ThinkingEarth Hackathon: Shaping the Future of AI for Earth

Event

11 September 2025

Through Horizon Europe, EUSPA drives the uptake of space-based solutions across Europe. The ThinkingEarth project is a prime example — and it’s now inviting innovators, developers, and Earth science enthusiasts to its first Hackathon, taking place 29–30 September in Riga, Latvia, as part of the BiDS25 satellite events.

Participants will get hands-on with cutting-edge AI tools — from Copernicus-scale Earth Observation foundation models to graph-based weather forecasting and vision-language models — and co-create new solutions across three open tracks:

🌍 EO Foundation Models – Experiment with large-scale EO models and apply them to tasks like land cover mapping or biomass estimation.
🌦️ Weather Forecasting Models – Compare, evaluate, and push the limits of AI-driven weather prediction.
🛰️ EO Vision-Language Models – Explore how language and imagery can interact to make satellite data more accessible.

What’s in it for you?

Cash prizes: €2,500 / €1,500 / €1,000
Access to datasets, demo notebooks, and mentor support
A chance to shape the future of Earth observation with AI
Visibility at Europe’s biggest data-from-space event

The tracks, challenges, and resources were previewed in our webinar, where participants got an inside look at the tools and strategies available. If you missed it, catch the recording here.

Ready to join?

Register for BiDS25 (free, mandatory for Hackathon participants)
Register for the ThinkingEarth Hackathon
Bring your laptop, curiosity, and ideas!

Don’t just watch the future of EO and AI unfold — build it.

Useful links

BiDS25

ThinkingEarth Hackathon

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