building support\, creating momentum\, and getting from "maybe" to "yes."\n\nAudience\nParticipants across all career stages and areas of expertise
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e13c5cd8d701b15e6934927bdea65c57
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/e13c5cd8d701b15e6934927bdea65c57
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T190000Z
DTEND:20260729T203000Z
SUMMARY:Workshopping Earth Science Knowledge Rescue
DESCRIPTION:Recent workforce disruptions and grant cancellations have separated hundreds of earth scientists from their research and institutions. While raw data may remain on servers\, the vital undocumented context — methodological workarounds\, interrupted longitudinal data\, negative results — is at immediate risk of permanent loss. This interactive session workshops an Earth Science Knowledge Living Library framework operating on three levels: The Living Library (a dynamic accessible repository for sharing undocumented knowledge)\; The Knowledge Trust (a steward of intellectual property using Creator-Controlled Licensing)\; and The Seed Vault (a secure embargoed preservation space). Participants will validate licensing principles\, map knowledge-at-risk scenarios\, and identify pilot advisory board members.\n\nAudience\nResearchers whose work has been disrupted\; anyone interested in knowledge preservation\; broad relevance across the Earth science informatics community
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/5ae4baea04c0e306e1973d2e1d6b42ec
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T190000Z
DTEND:20260729T203000Z
SUMMARY:Community Best Practices for Modern Model Workflows
DESCRIPTION:This working session brings together perspectives from Earth system modeling centers approaching exascale-scale data archives to share\, learn\, and document best practices for rethinking and optimizing Earth science modeling architecture. NOAA GFDL presents their legacy architecture rewrite and current technical roadblocks\, then facilitates breakout discussions across five topics: (1) Cloud-Native Execution and Portability\; (2) Analysis-Ready Cloud-Optimized (ARCO) output and volume/transfer mitigation\; (3) Unified Catalogs\, Interactive Discovery\, and Metadata\; (4) Automated Analysis and Post-Processing Pipelines\; (5) Impact and opportunities from the AI technological shift. The session concludes with synthesis and community-driven recommendations.\n\nAudience\nResearch software engineers\, data engineers\, cloud architects\, downstream application developers\, data managers\, metadata specialists\, earth system modelers\, and domain scientists
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f44ecbabb1251132144a3ab547cc97f3
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/f44ecbabb1251132144a3ab547cc97f3
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T203000Z
DTEND:20260729T210000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a25ba79fc13c9ff25d6c0d704a04fdf1
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/a25ba79fc13c9ff25d6c0d704a04fdf1
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T210000Z
DTEND:20260729T223000Z
SUMMARY:Enhancing Earth Science Data Stewardship with AI: Real-World Examples and Experiences (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:AI capabilities are developing tremendously quickly\, creating opportunities for those supporting the research data enterprise to do their work in new or more efficient ways. But the rapid pace also creates divides: some people have access to the time\, expertise\, and resources to learn how to apply AI tools\, while others do not. This session (Part 2 of the AI curation series) shares real-world experiences and lessons learned about how people are applying specific AI tools to the work of managing and making research data useful. Lightning talks followed by a roundtable discussion covering what is working well\, what has been tried but is not ready for prime time\, and key considerations and cautions.\n\nAudience\nThose with a success story or cautionary tale about applying AI to research data management\; those who want to understand how AI might help address their own challenges and tasks
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:19f6274765a697f4e62556898470a607
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/19f6274765a697f4e62556898470a607
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T210000Z
DTEND:20260729T223000Z
SUMMARY:earthaccess: Five Years of Open Source Science Leadership at NASA
DESCRIPTION:earthaccess is a powerful model for open-source tool sustainability and user-driven development: widely used not only because it solves real user problems\, but because it has been intentionally developed openly and amplified via storytelling. This session shares several short stories and includes an open mic: what earthaccess is and its current impact\; how the community works via hackdays (ESIP FUNding Friday followup!)\; open governance (JOSS publication\, move to earthaccess-dev)\; current focus on virtualizing and AI-preparation\; untold enabling stories\; and an open mic for attendees to share their own earthaccess experiences and contributions.\n\nAudience\nAnyone who wants to become part of the earthaccess story\, get involved as contributors (users are contributors!)\, or learn about the python library and open science infrastructure
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3cab65dd6362aee4744b345f603395e8
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/3cab65dd6362aee4744b345f603395e8
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T210000Z
DTEND:20260729T223000Z
SUMMARY:The Evolution of the Community Fellows Program: Piloting a New Vision for the Future
DESCRIPTION:Since 2011\, the ESIP Community Fellows Program has served as a gateway for early career researchers to connect with the Earth data science community. This session shares 15 years of program successes\, including case studies of impactful work led by Community Fellows (30 minutes)\, then explores new opportunities for evolving the program based on recommendations compiled from a recent survey of the 2025 cohort of Fellows (60 minutes). The session invites anyone who wants to learn about what results in a successful collaboration\, who has participated in the Fellows program as a student or mentor\, or who wants to be involved in discussions on how best to support early career Earth science data professionals through ESIP.\n\nAudience\nCollaboration Area Chairs who have previously supported a Fellow\; past Community Fellows\; community members interested in mentorship opportunities
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e75835320efc4a021261d54e0a72936d
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/e75835320efc4a021261d54e0a72936d
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T210000Z
DTEND:20260729T223000Z
SUMMARY:Main Results from RDA Repo2Pub Working Group: Do We Need to Update the COPDESS Commitment Statement?
