GEO has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals as a key priority.  A range of GEO Flagships, Initiatives and Community Activities are now developing new techniques that can support countries to achieve and track progress towards the SDGs.

This side event will discuss how the GEO community is leveraging, and could further leverage, the open-source Open Data Cube technology to provide an operational platform or 'home' for these techniques.  We will showcase examples from around the world of how the Open Data Cube is being used today to both measure and drive progress against the SDGs.

As an open-source project, the Open Data Cube provides a technology that can be tailored to meet local needs, as well as enabling users to contribute their enhancements back to the project to the benefit of others. The Open Data Cube provides a platform for GEO activities to get their work out to the world. This event will also demonstrate the Open Data Cube Sandpit - a new capability that allows anyone, anywhere to create their own demonstration Open Data Cube and trial a growing suite of SDG tools. 

Agenda

Opening

1530:1545 - Welcome and goals for the Side Event - Dr Trevor Dhu, Geoscience Australia

1545:1630 - Where is the Open Data Cube up to and where are we going?:  Dr Brian Killough, CEOS Systems Engineering Office (SEO)

Country Examples - Open Data Cubes and the SDGs

1630:1700 - Switzerland: Dr Gregory Giuliani, GRID-Geneva & University of Geneva

1700:1730 - Australia: Dr Trevor Dhu, Geoscience Australia

Open Data Cube Sandpit Demonstration

1730:1830 - Demonstration of a "do-it-yourself" Open Data Cube for SDG deployment.

Organizers

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (on behalf of the Open Data Cube Partners Forum)

Contact

Jonathon W. Ross (jonathon.ross@ga.gov.au)