2026 July ESIP Meeting

2026 July ESIP Meeting

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.

Leslie Hsu

U.S. Geological Survey

physical scientist

Denver

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Coordinator of the USGS Community for Data Integration, Interim Director of the USGS Powell Center, and member of the USGS Science Data Management branch. https://github.com/hsu000001

8:30am CDT

Welcome & Opening Plenary Zlotnik Ballroom (1,2,3,4)Sarah Cooley

11:00am CDT

ESDIS AI/ML Strategies Location TBADoug Newman Modern Tools and Interoperable Workflows for Geospatial Discovery Location TBAChris Battisto Real-Time Field Science Applications Location TBACarol Ruchti • Chris Lenhardt • Chirag Shah • Jacquie Witte • Trevor White • Geoffrey Stano • Erik Rasmussen

2:00pm CDT

Developing Community Recommendations for Enhanced Data Impact through Governance and Stewardship Location TBAGe Peng • Emanuel Söding • Douglas Rao • Jessica Burnett • Sara Lubkin To PID or Not to PID: Advanced Topics in Physical Sample Data Curation Location TBANatalie Raia • Andrea Thomer • Joshua Birkebak

4:00pm CDT

Trusted Data and AI as a Potential Trusted Data Stream for Disasters Location TBAMaggi Glasscoe • Dave Jones • Bandana Kar • ZhiQiang Chen Organising Hybrid Meetings: Making Them Worthwhile Rather Than Striving for Perfect Location TBALesley Wyborn • Jens Klump • Stefanie Kethers

11:00am CDT

Building Technical Know-How Through Innovation Seed-Funding and Community Location TBALeslie Hsu • Aaron Friesz • Lauren Koenig • Coral Howe • Bojan Milinic • Chris Sherwood • Brandon Waters • Hazel Mebius • Mike O'Donnell • Sean Thiboldeaux

2:00pm CDT

Bridging Discipline Divides: Applying AI to Curation (Part 1) Location TBARebecca Ringuette • Elisabeth Huffer • David Nilsen • Cogan Shimizu • Shawn Polson • Vandana Desai • Susan Mullally • Lynn Neakrase • Walter Alvarado • Kelly Lockhart • John Wu • Nick Susemiehl • Amanda Butler Help Us, Help Ourselves: Sharing Infrastructure Across Repository Networks Location TBAMatt Jones • Nick Jarboe • Martin Seul • Jeanette Clark • Karen Stocks

4:00pm CDT

earthaccess: Five Years of Open Source Science Leadership at NASA Location TBAJulia Lowndes The Evolution of the Community Fellows Program: Piloting a New Vision for the Future Location TBAAlycia Crall • Debasish Mishra • Joseph Lane • Kelsey Huelsman

5:30pm CDT

Research Showcase Poster and Demo Zlotnik Ballroom (5,6)

8:30am CDT

ESIP Plenary Zlotnik Ballroom (1,2,3,4)Sarah Cooley

11:00am CDT

NOAA NESDIS Data Technology and Infrastructure Location TBAJessica Morgan • Tyler Christensen • John Relph • Jay Su • Melissa Zweng • Brian Meyer • Courtney Bouchard • Gian Villamil-Otero • Angela Brown • Inger Kittle Inform NASA Earthdata Progression and Utility for Earth Science Data Users Location TBAAndi Thomas • Tim Frankstone

2:00pm CDT

Unconference Location TBAAaron Friesz

4:00pm CDT

ESDIS vs NESDIS Location TBAInger Kittle • Angela Brown • Christopher Durachka Bridging the Training Divide: A Roundtable on Evolving Earth Science Capacity Building Location TBASherrie Morris • Katherine Pitts

8:00am CDT

FUNding Friday Pitches Zlotnik Ballroom (5,6)

9:00am CDT

Mapping from DataCite to Science-on-Schema.org for datasets Location TBA

11:00am CDT

Closing Plenary & Business Meeting Zlotnik Ballroom (1,2,3,4)Sarah Cooley