DESCRIPTION:This session has two parts. Part 1 reports on the nearly finalized RDA Repo2Pub Working Group\, which conducted interviews with 8 publishers and 8 repositories to analyze pain points in the Research Publication workflow between publishers\, domain repositories\, and researchers — identifying cross-stakeholder dependencies and bottlenecks. Part 2 revisits the COPDESS Statement of Commitment (publicly launched January 2014\, updated in 2017 with the FAIR data initiative). Since 2017\, repository-publisher interactions have become more complex\, AI is now integral to research\, and there are many more players. The session assesses whether the Commitment Statement needs revision.\n\nAudience\nResearchers\, repositories\, data providers\, publishers\, and editors
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d3507892da00aba1bfd737f68da205d2
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/d3507892da00aba1bfd737f68da205d2
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T210000Z
DTEND:20260729T223000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging Data Silos: Scaling Digital Resource Cards and Iterative Governance for Soil Data
DESCRIPTION:This session reviews and solicits feedback on digital resource cards that describe data holdings/repositories\, APIs\, semantic resources\, and related organizations — specifically cards describing agents (organizations\, labs\, people)\, semantics (vocabularies\, code lists\, ontologies)\, data holdings and APIs\, and publications. These cards capture what data are described by whom\, who governs data and semantic resources\, and how governance is communicated. Ongoing work from the Soil Ontology and Informatics Cluster\, this session gathers feedback and incorporates it into future iterations. The session closes with a brief discussion on how the resources will be governed and maintained.\n\nAudience\nESIP clusters or members of partner organizations who maintain semantic resources or knowledge bases of data holdings and repositories\; participants interested in knowledge management and community co-production
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b8f137f1f876c36983b8affae826b009
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/b8f137f1f876c36983b8affae826b009
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260729T223000Z
DTEND:20260730T003000Z
SUMMARY:Research Showcase Poster and Demo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an ESIP tradition - our Research Showcase Poster and Demo session! Learn more about your colleagues' work\, showcase your latest efforts\, ask questions\, and make new connections. \n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Zlotnik Ballroom (5\,6)
SEQUENCE:0
UID:11880e09c1699c8682c36a34aede46cf
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/11880e09c1699c8682c36a34aede46cf
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T123000Z
DTEND:20260730T133000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Registration & breakfast\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:96c5cff9ea5d862d9082eb43de8d9afd
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/96c5cff9ea5d862d9082eb43de8d9afd
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T133000Z
DTEND:20260730T150000Z
SUMMARY:ESIP Plenary
DESCRIPTION:ESIP Plenary\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:PLENARY
LOCATION:Zlotnik Ballroom (1\,2\,3\,4)
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f368188b56e32e607bb6b6ea9ba36876
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/f368188b56e32e607bb6b6ea9ba36876
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T150000Z
DTEND:20260730T160000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:580ada7dcc3e309cb7aa92800c8b5514
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/580ada7dcc3e309cb7aa92800c8b5514
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging Tools: Consolidating and Advancing Functionality to Meet Evolving User Needs
DESCRIPTION:Description\nTools enabling and simplifying data access\, subsetting\, visualization\, and early-analysis are useful to Earth data users across a wide range of communities. In today's environment of quickly evolving computing\, users need nimble tools that:\n&nbsp\;- Function across multiple types of data\, including data the tool was not originally designed to support\n&nbsp\;- Integrate features presently found across different tools\n&nbsp\;- Apply one or more tools' capabilities to data stored in multiple locations (ie: downloaded to a hard drive as well as in cloud)\n&nbsp\;- Subset\, parse\, and/or merge data from multiple sources to analysis-ready formats that also conserve data volume to limit egress costs\n\nIn this session\, we will interactively explore current functionality of several popular data-oriented tools with a focus on suborbital (non-satellite) Earth observations. The variety of capabilities\, backend requirements to support functional needs\, and some individual tools’ planned (or idealized) next steps will be discussed. Our interactive conversation will continue as attendees formulate a “wish list” of functionalities and enabling concepts and technologies (eg: metadata\, formats\, protocols\, and data governance standards) to envision an idealized future state that consolidates several (though perhaps not all) existing tools. \n\n\nAudience\nScience data users (especially but not limited to suborbital data)\; data managers and stewards\; data services and tools developers who want to voice needs and provide input\n\nConnection to Theme\nMany tools have been built/sustained by discipline-specific groups or entities\, and the notion of tool consolidation almost literally requires bridging the functional capacities of the tools themselves\, as well as the technical/developmental expertise of the tool makers/maintainers. This “bridging” also includes making connections across the various science communities using such tools.\n\nValue to Participants\nVoice your needs\, contribute opinions and professional perspectives on needs\, challenges\, and limitations to both current tools and plans you hear (or have heard) discussed for the future.\n\n
