Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025)
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The opening session will take place at DAMA - Tecnopolo di Bologna, Via Stalingrado 84/3, 40128 Bologna
| Monday, 15 September 2025 | ||
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| 12:30 to 13:45 | Registration and coffee | |
| Opening session | ||
| 13:45 to 13:55 | Practical arrangements | |
| 13:55 to 14:00 | Welcome to Bologna and opening remarks |
Speaker: Morena Diazzi (Emilia-Romagna Region)
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| 14:00 to 14:15 | ECMWF at 50 |
Speaker: Florence Rabier (ECMWF)
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)
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| 14:15 to 14:30 | Meeting the needs of users |
Speaker: Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF)
Speaker: Roar Skålin (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
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| 14:30 to 14:45 | Supercomputing |
Speaker: Martin Palkovic
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| 14:45 to 15:00 | Destination Earth |
Speaker: Irina Sandu (ECMWF)
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| 15:00 to 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| Keynote address and panel discussion | ||
| 15:30 to 15:50 | Machine Learning in today's meteorology |
Speaker: Mariana Clare (ECMWF)
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| 15:50 to 16:30 |
Panel discussion on the role of Machine Learning
Moderator: Morena Diazzi |
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Optional seminar
Live from Bologna! |
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| 16:45 to 17:45 | Cycle 50r1 |
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)
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Tuesday's sessions will take place in Torre 8, Regione Emilia Romagna · Viale della Fiera, 8, 40127 Bologna BO
| Tuesday, 16 September 2025 | ||
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| Arrival | ||
| 07:30 to 08:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 08:00 to 08:10 | Welcome, housekeeping and theme |
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
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Exploring the past
Chair: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
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| 08:10 to 08:50 |
Estonia’s journey to full membership
Keynote presentation |
Speaker: Kai Rosin (Estonian Environment Agency)
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| 08:50 to 09:10 | The history of ECMWF forecasts and UEFs | |
| 09:10 to 09:30 | Past and future of the probabilistic meteogram (EPSgram) |
Speaker: Federico Grazzini (ARPAE-SIMC)
Speaker: Cihan Sahin (ECMWF)
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| 09:30 to 10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:00 to 10:20 | A History of ECMWF Data Policy: From Licensing to Open Access |
Speaker: Emma Pidduck (ECMWF)
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| 10:20 to 10:40 | ESA-ECMWF Data Exchange for Earth System Insight – a short story of symbiosis in science |
Speaker: Emma Pidduck (ECMWF)
Speaker: Filomena Catapano (ESA)
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| Evaluating the present | ||
| 10:40 to 11:00 | The impact of ECMWF’s forecasts at The Weather Company |
Speaker: Joseph Koval (The Weather Company)
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| 11:00 to 11:20 | Evaluating Present Advances: Current Utilization of ECMWF Forecasts in Operational Weather Forecasting and High-Resolution Numerical Modelling at IHMS |
Speaker: Aleksandar Zecevic (Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology, Montenegro)
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| 11:20 to 11:40 | Using ECMWF’s model data for research, development and operational forecasting in the complex terrain of the Faroe Islands |
Speaker: Andrias Gregoriussen (Faroese Meteorological Office)
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| 11:40 to 13:00 | Lunch break | |
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Evaluating the present (continued)
Chair: Anca Brookshaw |
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| 13:00 to 13:30 | ECMWF research plans and operational upgrades |
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)
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| 13:30 to 14:00 | ERA6 update |
Speaker: Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)
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| 13:50 to 14:20 | Coffee break | |
| 14:20 to 14:40 | ECMWF forecast performance |
Speaker: Thomas Haiden (ECMWF)
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| 14:40 to 15:00 | Evaluating ECMWF's AIFS Performance for Severe Weather Events in Japan: A Case Study Analysis |
Speaker: Jumpei Fujino (Weathernews Inc.)
Speaker: Kohei Sakamoto (Weathernews Inc.)
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| 15:00 to 15:30 | ECMWF Forecast products |
Speaker: Matthieu Chevallier (ECMWF)
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| Posters | ||
| 15:30 to 16:00 | Poster introductions | |
| 16:00 to 17:30 | Poster session and drinks reception | |
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Wednesday's sessions will take place at DAMA - Tecnopolo di Bologna, Via Stalingrado 84/3, 40128 Bologna
| Wednesday, 17 September 2025 | ||
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| 07:30 to 08:00 | Registration | |
| UEF2025 meets HPC | ||
| 08:00 to 09:00 |
EAIRA: Establishing a Methodology for Evaluating AI Models as Scientific Research Assistants
Keynote presentation |
Speaker: Franck Cappello (Argonne National Laboratory)
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| 09:00 to 09:30 | Coffee break | |
| 09:30 to 09:50 | AICON - Introducing ML-based weather forecasting at DWD |
Speaker: Florian Prill (German Weather Service DWD)
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| 09:50 to 10:10 | Community AI at NSF NCAR |
Speaker: John Clyne (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR))
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| 10:10 to 10:30 | AIFS case studies |
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)
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| 10:30 to 11:30 |
UEF2025 meets HPC: Panel discussion on Machine Learning and AI
Chairs: Chris Kitchen and Becky Hemingway |
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| 11:30 to 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| Interactive sessions | ||
| 13:00 to 14:00 | Tour of computer hall | |
| 14:00 to 14:30 | Coffee break | |
| 14:30 to 16:30 | Interactive Event: Weather Stations - Learn, Discuss, Make Connections | |
| Evening reception | ||
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Thursday's sessions will take place in Torre 8, Regione Emilia Romagna · Viale della Fiera, 8, 40127 Bologna BO
| Thursday, 18 September 2025 | ||
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| 07:30 to 08:00 | Arrival and registration | |
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Evaluating the present
Chair: Matthieu Chevallier |
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| 08:00 to 08:40 |
From Forecast to Action: Leveraging ECMWF Data for Anticipatory Actions against Drought
Keynote presentation |
Speaker: Giancarlo Pini (UN WFP)
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| 08:40 to 09:00 | Probabilistic products of convective hazards |
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky
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| 09:00 to 09:20 | ECMWF forecasts serving the new Swiss national drought monitoring and warning system |
Speaker: Adel Imamovic (MeteoSwiss)
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| 09:20 to 09:40 | Modeling Storm Surges in the Singapore Straits Based on Forecast Wind Data |
Speaker: Zhijing Feng (Singapore Institute of Technology)
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| 09:40 to 10:10 | Coffee break | |
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Copernicus Services
Chair: Stijn Vermoote |
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| 10:10 to 11:10 | Copernicus focused panel discussion | |
| 11:10 to 11:30 | TBC | |
| 11:30 to 13:00 | Lunch break | |
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Envisioning the future
Chair: Emma Pidduck (ECMWF)
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| 13:00 to 13:40 | Keynote presentation |
Speaker: Helen Roberts (Met Office)
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| 13:40 to 14:00 |
TBC
Presenting remotely |
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| 14:00 to 14:20 | The devil’s in the detail – Medium range forecasts for the public |
Speaker: Ken Mylne (Met Office)
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| 14:20 to 14:40 | Coffee break | |
| 14:40 to 15:00 | EUMETNET's E-AI Programme: Advancing Weather, Climate, and Environmental Applications through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) |
Speaker: Marek Jacob (DWD)
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| 15:00 to 15:40 | TBC | |
| 15:40 to 16:20 |
The Future of Weather: Platformization, AI, and the Public-Private Convergence
Keynote presentation |
Speaker: Aravind Ravichandran (TerraWatch Space)
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| 16:20 to 16:30 | Closing remarks | |