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Conference Announcement

“Cross-sectoral OptimESM and ISIMIP Workshop”

05-09 May 2025

at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research

Potsdam, Germany

or via Zoom video conference

Dear OptimESM-Partners, dear ISIMIP Community,

We kindly invite you to register for the cross-sectoral OptimESM and ISIMIP Workshop from 05-09 May 2025. The workshop will be held as a physical meeting at PIK in Potsdam with the possibility of remote participation in sessions where appropriate. 

The core workshop will be held on 2-3 days around Wednesday, while there will be sector-specific events before and after the main event.

The workshop, while serving as the main annual ISIMIP workshop, will be an activity as part of the Horizon Europe project OptimESM, and an excellent opportunity to connect the climate and climate impact modelling activities with regard to potential inputs to the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). In line with that, there will be dedicated discussion sessions integrating the ESM, IAM and ISIMIP communities:

• to identify options to define an “ISIMIP4 Fast Track” simulation round dedicated to provide climate impact model simulations based on the latest generation of ESM simulations in time for IPCC AR7,
• to discuss data needs with regard to variables, bias-adjustment, and downscaling ,
• to identify challenges in representing overshoot dynamics as a prominent characteristic of the OptimESM and CMIP7-ScenarioMIP scenarios both from the climate as well as the climate impact modellers perspective,
• to discuss and prepare decisions on specific scenarios to focus on for the AR7.

Additionally, ISIMIP3 simulation results will be presented both in context of impact model evaluation and impact attribution (ISIMIP3a), as well as future projections of risks (ISIMIP3b) with a focus on what we still have to learn regarding the preparation and application of the newly provided direct human forcings. 

There will be slots for presentations, break-out groups, discussion rounds, etc. within the various sessions, and you are welcome to submit contributions to the topics mentioned above in the registration mask. Moreover, there will be dedicated sectoral meetings, a poster session, and networking activities, as well. 

Stay tuned for announcements on exciting keynotes and please stay updated via the ISIMIP website for a tentative agenda and updates to come.

Registration:

We expect an active participation in the workshop and welcome scientific contributions. In case you want to present recent ISIMIP simulation results, or ongoing research in a poster, or a 5-10 minutes oral presentation please submit your contribution in the registration form. Please understand that we cannot guarantee to consider all submitted contributions. There are no registration fees for this conference and light refreshments will be provided free of charge during the workshop. 

• registration opening:     from now on

• The registration for on-site participation is closed. For remote participation the registration stays open until the end of the workshop.
  

 Please register  here  

Conference format: 

You are free to choose a virtual participation via Zoom or a physical participation in Potsdam, Germany. The workshop language is English.

Booking and Hotels:

We kindly ask all attendees to book their accommodation by themselves and we recommend booking fully refundable tickets. We suggest booking as early as possible; hotel recommendations will be provided soon after the registration has closed.