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dc1d9ba39d6003f468e5cdd04e717c24
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/dc1d9ba39d6003f468e5cdd04e717c24
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:NOAA NESDIS Data Technology and Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:NOAA's National Environmental Satellite\, Data\, and Information Service (NESDIS) provides public access to data and data products from NOAA-operated environmental satellites\, oceanographic and atmospheric observing systems\, and mission programs supporting understanding of our climate\, weather\, oceans\, and coasts. This session focuses on generating awareness and discussion on Federal data technology and infrastructure\, featuring talks by individuals and teams with moderated discussion and interactive elements. Topics include AI capabilities at NESDIS\, integrating legacy marine data into the cloud enterprise data system\, algorithm transition to operations within the NCCF\, and cloud migration strategies.\n\nAudience\nNOAA NESDIS data infrastructure professionals and the broader earth science data community\; those interested in Federal data technology\, infrastructure\, and cloud migration strategies
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5907cb6c290e13e972c7d05f10cf82e6
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/5907cb6c290e13e972c7d05f10cf82e6
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Human Infrastructure: Navigating Career Growth and Resilience in Earth Science
DESCRIPTION:While we increasingly rely on AI and agents to bridge data divides\, the development of these tools depends entirely on human connection and intuition. This interactive session addresses the challenges of navigating Earth science careers as the technical landscape shifts\, focusing on social science aspects involved in building AI tools and professional survival. A panel of early\, mid\, and senior-career professionals from academia and industry will share transparent roadmaps and advice for the next generation. Beyond technical skills\, the session uses group coaching techniques rooted in Energy Leadership and self-awareness to help participants move from survival mode to thriving. Leaders will share current job openings and the human insights they look for in candidates.\n\nAudience\nEarly-career and mid-career professionals balancing family and work\; participants from all levels of experience across public sector\, private sector\, and program management
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c5edc28c83b3827ee18cf1c58ca05a5a
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/c5edc28c83b3827ee18cf1c58ca05a5a
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:Inform NASA Earthdata Progression and Utility for Earth Science Data Users
DESCRIPTION:This session provides an interactive environment to inform updates for the gateway to NASA's freely available and openly accessible Earth science data repository. Finding the right Earth science data can be overwhelming given the volume of tools and technologies available for accessing petabytes of data. The session is designed for feedback but is rooted in discovery — participants may also learn new ways to find\, access\, and visualize data through the interactive session. Participants are encouraged to explore earthdata.nasa.gov in advance. Responses from session participants will inform the work plan for near-future feature development and content curation of NASA Earthdata.\n\nAudience\nData novices\, Earth science researchers\, app developers\, interdisciplinary scientists
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:efb016688eef67f056f5c796af52b3ea
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/efb016688eef67f056f5c796af52b3ea
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:Cell-Based Spatiotemporal Data Standards: Where Conventions Support\, Where They Diverge\, and What to Work on Together
DESCRIPTION:The NetCDF-CF based Unidata Common Data Model has become the de facto abstract data model for interchange of cell-based spatiotemporal data\, but related conventions are being substantially renegotiated. Zarr v3 was released in early 2025 with sharding and a formal extension mechanism. The Zarr community prototyped a modular Zarr Conventions framework at the October 2025 Zarr Summit. STAC became an OGC Community Standard with active work on aligning the datacube extension with the core bands construct. OGC API-EDR is developing rapidly. This session brings together community members working across these projects to discuss convergence\, divergence\, and coordination needs. The deliverable is a public seminar series proposal and specific actions\, drafted live.\n\nAudience\nData managers\, cloud native specialists\, oceanographic/atmospheric/landscape modelers\, software developers\, data modelers working with Zarr\, NetCDF\, STAC\, CF\, or OGC standards
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1522fc750304ac979ec7667f6cf28cae
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/1522fc750304ac979ec7667f6cf28cae
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T160000Z
DTEND:20260730T173000Z
SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop Session: Explore Resources from the Choose Energy Program
