Sixth Space4Water Stakeholder Meeting
co-organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
an the
Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)
Objectives
At the Sixth Space4Water Stakeholder Meeting the community has an opportunity to meet and exchange. The objectives for the meeting include:
- Fostering knowledge exchange between Space4Water stakeholders, professionals, young professionals, and Indigenous voices;
- Co-developing space-based solutions for water-related challenges; and
- Identifying and addressing other ways to improve Space4Water community interaction and achieving shared objectives.
Dates and location
The workshop will take be hosted online via MS Teams 23-24 October 2025. Accepted participants will receive an email notification from the meeting organisers.
1 October: Registration deadline (see instructions below under Registration)
14 September: Application deadline to apply as a stakeholder or Space4Water (young) professional for persons who would like to join and are not yet community members.(see instructions below under Registration).
Preliminary Agenda
| 23 October 2025 13:00 - 18:00 (GMT+2, local Vienna time) | ||
| 13:00 | Opening session | Opening remarks:
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water - Nina Kickinger, Space4Water project lead, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| 13:30 | Introduction of participants (2-3 min each) | |
| 14:00 | Presentations of space-based solutions | |
| 15:00 | Presentations of water-related challenges (if new ones are accepted) | |
| 17:15 | Space4Water community session - status quo and future steps | Nina Kickinger, UNOOSA |
| 24 October 2025 13:00 - 18:00 (GMT+2, local Vienna time) | ||
| 13:00 | Introduction to the hands on session followed by | |
| 13:30 | Breakout sessions in to co-design space-based solutions in the existing thematic working groups (hands on) | |
| 16:00 | Presentations of co-designed space-based solutions | Rapporteurs of each group |
| 17:45 | Closing remarks | UNOOSA |
Registration
Registration period: 15 August 2025 - 1 October 2025
Registration link: tba
To be considered for participation in the Stakeholder Meeting, Space4Water stakeholders and featured professionals, young professionals and Indigenous voices can register here.
Attention: only community members will be accepted to participate. If you are not yet part of the Space4Water Community of Practice and are interested in joining (the event and the community) apply as a community member first, for funded participants community applications have to be made no later than 14 September.
If your organisation is not yet a Space4Water stakeholder, but active in using space-based technology or data for water (resource) management, hydrology or ecosystem preservation please apply to become a stakeholder first, by filling this form.
If you are a young professional using space-based technology or data for water-related issues and are not yet part of our young professionals, fill in this form.
Note: applying as a stakeholder or young professional, does not mean you applied for attending at the meeting. You need to do both to be considered for participation.
Contact
All Space4Water community members have the contact details of the Space4Water project manager. If you are a new member, please register via the links shared under Registration, and you will be contacted by our staff. For any other request, please send an email to unoosa-events[at]un.org.