Community Feedback Session: Testing Cecil's New Nature Data Platform
Join the Nature Tech Collective for an interactive feedback session with Cecil Earth as they roll out public sign-up to their nature data infrastructure platform. Cecil aims to make consistent, joinable, and analysis-ready nature data easily accessible to any data scientist, analyst, engineer, or academic seeking robust environmental insights.
Cecil’s team is eager to gather direct feedback from technical NTC community members as you trial the public sign-up process, explore available datasets, and assess the ease of integration into your workflows. Your input will help shape the platform’s onboarding, feature roadmap, and overall user experience.
Agenda
Welcome + Background:
Re-introducing Cecil Earth and the challenges/opportunities in delivering accessible environmental data.
Platform Demo & Walkthrough:
Experience the new sign-up process, data catalogue, and destination options.
Live Feedback & Workshop:
Share your first impressions, suggestions, and questions directly with Cecil’s team.
Discuss the strengths, gaps, and potential collaborations around nature data access and use.
Open Q&A + Networking
Connect with peers, discuss broader challenges in nature tech, and network with other technical practitioners.
Who Should Attend?
Data scientists, analysts, and engineers with experience in Python or climate/nature data analysis.
Academics and practitioners with an interest in environmental data infrastructure.
Anyone excited to shape the future of accessible, analysis-ready nature data for real-world applications.
How to Prepare
Before the event (5 min):
Test Cecil’s public sign-up process and explore a sample dataset.
Instructions are available here: Cecil Getting Started Guide
Why Participate?
Play a key role in validating and improving a cutting-edge nature data platform.
Directly inform Cecil’s product development and data roadmap based on real technical needs.
Help accelerate the ecosystem’s transition from potential to practical action by enhancing data access for all.
Connect with fellow NTC technical community members and share your perspectives.
About Cecil Earth
Cecil Earth is building the infrastructure to make environmental and nature data consistent, joinable, and analysis-ready for a new era of climate and nature solutions.
About Nature Tech Collective
NTC convenes technical talent and innovators advancing the field of nature tech worldwide.