Below is the list of side events ordered by category. The side events will be held in Kigali. For some side events, pre-registration may be necessary and this will be available at a later stage and only for those who have registered and paid to attend the WCRP OSC.
Learning labs (LL)
- LL01: Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses. Applications open (week before the WCRP Open Science Conference)
- LL02: Open Earth System Science in Cloud
- LL03: Journey of a Kigali Pixel - Masterclass (Joint ESA-ECMWF-EUMETSAT)
- LL04: CMIP and CORDEX analysis and evaluation tools
- LL05: Hands-on Introduction on running the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
- LL06: Democratizing climate science: making it meaningful at local scales
- LL07: How to use Landsat 8 and ArcGIS Pro for analyzing Earth's climate system
Townhalls (TH)
- TH01: Artificial Intelligence for climate risk mitigation: navigating opportunities and challenges
- TH02: Global Precipitation Experiment (GPEX): What is it and how to get involved
- TH03: Early-mid career perspectives on South-North inequalities: fair collaborative research as a way of reducing them
- TH04: Schmidt Futures Virtual Earth Systems Research Institute Short talk Series
- TH05: Improved Climate Information for Eastern and Southern Africa
- TH06: Addressing barriers to a diverse and inclusive climate modelling community
- TH07: CORDEX Africa
- TH08: Advancing the World Meteorological Organization Climate Services Information System for improved delivery of climate services
- TH09: Community discussion on balancing data-intensive and other foundational climate research activities
- TH10: Managing climate overshoot in Africa
Workshops and meetings (WM)
- WM01: Air Quality and Climate Change in Africa
- WM02: Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS) Workshop
- WM03: Smart sensors for agri-food and environmental monitoring systems
- WM04: CGIAR ClimBeR Early Warning Early Action Early Finance (AWARE) Platform initiative
- WM05: Open Science and Peer Review- Towards a Stronger Evidence Base
- WM07: New economic appraisal methods for decision-making on climate and environmental policies
- WM08: Early Career Researchers Network of Networks Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation
- WM09: Climate Science Information for Climate Adaptation
- WM10: WCRP Academy – Building a community of climate researchers
- WM11: An Interactive Workshop on Minimizing Risk through Informed Decision Support
- WM12: Identifying regional science priorities for Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) for and in Africa
- WM13: Community engagement and feedback on the SOLAS science agenda
- WM14: Shifting the power of convening back to the south - building Africa leadership through regionally led, bottom-up collaboration
World Cafe & Mixer (CM)
- CM01: From models to impact – the climate information cascade
- CM02: Strengthening the observational-modelling interface to meet emerging scientific needs critical to our understanding of climate change
- CM03: Climate data mixer
Game (GA)
GA01: Journey of a Kigali Pixel - Game (Joint ESA-ECMWF-EUMETSAT)
Events (by invitation only)
- Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Symposium
- Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Table Topics
- AIMES Scientific Steering Committee
- CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee
- Monsoon Panel