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Registration
The online event will be hosted on 
You can connect with other conference guests and have easy access to other event details.
Please click here to have a tour of the Virtual Event.
Registered participants will have full access to all session contents, interactions and networking. As a registered participant, you will be able to:
- attend all the sessions
- participate in the Q&A and polls
- participate in the discussion sessions
- view the e-Posters and discuss live with the authors
- network with the speakers and with other registered participants using an AI-powered networking tool.
No participation fees will be charged.
After your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email with the details to access and follow the virtual event on Brella, which is the official event platform for the EO for Water Cycle Science 2020.
RECOMMENDATION BOOTHS
There will be one virtual recommendation booth for each of the nine session topics. In each booth all participants will be able to state and discuss their views on what should be priority issues to address by scientific and development activities in the years to come, and also to propose recommendations to EC and ESA on how to address these issues via their respective programmes (i.e. Horizon Europe and FutureEO).
Provide your inputs and discuss in the virtual recommendations booths, which are open from now until Monday 23 November. The recommendation booths are available in Brella by clicking the Virtual Exhibition tab on the left side of the main page!
All times are displayed in Europe/Rome CET (UTC+1) time zone.
Background
In the coming decades increasing population will drastically rise the demand for freshwater. Today, more than 600 million people lack access to safe drinking water and estimates show that with current practices, the world will face a 40% shortfall between forecast demand and available supply of water by 2030. Needs to increase agricultural production will significantly impact water withdrawals and will increase stress on people living in regions already suffering from water scarcity. The shortfall will be further exacerbated by the expected environmental changes associated to global warming and hydro-climatic extremes impacting people and ecosystems especially in most vulnerable regions.
Recent advances in Earth observation (EO) by satellites have improved global observations of several key variables of the global water cycle. This capacity will significantly expand in the coming years with the advent of novel mission and sensors (e.g., new Sentinel missions, novel Earth Explorers, new generation of meteorological satellites, new National and international missions, commercial and new-space satellites and constellations) offering a unique and unprecedented opportunity to advance our knowledge of the Earth system, its dynamics and interactions with human activities.
This Conference aims at reviewing the latest advances in the use of EO technology for scientific questions related to the water cycle and its applications, exploring the potential offered by the coming EO as well as the main challenges and opportunities for the coming decade.
The ultimate target of the event is to contribute to define a scientific agenda that may drive future scientific activities of ESA and other space agencies and partners in the coming few years. The Conference is open to EO scientists, water researchers and students, modellers, Earth system and climate scientists, industry, operational agencies, policy makers, representatives of local communities and other stakeholders interested in sharing their knowledge and experience and in contributing to drive the scientific agenda for advancing EO water research and applications.