Below is the list of side events ordered by category. The side events will be held in Kigali. Only delegates who have registered and paid for the WCRP OSC can attend the side events. For some side events, pre-registration may be necessary.
For the .pdf of the program (as of 16 October 2023), click here.
Learning labs (LL)
- LL01: Face to Face course on Cloud Computing and Algorithms for EO Analyses. Pre-registrations open (Event organized the week before the WCRP OSC, 17-21 Oct.)
- LL02: Open Earth System Science in Cloud (23 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open (deadline to register: 25 Sept.)
- LL03: Journey of a Kigali Pixel - Masterclass (23 Oct. evening), Virtual only - Joint ESA-ECMWF-EUMETSAT
- LL04: CMIP and CORDEX analysis and evaluation tools (23 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open
- LL05: Hands-on Introduction on running the Community Earth System Model (CESM) (24 & 25 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open (deadline to register: 1 Sept.)
- LL06: Democratizing climate science: making it meaningful at local scales (26 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre-registrations open
Townhalls (TH)
- TH01: Artificial Intelligence for climate risk mitigation: navigating opportunities and challenges (22 Oct. all day) - Pre-registrations open
- TH02: Global Precipitation Experiment (GPEX): What is it and how to get involved (23 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH03: Early-mid career perspectives on South-North inequalities: fair collaborative research as a way of reducing them (23 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open
- TH04: Schmidt Futures Virtual Earth Systems Research Institute Short talk Series (23 & 24 Oct. evening)
- TH06: Addressing barriers to a diverse and inclusive climate modelling community (24 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre-registrations open
- TH07: CORDEX Africa (24 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open
- TH08: Advancing the World Meteorological Organization Climate Services Information System for improved delivery of climate services (25 Oct. evening)
- TH09: Community discussion on balancing data-intensive and other foundational climate research activities (23 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre registrations open
- TH10: Managing climate overshoot in Africa (25 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH11: Celebrating an Earth Systems Science Pioneer – Professor Will Steffen (24 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH12: Climate change science and research in Rwanda (24 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH13: A web portal dedicated to climate change impact studies in the Global South (25 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH14: Equitable access to climate modelling data (23 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre-registrations open
- TH15: Solar Radiation Modification research and international scientific cooperation (24 Oct. lunchtime)
- TH16: Earth Virtualization Engines (EVE) – Implications and Opportunities for Climate Service and Science (25 Oct. evening)
Workshops and meetings (WM)
- WM02: Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS) Workshop (21 Oct. all day) - Pre-registrations open (deadline to register: 31 Aug.)
- WM03: Smart sensors for agri-food and environmental monitoring systems (23 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM04: CGIAR ClimBeR Early Warning Early Action Early Finance (AWARE) Platform initiative (23 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM05: Open Science and Peer Review- Towards a Stronger Evidence Base (23 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open
- WM07: New economic appraisal methods for decision-making on climate and environmental policies (24 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre-registrations open
- WM08: Early Career Researchers Network of Networks Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation (24 & 25 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open (deadline to register: 30 July)
- WM09: Climate science information for climate adaptation (25 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM10: Introducing the WCRP Academy (25 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM11: An Interactive Workshop on Minimizing Risk through Informed Decision Support (25 Oct. evening) - Pre-registrations open
- WM12: Identifying regional science priorities for Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) for and in Africa (27 Oct. afternoon) - Pre-registrations open
- WM13: Community engagement and feedback on the SOLAS science agenda (26 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM14: Shifting the power of convening back to the south - building Africa leadership through regionally led, bottom-up collaboration (26 Oct. lunchtime)
- WM15: GEO Mountains Workshop: Interdisciplinary Monitoring, Data, and Capacity Sharing Across East Africa (27 Oct. all day) - Pre-registrations open (deadline extended to register: 7 Sept.)
World Cafe & Mixer (CM)
- CM02: Strengthening the observational-modelling interface to meet emerging scientific needs critical to our understanding of climate change (25 Oct. lunchtime) - Pre-registrations open
Game (GA)
GA01: Journey of a Kigali Pixel - Game (23 & 26 Oct. lunchtime) - Joint ESA-ECMWF-EUMETSAT - Pre-registrations open
EMCR
- Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Symposium - 22 & 28 October - All day (by invitation only)
- Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Table Topics - 24 & 25 October - Evening (recommended for EMCRs)
Events (by invitation only)
- CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee - 22 & 27 October
- Monsoon Panel - 27 October - Afternoon
- GPEX Science Team meeting