Agenda at a Glance
Day 1 - Wednesday, January 18
08:00am - Check-in and Continental Breakfast
08:45am - Welcome to IBM Research | Opening Remarks
Solomon Assefa, IBM Research
09:00am - Keynote Address: Challenges of AI for Weather and Climate
Michel Jean, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
09:45am - Collaborative Solutions for Systems Interoperability
Marge Cole, The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
10:15am - Morning Break
10:30am - Introduction to the Geospatial Discovery Network
Hendrik Hamann, Johannes Schmude, Campbell Watson, IBM Research
11:30am - Lightning Presentations by Geospatial Discovery Network Partners
Sydney Sroka, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Rob D'Arienzo, IBM Consulting
Mila Rosenthal, New York Academy of Sciences
Véronique Bouchet, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Conrad Albrecht, German Aerospace Center
Andrew Taylor, STFC Hartree Centre
12:30pm - Lunch
01:30pm - Panel 1: Envision the future
Next-Generation Computing Systems for Climate Change Research
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Moderator:
Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory
Panelists:
Kommy Weldemariam, IBM Research
Paul Shepson, Stony Brook University
Kyle Pfeiffer, Argonne National Laboratory
Jacqueline Le Moigne-Stewart, NASA ESTO
Sarah Kapnick, NOAA
Greg Yetman, CIESIN Columbia University
Sanjay Aiyagari, Red Hat
Véronique Bouchet, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
03:15pm - Afternoon Break
03:30pm - Panel 2: Climate Applications at Scale
Unlocking Opportunities through the Climate Network Effect
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Moderator:
Christina Shim, IBM
Panelists:
Jeremy Gregory, MIT
Norman Shippee, Stantec Consulting
Justyna Kosianka, Ursa Space Systems
Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Francois Kayitakire, African Risk Capacity
05:00pm - Summary of Day 1
Hendrik Hamann, IBM Research
05:15pm - Thinklab Presentations & Networking
GeoDN: Blair Edwards & Paolo Fraccaro, IBM Research
Foundation Models: Bianca Zadrozny, IBM Research
Climate Hub: Thomas Brunschwiler, IBM Research
Natural Carbon Sequestration: Levente Klein, IBM Research
06:30pm - Dinner
08:00pm - Event adjourns
Day 2 - Thursday, January 19
07:30am - Continental Breakfast
08:00am - Welcome Back and Agenda for Day 2
Hendrik Hamann, IBM Research
08:15am - Keynote Address: The Earth System Grid Federation
Ian Foster, Argone National Laboratory
09:00am - NOAA & The Future of Climate Data
Sarah Kapnick, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
09:30am - Panel 3: Establishing the Climate Network: Governance and Operation
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Moderator:
Anthony Annunziata, IBM Research
Panelists:
Sharon Sputz, Columbia University
Marge Cole, Open Geospatial Consortium
Mila Rosenthal, New York Academy of Sciences
Philip Stier, University of Oxford
Alexy Khrabrov, IBM Research
Paige Martin, NASA
10:30am - Morning Break
10:45am - Breakout Sessions: Next steps on Climate Network
Infrastructure / Technology
AI Applications
Network Operations
12:15pm - Readout of Breakout Sessions
12:35pm - Summary and Closing Remarks
Hendrik Hamann & Solomon Assefa, IBM Research
12:45pm - Lunch
01:30pm - Tours of IBM T. J. Watson Research Center: Quantum, MRL, Thinklab
03:00pm - Departures