The 2023 User Meeting will take place from 22nd to 26th May 2023 and is hosted by at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

The First Announcement was sent out in November 2022. 

General Information

After a delay due to Coronavirus we are delighted to continue in 2023 with the series of OpenIFS User Meetings. Previous meetings were hosted at institutions in Helsinki, Stockholm, Oxford, Trieste and Reading. Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Barcelona, Spain, will be the host of this year's event.

User Meetings are opportunities for OpenIFS model users to meet and showcase their research and to learn about new developments with OpenIFS. These meetings are organised by ECMWF for the model's user community and they are frequently hosted in ECMWF member states. User Meetings offer a science programme with a combination of invited and contributed presentations (both oral and posters) and a hands-on programme with computer practicals. User Meetings do not take place every year and these events are an important opportunity for new and experienced OpenIFS users to meet, and to foster networking and collaboration collaborations in the OpenIFS model user community.  

Please note:  OpenIFS User Meetings are not training courses. If you are interested in the ECMWF Training Course programme please follow this link.

Programme

The scientific theme of 2023 User Meeting is “Atmospheric composition and impact on Numerical Weather Prediction”. Keynote presentations will be related to this theme, however we also invite contributed presentations (oral and poster) from participants on all aspects of research with OpenIFS. The computer practicals will give participants the opportunity to work with the recently released OpenIFS/AC model which allows to simlulate interactively atmospheric gas-phase chemistry and aerosol processes.

This is a 5-day meeting beginning on Monday morning and closing on Friday mid-day. All presentations and practicals will be in English. 

Monday

The first day (Monday 22nd May) will be fully dedicated to giving an introductory overview to OpenIFS. This is aimed particularly at new users and participants who are not very confident with using OpenIFS. During Monday morning there will be short presentations on how various Earth system processes are represented in the model and an outlook on future OpenIFS developments will be given. Hands-on computer practicals during Monday afternoon will show new users of the model how to obtain the model source code, how to build the model, and how to run a standard forecast experiment. 

Tuesday to Friday

The scientific meeting programme commences on Tuesday 23 May to mid-day Friday 26 May. During the mornings this will include invited and contributed oral presentations and poster sessions, while the afternoons will focus on the practical sessions using the OpenIFS/AC model in a case study related to the meeting theme.

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• Participants are required to register to be able to attend. Registration is free of charge and open to all scientists. Early career scientists are encouraged to apply.
• Due to classroom size the number of participants is limited to 50 places. Participation is moderated and the organisers will have to approve your application.
• We encourage all participants to submit an abstract. However, however it is also possible to register without abstract submission. At submission When submitting your abstract you will be asked if you prefer an oral or poster presentation, and a decision will be made after abstract review. We can only offer a limited number of 50 places. Participation in this event is moderated and the organisers will have to approve your application.. After reviewing the abstracts we will inform you by email about acceptance. 
• A mid-week conference dinner is included with registration. Coffee and tea will be provided, other meals need to be purchased.

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