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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>The H2020 WeObserve project has launched an Open Data Challenge (</span><a href="https://www.weobserve.eu/marketplace/opendatachallenge/">https://www.weobserve.eu/marketplace/opendatachallenge/</a>)! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>The Challenge’s ultimate goal is to find new approaches and solutions to respond to environmental challenges through open datasets, as well as to produce applications and services and showcase citizen science data for public benefit. The Challenge will focus on the following seven challenge themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ecosystem monitoring: Phenology, biodiversity and land cover; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Public infrastructure management – Soil Moisture and Drainage, Flood Mapping;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Community-Based Disaster Management: Flood, Fire, Drought, Heatwave Services, Landslide;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Regenerative food growing: yields, sustainable practices and natural pest control;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Pollution monitoring and health: Water quality, air quality;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Engaging young people on open data and climate: Education;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Other: Innovative applications of WeObserve data e.g. COVID19;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Registration will be open up to 15 of June 2020</span></b><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>. Participants will be allocated a mentor who will guide them and support them throughout the challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>The two winning individuals/teams will be awarded with <b>€5,000 cash each</b></span></u><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>You may register from here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ri0bHLqG3Ac4RdxJwYeOXnDot1DryD8INZKWBY3bTBA/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ri0bHLqG3Ac4RdxJwYeOXnDot1DryD8INZKWBY3bTBA/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1</a> or through this page: </span><a href="https://www.weobserve.eu/marketplace/opendatachallenge/">https://www.weobserve.eu/marketplace/opendatachallenge/</a> <span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>With best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Valantis <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Valantis Tsiakos<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>GeoInformatics Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Scientific Project Manager </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>| </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Researcher</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Smart Integrated Systems<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=316 height=7 style='width:3.2916in;height:.0729in' id="Εικόνα_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D63430.4C338E10"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:28.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:28.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=41 height=39 style='width:.427in;height:.4062in' id="Εικόνα_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D63430.4C338E10"></span><span style='font-size:28.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:28.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=79 height=35 style='width:.8229in;height:.3645in' id="Εικόνα_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D63430.4C338E10"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><a name="_Hlk39146469"><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.4pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS)</span></b></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk39146469'><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk39146469'><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EL'>9, Iroon Politechniou Str. 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