Tenth Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Hybrid Conference

Members of the CMIP community are warmly welcomed to attend the ESGF10 meeting. It is taking place in person but plenary sessions will be broadcast online. There is no registration fee for online participants but registration is essential.

The meeting, which takes place 23 – 26 April 2024, has been designed to facilitate collaborative interactions and creation of a roadmap for ESGF development activities aimed at modernizing the system for CMIP7 Fast Track simulation data.

The goal of the conference is to develop system requirements, plan software engineering activities, and organize community research and development projects.

The objectives are to:

• share all current development activities across the Federation
• develop a roadmap for collaborative activities necessary to deploy operational ESGF infrastructure to support CMIP AR7 Fast Track

Please see the Draft Agenda (opens in new tab) for more information.

To attend this meeting, you must register here (opens in new tab).

Who should attend

The conference is designed to engage:

• ESGF developers and operations teams,
• Earth system modelers and modeling center staff,
• data management experts
• tool designers
• model analysts
• data users

About ESGF

The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) is an international consortium and a globally distributed peer-to-peer network of data servers using a common set of protocols and interfaces to archive and distribute climate and Earth system model output and related input, observational, and reanalysis data. Find out more about ESGF and why it is important for CMIP here (opens in new tab).

ESGF’s primary goal is to facilitate advancements in Earth System Science. It is an interagency and international effort led by the Department of Energy (DOE), and co-funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and international laboratories such as the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ), the Australian National University (ANU) National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), and the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).  Find out more on the ESGF website (opens in new tab).

A new project called ESGF2, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in collaboration with Argonne and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories, is part of international efforts to upgrade the global data system that is integral to simulations of future climate. Find out more about this project here.

Conduct and information notice

This event has a code of conduct participants are asked to consent to during registration. The expectations of conduct are:

• Demonstrate respect and consideration for all people; critique ideas, not people.
• Communicate openly and thoughtfully with others and be considerate of multiple viewpoints.
• Be collaborative and mindful of power differentials among participants.
• Be aware of your surroundings and consider the safety of yourself and others.
• Report conduct concerns to event contacts so they can be addressed quickly and responsibly.

The conference host organization, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has approved of the Tenth Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Conference as an Open to the Public Event. Therefore, any member of the public may attend the conference, and all information presented or exchanged at the conference must not be protected by statute, regulation, or US Department of Energy policy. Discussion of any sensitive information or technologies or non-public topics is not permitted. All information presented at the conference must be releasable to the general public.

Location

Supplied by the conference organiser:

The ESGF Conference will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, which is easily accessible via the Washington Metro Red Line at the North Bethesda Station. The Metro (System Map) runs from the Washington Dulles International Airport, the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and the Rockville Amtrak railway station. The Metro also provides service to downtown Washington, DC, including to the iconic National Mall and Memorial Parks.

Lodging: A room block is available at the US General Services Administration (government) lodging rate of $258 per night. Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations at the Bethesda North Marriott room reservation link. Meeting organizers will not make lodging reservations for registered attendees unless special assistance is requested.

Meals: Breakfasts, lunches, and morning and afternoon breaks will be provided, and a buffet dinner will be provided on Thursday evening for registered attendees. Attendee guests may participate in the Thursday evening buffet dinner for an additional fee of $54.00 per person. Attendees will be encouraged to self-organize into groups to enjoy dinner on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at local restaurants or downtown eateries.

Registration

All participants must register by completing this form.

There is no fee for online participants.

A registration fee will be charged to in-person attendees to partially defray the costs of provided meals. In-person participants must pay via the Registration fee website.

• $200.00 General Attendees
• $100.00 Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
• $0.00 ESGF Steering Committee Members
• $0.00 ESGF Executive Committee Members
• $54.00 Guests participating in Thursday, 25 April, evening buffet dinner (per guest with attendee registration)