EarthCODE Hackathon 2026
November 30 - December 4, 2026
ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
About
The EarthCODE Hackathon will take place from 30 November – 4 December 2026 at ESA ESRIN, in Frascati, Italy. The event will provide an opportunity to bring the communities who are using EarthCODE tools and services as close as possible to the people who are building them.
The EarthCODE Hackathon will bring together Ocean, Carbon, and Polar scientists, experts in FAIR data and workflow engineering and open source developers to focus on the creation and enhancement of thematic, analysis ready data collections, built from scientific project outputs. These collections will integrate multiple geophysical variables, delivered in cloud optimised, interoperable formats, and made openly accessible through the EarthCODE Open Science Catalogue.
The goals of the hackathon are to:
- Demonstrate how EarthCODE services support the publication and reuse of scientific data from ESA Science Clusters
- Build and showcase thematic analysis ready data collections for different scientific domains
- Enable Science Cluster teams to create and manage their own data collections using EarthCODE tools and libraries
- Promote open access and visibility of high impact scientific datasets via dashboards and interactive viewers
- Foster collaboration between scientists and the open source developer community
- Contribute to the evolution of EarthCODE services and tools
Hackathons are participant-driven events that strive to create welcoming spaces for participants to learn new things, build community and gain hands-on experience with collaboration and team science. During EarthCODE Hackathon 2026, we will have a combination of science lectures and coding tutorials and group projects (pitched by participants).
Participants
We welcome applications from:
- Earth system scientists working with Earth Observation (EO) data who want to create, reuse, or publish data collections.
- Members of ESA Science Clusters, particularly addressing: Ocean, Carbon and Polar science communities.
- Developers from the open source community interested in supporting EarthCODE functionality and tools.
We especially want to hear from early career researchers, PhD students, and post-docs!
See the registration page for more information on how to apply. We are able to provide some needs-based travel support for participants who require it.
Schedule
All times listed below are UTC+1 (Central European Time).
| Time | Session | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 13:00 | Arrival & Check-in Arrive, check in, and settle in ahead of the afternoon kickoff. | — |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Welcome & Introductions Kickoff, logistics, and introductions. | — |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | EarthCODE Platform Overview Tour of the EarthCODE platform and available datasets. | — |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | BREAK | — |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Team Formation & Project Work Teams form and begin work on their projects. | — |
| Time | Session | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Data Access Tutorial Hands-on walkthrough of cloud-optimized data access. | — |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | BREAK | — |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Tutorial: TBD (GitHub?) Placeholder for a hands-on tutorial session. | — |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH | — |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Open Project Work | — |
| Time | Session | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Tutorial: TBD Placeholder for a hands-on tutorial session. | — |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | BREAK | — |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Tutorial or Science Talk: TBD | — |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH | — |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Open Project Work | — |
| Time | Session | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Tutorial: TBD Placeholder for a hands-on tutorial session. | — |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | BREAK | — |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Open Project Work | — |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH | — |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Open Project Work | — |
| Time | Session | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Open Project Work Final preparations before demos. | — |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Project Demos Each team presents their project. | — |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Wrap-up & Closing | — |
Code of Conduct
The 2026 EarthCODE Hackathon is a safe learning space and all participants are required to abide by our Code of Conduct.
Partners
