EarthCODE Hackathon 2026

November 30 - December 4, 2026

ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

About

We are developing the shape and schedule of the hackathon in the open, and this website will be updated as we go. Please check back for updates!

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 reproducible workflows and open source developers to focus on the creation and enhancement of analysis ready data collections.

The goals of the hackathon are to:

• Demonstrate how EarthCODE services support the publication and reuse of scientific data from ESA Science Clusters
• Enable learning and knowledge transfer of modern data science tools and workflows for Earth system scientists.
• 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, coding tutorials, and group projects (pitched and chosen by participants).

Registration

See the registration page for more information on how to apply. We are able to provide some needs-based travel support. We welcome applications from:

• Members of ESA Science Clusters, particularly addressing: Ocean, Carbon and Polar science communities.
• Earth system scientists working with Earth Observation (EO) data who want to create, reuse, or publish data collections. Polar science communities.

We especially invite early career researchers, PhD students, and post-docs!

Questions? Send us an email.

Partners

Code of Conduct

The 2026 EarthCODE Hackathon is a safe learning space and all participants are required to abide by our Code of Conduct.