DESCRIPTION:This session introduces Energy Excursions\, an online curriculum for high school that helps you easily include energy topics into your classroom to meet required content standards\; to showcase the integrated nature of STEM using applied energy topics\, and to provide your students with online curriculum that covers the various levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy\, culminating in a design challenge for your students. The curriculum provides a window into the interdisciplinary nature of the skills\, knowledge and creativity required to provide energy to a global society\, as well as an understanding of the challenges that make energy projects exciting and the oversight and considerations that keep these projects safe for humans and their environment.\n\nOutcome/Goals:\n● Explore Energy Excursion units\n● Engage in online activities\n● Consider how you might incorporate an Energy Excursion into your teaching\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:TEACHER WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Pecos
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/a9744d104b884c7aa103a4bf93bcc4fa
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T173000Z
DTEND:20260730T190000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Lunch & network\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Tejas Dining Room
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3b3b409917eb055d84794018cf6fd2ba
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/3b3b409917eb055d84794018cf6fd2ba
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Unconference
DESCRIPTION:Open unconference session — topics and format to be determined collaboratively by attendees on the day. All five rooms are available. Participants self-organize into groups around topics of shared interest and report back to the broader group.\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:61b060db2b7463b51409c51225d3e989
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/61b060db2b7463b51409c51225d3e989
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Unconference
DESCRIPTION:Open unconference session — topics and format to be determined collaboratively by attendees on the day. All five rooms are available. Participants self-organize into groups around topics of shared interest and report back to the broader group.\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:62f8f0ae9a55e9660ab4368363b15a58
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/62f8f0ae9a55e9660ab4368363b15a58
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Unconference
DESCRIPTION:Open unconference session — topics and format to be determined collaboratively by attendees on the day. All five rooms are available. Participants self-organize into groups around topics of shared interest and report back to the broader group.\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:851d3b00d2cbeae5e6609e3f80767af3
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/851d3b00d2cbeae5e6609e3f80767af3
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Unconference
DESCRIPTION:Open unconference session — topics and format to be determined collaboratively by attendees on the day. All five rooms are available. Participants self-organize into groups around topics of shared interest and report back to the broader group.\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b3c959a88f27f8dcdf36ecd69821f67
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/8b3c959a88f27f8dcdf36ecd69821f67
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Unconference
DESCRIPTION:Open unconference session — topics and format to be determined collaboratively by attendees on the day. All five rooms are available. Participants self-organize into groups around topics of shared interest and report back to the broader group.\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:da4fd6e3c557e1b3061428bdcb5c8e03
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/da4fd6e3c557e1b3061428bdcb5c8e03
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T190000Z
DTEND:20260730T203000Z
SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop Session: Data Jamboree: Explore Data and Data Tools from NOAA\, NASA\, USGS\, AGI\, EarthScope\, PRI\, and More
DESCRIPTION:Much environmental\, biological Earth science data for science teaching is freely available online. We will explore and share a variety of datasets and tools including visualization of 3-D data using MERGE Cubes! Some resources we will share include PRI’s&nbsp\;Earth@Home\, NOAA’s&nbsp\;Data in the Classroom\, NASA’s MyNASA Data and more.\n\nOutcome/Goals:\n●&nbsp\;Explore data and data tools from a variety of ESIP partners\n●&nbsp\;Engage in online activities\n● Consider how you might incorporate these activities into your teaching
CATEGORIES:TEACHER WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Pecos
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a4580900c2b0398bed8dcccea6d61c35
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/a4580900c2b0398bed8dcccea6d61c35
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T203000Z
DTEND:20260730T210000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Rowling Hall Floor 3 Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:378e0683ffaaedfab5910f1c2ace0450
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/378e0683ffaaedfab5910f1c2ace0450
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:ESIP Bright Spots @DataCite
