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We are a home for Earth science data and computing professionals. Our sessions bring together the community for hands-on, interdisciplinary deep dives as we explore "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community" this year. Learn more about this theme on the ESIP Meetings page.

Session and plenary recordings will be published on the ESIP YouTube Channel.
Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
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.

Audience
Cross-agency folks of all expertise — technical, policy, and beyond — who can share experiences and help develop solutions and next steps
Speakers
avatar for Julia Lowndes

Julia Lowndes

Director, Openscapes
Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes is Openscapes founding director and co-leads NASA Openscapes and NOAA Fisheries Openscapes projects. I am a marine ecologist working at the intersection of actionable science, data science, and open science. My main focus is mentoring teams to develop technical... Read More →
avatar for Alexis Hunzinger

Alexis Hunzinger

User needs support scientist, NASA GES DISC / ADNET Systems, Inc.
avatar for Daniel Kaufman

Daniel Kaufman

TEMPO Lead Data Scientist, NASA ASDC / Booz Allen Hamilton
avatar for Eli Holmes

Eli Holmes

NMFS Open Science lead, NOAA Fisheries
I have been involved in training in statistics and ocean data computing for most of my career.  I am currently lead of NMFS Open Science and in this role, I facilitate and run trainings in computing, data access and statistics for NOAA Fisheries. I am co-lead of the Inter-agency... Read More →
avatar for Mike Liddel

Mike Liddel

NOAA Assistant Chief Data Officer for Fisheries, NOAA/NMFS

Wednesday July 29, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
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