This is a comprehensive list of UKEOF events, including workshops, symposia and conferences. The list does not include regular meetings of the UKEOF Working Groups. We've provided links to separate pages about events, or to the main outputs.

Where a workshop was either organised by, or is closely related to the work of, one of our Working Group, this is indicated:

  • CSWG: Citizen Science Working Group
  • DAG: Data Advisory Group
  • EOCV: Earth Observation Calibration and Validatioin Working Group
  • NCWG: Natural Capital Working Group
  • UKDNA: UK DNA Working Group

You can also find more resources stemming from our Working Group activities by exploring their dedicated pages in 'Our work'.

2024

March

4th UKEOF conference: The AI Frontier in Environmental Observation
7 March ● Online
Details and videos of talks

April

2024 UK DNA Working Group Conference
25-26 April ● Inverness
Details


2023

January

Symposium: 'Farmers, citizen science & environmental monitoring'
13 January ● Online ● CSWG
Details and video recording

March

3rd UKEOF conference: 'Integrating environmental observations to meet evidence needs'
15 March ● Online
Details and videos of talks

 


2022

January

eDNA Webinar Week
17-21 January ● Online ● UKDNA
Details and recordings

March

2nd UKEOF conference: 'Approaches to environmental monitoring for natural capital reporting across the UK: Merits of closer coordination'
1 March ● Online ● All UKEOF / NCWG
Details and videos of talks

 


2020

February

1st UKEOF conference: 'Environmental Monitoring: meeting evidence needs'
27 February ● Manchester
Details and videos of talks

December

Workshop: 'Using Social Media as a Data Source for Environmental Science'
9 December ● Online ● CSWG
Details and presentation slides


2019

January

Application of drones in environmental regulation and monitoring conference (Jointly with ShARE)
29-30 January ● Wrexham ● EOCV
Details and presentation slides
This meeting, along with our first conference in 2020, led us to establish our EOCV Working Group.


2018

January

Webinar/workshop: 'Freshwater Monitoring Review and Future Strategies Workshop'
17 January ● Online
Details and presentation slides

March

Workshop: Maximising the benefits from citizen science
24 January ● Birmingham ● CSWG
Summary and workhop report

Workshop: Monitoring and Modelling
7 March ● Birmingham ● M&M Task & Finish Group
Workshop details

July

Webinar: Monitoring and modelling
9 July ● Online ● M&M Task & Finish Group
A follow-up to the 7 March workshop in Birmingham
Summary and recording

 


2017

April

Workshop: 'Environmental Observation to Support Natural Capital Assessment'
20 April ● Birmingham ● NCWG
Workshop report


2015

March

Workshop: 'Environmental Monitoring: Challenges and New Approaches'
25 March ● Lancaster
Report and presentation slides

December

Workshop: 'Water evidence UK'
Participants from the Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) agreed a shared approach to aquatic monitoring, covering principles to use to prioritise what, and how, to monitor, working with partners and access to data. The paper prepared as a result of the meeting is The UK framework for aquatic monitoring.


2014

March

Workshop: 'Space for Smarter Government: Environmental Monitoring'
21 March ● Harwell
Details and presentation slides

September

Workshop: 'Best Practice in Citizen Science: Invasive Non-native Species'
19 September ● London ● CSWG
Details and presentation slides


2013

February

Workshop: 'Sharing Environmental Monitoring Data; Benefits, Barriers and Future Standards'
19 February ● Birmingham ● DAG
Details and presentation
This was part of DAG INSPIRE directive activities

June

Workshop: 'Catalogue supplier'
12 June ● Birmingham ● DAG
Report

September

Workshop: 'New Technologies for Environmental Monitoring'
24 September ● Edinburgh ● DAG
Details and presentations

October

Workshop: Finding Opportunities to Improve Monitoring Activities (Hampshire Avon pilot project)
9 October ● Fordingbridge
Details and presentations
This workshop was part of our 'Efficiences in Observations' activity from 2011-2015. See 'previous activities' for more.


2012

February

Workshop: 'Citizen Science: Engaging with Change in the Marine Environment'
16 February ● London ● CSWG
Workshop report

Workshop: 'UKEOF and NERC Working Together - Past Achievements and Future Plans'
23 February ● Birmingham
Workshop report


2011

July

Workshop: 'Scoping Citizen Science Requirements'
27 July ● London ● CSWG
Workshop report

December

Workshop: Developing a Long-term Monitoring Network
9 December ● London
Workshop report


2010

September

Workshop: 'Assessing the Socio-economic observation needs within UKEOF'
29 September ● London
Workshop report


2009

July

Workshop: 'Data solutions'
25 June ● Ryton ● DAG
Presentations


2008

July

Inaugural workshop: 'UKEOF Launch'
17 July ● London
Report and presentations

September

Workhop: 'Sharing Environmental Observation Data Think Tank'
9 September ● London ● DAG
Briefing note, presentations, minutes