DESCRIPTION:\nMany ESIP members use DataCite as a tool for providing unique and persistent identifiers for many kinds of research outputs\, i.e. Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). While these identifiers are an important element of the classic citation and identification use case\, the metadata associated with them can serve many other use cases. We will focus on tools for measuring metadata completeness with the goal of finding outstanding examples of complete metadata\, "bright spots"\, in the ESIP community that others can learn from and emulate.\n\nBackground:\nDataCite Bright Spots – Repositories\, Consortia\, and ImprovementsFAIR Use Cases For DataCiteCommunity Can Help Improve Metadata\n\n
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
UID:707ccc0e153ae87d08c360a3ae631619
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/707ccc0e153ae87d08c360a3ae631619
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:From Code to Conversation: Emerging AI Interface Patterns for Spatial Data and Analysis
DESCRIPTION:When an AI client talks to a map\, a STAC catalog\, or an analysis runtime\, something has to define the contract between them — what state looks like\, how geometry travels\, how results come back interpretable. Right now every team is inventing this contract independently. This session is a working comparison across groups actively building in the space: what patterns are emerging\, where they diverge\, and which design choices are hardening into defaults. Through demos and short pattern talks\, the session surfaces tradeoffs (reliability vs capability\, declarative vs imperative\, transparent vs magical) and opens the floor for community questions that don't have answers yet. Laptops welcome. Partly a public design review of the ESIP Lab MCP Mapping work and EO-GPT.\n\nAudience\nEO data stewards and tool builders thinking about how their systems will be consumed by AI clients\; practitioners building LLM-driven geospatial workflows\; ESIP Machine Learning Cluster\, IT&I\, and Semantic Harmonization Cluster members\; non-developer analysts and educators
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9c3118797de97dc03c52758deca78d6b
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/9c3118797de97dc03c52758deca78d6b
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:ESDIS vs NESDIS
DESCRIPTION:This session gives attendees an opportunity to learn more about two key earth observation programs in the US Federal government: NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project and NOAA's National Environmental Satellite\, Data\, and Information Service (NESDIS). Both programs operate a fleet of earth observation satellites\, but there are key differences in their mission\, platforms and instruments\, and methods for data discovery and access. The session also covers important ways NASA and NOAA work together to achieve the larger mission of providing data and information about the global environment. Includes fun activities and agency/satellite mission swag.\n\nAudience\nESIP members who use earth observation data from either or both agencies
CATEGORIES:CLOUD-NATIVE & DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b2a643c4d0899f899a676f8ade4004cb
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/b2a643c4d0899f899a676f8ade4004cb
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:Bridging the Training Divide: A Roundtable on Evolving Earth Science Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:As Earth science datasets scale in complexity\, the methods we use to train the next generation of data users must evolve. From rapid hackathons (like the NOAA Satellites Hackathon) to structured open-source curricula (like NASA ARSET and COMET)\, organizations employ vastly different capacity-building philosophies that often exist in silos. This low-overhead working session maps the current landscape of satellite and remote sensing training ecosystems through community roundtable discussion\, exploring how different methodologies target diverse audiences and brainstorming how ESIP can bridge the gap between training programs. Participants are invited to reflect on friction points they have encountered when teaching Earth science data to non-experts.\n\nAudience\nEarth science educators\, data managers\, student attendees\, community engagement specialists\, and representatives from federal agencies (NASA\, NOAA\, USGS) interested in workforce development and data democratization
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e1a146245dd37472b9d8be6d09bdb9d5
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/e1a146245dd37472b9d8be6d09bdb9d5
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:ESIP's Contribution to Global Data Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Events in the US starting in January 2025 were a wake-up call: many who had their data and/or whose research depended on data in repositories started to ask:\nHow safe are my research-dependent datasets?How secure are the repository infrastructures in which they are stored?&nbsp\;Repositories in Europe\, Australia\, and elsewhere were inundated with requests to host threatened datasets: it was chaotic\; not everything could be moved - confusion reigned - which datasets were critical? Which datasets were key components of global data supply chains?&nbsp\;\n\nMany groups sprang into action - in particular\, the US-based ESIP Sustainable Data Management Cluster\, which\, led by Joseph Gum\, developed and published the&nbsp\;Repository Crisis Scorecard&nbsp\;within 2 months. In October 2025\, as a follow-up\, the&nbsp\;Building Resilient Repositories Project\, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and supported by&nbsp\;Tessera Strategies&nbsp\;and by the ESIP Sustainable Data Management Cluster\, was announced.