The ESA Green Transition Information Factories initiative enables the development of an ecosystem of EO-integrated solutions addressing key needs and challenges for the green transition and climate adaptation. It leverages Earth Observation data products, together with geospatial and interdisciplinary data, advanced analytics and cloud services to co-develop user-driven capabilities and services. Through the ongoing GTIF-AT and GTIF-kick-starters activities, a set of innovative capabilities are being developed in close collaboration with key stakeholders across various priority domains.
The ESA upcoming Information Factory Pathfinders for Adaptation activity aims at exploring further the Information Factory concept, pushing towards the operationalization and integration of fit-for-purpose EO services by end-users. The activity shall set up information factories building on existing cloud-based services and demonstrate their implementation with targeted end-users in the context of adaptation for vulnerable sectors such as adaptive agriculture, energy and urban resilience.
In preparation of the activity you are invited to:
- Attend an online information session for an overview of the intended ITT
- Express your interest – as a value adder – in operationalizing your existing information products and services.
See details in the following sections.
Register for the online information session
An online Information session will take place on Monday, 16th December 2024 from 15:00 to 16:00 hours CET, for an overview of the intended ITT.
The session will have the following programme:
- Welcome
- Information Factory concept
- Information Factory Pathfinders for Adaptation activity
- Targeted adaptation domains
- Work Logic
- Activity Timeline
- How to express interest and apply
- Q&A.
Register now by filling this form by Thursday, 12th December 2024, 16:00 hours CET. Invitations with the meeting link will be provided on Friday, 13th December 2024 only to the participants who have registered.
Call for Expression of Interest: contributing value-added products and services for the Information Factory Pathfinders for Adaptation activity
In preparation for the upcoming Information Factory Pathfinders for Adaptation Invitation to Tender (ITT), this Call for Expression of Interest aims at identifying value adders in various adaptation domains including adaptive agriculture, energy and urban resilience, interested in operationalizing their existing information products and services within the information factory and bringing them to potential stakeholders and end-users.
Who is this Call for Expression of Interest addressed to?
This Call for Expression of Interest is addressed to space product and service providers (e.g. SMEs, research teams and institutions etc.), deriving value-added products from space data and interested in operationalizing their workflows and/or commercializing them as ready-to-use services. Other data-driven solutions relevant to the targeted adaptation domains are also accepted, including solutions that integrate space and non-space data, as well as modelling outputs. Both commercial and non-commercial solutions are encouraged and multiple contributions from the same value adder(s) are accepted and need to be filled in separate forms.
By expressing your interest, you are open for possible future collaborations, including the possibility to form a consortium to bid for the activity, early testing of information-factory services, sponsorship for service integration and enhancement, and other potential activities in the scope of information factories.
As the activity scope does not involve major scientific and technical developments, contributions shall consist of mature value-added products and services addressing specific adaptation needs. ESA intends to share these contributions in accordance with the ESA Framework on Personal Data Protection, on the terms set out in this Privacy Notice.
How to express your interest?
Contributors wishing to express their interest are invited to fill out this form by Wednesday 8th January 2025 16:00 hours CET.
Find more information about this Call for Expression Of Interest here.