European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025

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Thursday 18 September

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Arrival and opening
07:30 to 08:00 Registration and coffee

Botte B4

Morning session 1 - The European Cloud Weather Cloud Service Update
The Bay - Tecnopolo
08:00 to 08:05 Opening and welcome
Speaker: Xavier Abellan
08:05 to 08:20 State of the EWC


08:20 to 08:30 EWC basics


Speaker: Samuel Langlois
08:30 to 09:30 Service updates
Speaker: Roope Tervo (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Francesco Murdaca (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Claudiu Vasile Nagy (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Ismael Cuadrado (EUMETSAT)
09:30 to 10:00 Group photo and coffee break
10:00 to 10:30 Service updates - continuation
Speaker: Roberto Cuccu (ECMWF)
Speaker: Samuel Langlois (ECMWF)
Morning session 2 - User Contribution: What are EWC users doing?
10:30 to 10:45 Local insights, global impact: Optimizing Weather Resources from Climate Zones to Extreme Events in Europe
Speaker: Fabiola Silva (Colab +ATLANTIC)
10:45 to 11:00 Let it Snow, Let it Flow: Assessing Future Changes in Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff using Machine Learning and Climate Models
Speaker: Elke Schlager (DMI)
11:00 to 11:15 Unlocking Large Datasets on Cloud-Native Data Workflows
Speaker: Llorenç Lliso (NWCSAF, AEMET)
11:15 to 11:30 Forecast-In-A-Box: Leveraging EWC to run on-demand data-driven weather forecasts
Speaker: Harrison Cook (ECMWF)
11:30 to 13:00 Lunch break - with HPC workshop
Afternoon Session 1 - User Contribution: What are EWC users doing
13:00 to 13:15 Experience from EXPATS research group on EWC. Lessons learned from the exploitation of satellite data for AI applications

Remote speaker

Speaker: Paula Bigalke (University of Cologne)
13:15 to 13:30 Operational data processing for ground-based remote sensing of the atmosphere on the EWC
Speaker: Eric Sauvageat (MeteoSwiss)
13:30 to 13:45 Creation of satellite-based climate data records on the EWC
Speaker: Marco Marquard (CMSAF, DWD)
13:45 to 14:00 Utilisation of EWC in the CAMS NCP Italy Initiative
Speaker: Massimo D'Isidoro (ENEA)
Afternoon Session 2 - Discussion and Feedback
14:00 to 14:25 Open Discussion, questions and feedback

This is the opportunity for you to speak up and engage in an open, direct conversation with both service providers and fellow users of the EWC.

14:25 to 14:30 Wrap up and closing
14:30 to 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 to 16:00 Informal discussions and optional computer hall tour

Post-workshop discussion continues at https://chat.europeanweather.cloud