\nOther projects followed\, including the:\nAGU’s Impactful Datasets ProjectThe AGU-led&nbsp\;Earth\, Space\, and Environmental Sciences Global Data Convening project\, funded by the Hewlett FoundationAs a follow-up from a Town Hall at EGU on “Data in Turbulent Times - How Resilient is Your Repository?” and the recent paper by Alex de Sherbinin on ‘Things Fall Apart: Lessons from a Defunded Data Repository’\, there is a proposal to develop a volume of essays on papers that record “Disasters\, Near Misses and Successful Resuscitations of Repositories in Crisis”.Members of the ESIP Sustainable Data Management Cluster are now working on 2 papers summarising the eventful activities of 2025:\nCan a repository survive a crisis? The Development of the Repository Crisis Scorecard\; andDefining Research Data Management ResiliencyIn addition\, decisions need to be made regarding the Results of the Sloan-funded Building Resilient Repositories Project.\nThis session is designed to inform participants of all these activities and to invite participation in those that are still open.\nThe final part of the session will focus on the future of the Data Sustainability Cluster\, which is currently seeking new chairs. &nbsp\;Two options have been proposed:\nStart new projects on Data Resilience\; andRevisit previous suggestions that this Cluster continue\, or start a new cluster that focuses on issues related to Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance\, following on from the publication by this Cluster on “Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles.”\nAudience\nAnyone is welcome to participate
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2aae06e6cbd4e3c11c83845cd27f878f
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/2aae06e6cbd4e3c11c83845cd27f878f
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T210000Z
DTEND:20260730T223000Z
SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop Session: Civiscape: AI Powered\, Democratized Earth Data for K-12 Education
DESCRIPTION:Education is most powerful when it's personal. This 90 minute session&nbsp\;introduces&nbsp\;CivicScape\, a digital learning platform that builds place-based\, standards-aligned lessons where students investigate real data from their community—air quality\, housing\, health\, and more—no data or GIS experience required. With CivicScape and Earth data\, classroom lessons stop being abstract and students start seeing themselves as agents of change in their own communities.\n\nOutcome/Goals:\n●&nbsp\;Navigate CivicScape to identify and analyze geospatial datasets relevant to their\nlocal community and classroom context\n● Design a place-based\, geospatial learning sequence that meets NGSS science and\nengineering practices\, with emphasis on asking questions\, analyzing data\, and\nconstructing explanations\n● Facilitate student exploration of local environmental and social data in ways that\ncenter diverse community experiences and promote equity
CATEGORIES:TEACHER WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Pecos
SEQUENCE:0
UID:98db0c5c71411aa5f67c83ec319f580f
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/98db0c5c71411aa5f67c83ec319f580f
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260730T223000Z
DTEND:20260731T013000Z
SUMMARY:FUNding Friday Poster Making
DESCRIPTION:Joy us for a fun night of engaging conversations and poster making!\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Gabriel's Cafe\, 1900 University Ave\, Austin\, TX 78705\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9bc793a8fcbf446572fbb3d1b914f7b7
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/9bc793a8fcbf446572fbb3d1b914f7b7
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T123000Z
DTEND:20260731T130000Z
SUMMARY:Continental Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Breakfast & registration\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:19c0aeea3e10d12a84c3cfd4a152bc57
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/19c0aeea3e10d12a84c3cfd4a152bc57
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T130000Z
DTEND:20260731T140000Z
SUMMARY:FUNding Friday Pitches
DESCRIPTION:FUNding Friday Pitches\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:GENERAL
LOCATION:Zlotnik Ballroom (5\,6)
SEQUENCE:0
UID:91419ee3f47e0a683cedfeaa92166aac
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/91419ee3f47e0a683cedfeaa92166aac
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T140000Z
DTEND:20260731T153000Z
SUMMARY:Epistemic Infrastructure for Responsible and Reliable AI in Earth and Environmental Science
DESCRIPTION:As AI and machine learning are increasingly deployed across the Earth and environmental sciences pipeline — from data ingestion through model training\, evaluation\, and downstream applications — the field faces a shared challenge: how do we know when AI outputs are fit for the purposes to which they are being put? This requires shared epistemic infrastructure: frameworks\, vocabularies\, documentation standards\, readiness assessments\, and governance practices that make AI systems legible\, evaluable\, and accountable. This session brings together researchers developing epistemic infrastructure components including data readiness frameworks\, model readiness standards\, AI/ML documentation protocols\, and pipeline risk assessment approaches. Designed as a structured working dialogue\, not a finished-products showcase.\n\nAudience\nResearchers actively developing epistemic infrastructure components\; data producers\; model developers\; end users\; representatives from NSF NCAR\, NOAA\, NASA\, DOE\, and university partners
CATEGORIES:AI & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2f4cc13d256b866f05d07128d8706301
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/2f4cc13d256b866f05d07128d8706301
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T140000Z
DTEND:20260731T153000Z
SUMMARY:iNaturalist and Earth Science with Open Mic!
DESCRIPTION:iNaturalist (inaturalist.org) is most likely the most extensive global citizen science effort: over 4 million observers have contributed over 250 million biodiversity observations\, many ingested by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (gbif.org). iNat data are cited in over 6\,000 peer-reviewed publications\, helps ground-truth satellite observations and validate model predictions\, and has a fascinating AI/machine learning back end. This session provides a brief overview of iNaturalist and then primarily operates as an interactive open mic\, encouraging participants to describe how they are using iNat\, share tips\, ask questions\, and explore new uses. Bring something to share — the intent is to generate learning\, catalyze new collaborations\, and have fun.\n\nAudience\nUniversal — especially of interest to educators and creative multi-disciplinary thinkers interested in citizen science\, biodiversity\, and Earth science data
CATEGORIES:COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, & CAPACITY BUILDING
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:70695ac68b275c081cd3698217317f27
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/70695ac68b275c081cd3698217317f27
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T140000Z
DTEND:20260731T153000Z
SUMMARY:Mapping from DataCite to Science-on-Schema.org for datasets
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:DATA STEWARDSHIP, GOVERNANCE, & RESILIENCE
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:459e865c33c38b1d8730534cd595a4ed
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/459e865c33c38b1d8730534cd595a4ed
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DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T140000Z
DTEND:20260731T153000Z
SUMMARY:FAIR Sailing: Mapping Oceanographic Data from Ship to Shore
DESCRIPTION:This workshop-style session explores the question: how easy or possible is it to locate all of the data from a single research cruise? And can we digitally recreate the cruise as a footprint of the data collected? The session begins with an introduction and lightning presentations\, then moves into a working session\, and closes with lessons learned and next steps. Research cruises are expensive opportunities for scientists to deploy multiple instruments from multiple funding sources. Due to the heterogeneity of oceanographic sampling equipment — from sediment cores to water collection to sensor-based observations — the session will attempt to bridge the divide between technologies and guide the marine data community on how to better facilitate discoverability and interoperability of these valuable data resources.\n\nAudience\nCoders\, data managers interested in practical interoperability of marine data
CATEGORIES:STANDARDS, METADATA, & INTEROPERABILITY
LOCATION:Location TBA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0c794f467e7a549fc3fda7734a354560
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/0c794f467e7a549fc3fda7734a354560
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T153000Z
DTEND:20260731T160000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:Break & socialize\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b506d973e269c8647d411642020a6d00
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/b506d973e269c8647d411642020a6d00
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T160000Z
DTEND:20260731T173000Z
SUMMARY:Closing Plenary & Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Closing Plenary & ESIP Business Meeting\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:PLENARY
LOCATION:Zlotnik Ballroom (1\,2\,3\,4)
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8f94df0f5be8e4a226985a5106d0750d
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/8f94df0f5be8e4a226985a5106d0750d
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260613T212605Z
DTSTART:20260731T173000Z
DTEND:20260731T190000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Lunch\n\nAudience\nAll meeting attendees
CATEGORIES:MEALS & BREAKS
LOCATION:Zlotnik Foyer
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1c5b7071cca729f3c91c31f45c9c1ae3
URL:http://2026julyesipmeeting.sched.com/event/1c5b7071cca729f3c91c31f45c9c1ae3
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