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You're Invited! Unifying Innovation in Forecast Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW26)

  • 1.  You're Invited! Unifying Innovation in Forecast Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW26)

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    This Summer, the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) community will deliver a four-day Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW26) at College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in College Park, Maryland or online

    20-24 July 2026

    The theme for this year's workshop is A New Frontier: Optimizing New Technology in a Changing Weather Enterprise. The workshop will cover a range of topics including MPAS Integration, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Numerical Weather Prediction, Data Assimilation, and more. UIFCW serves as one of the main conduits to bring together the UFS community in support of NOAA's overarching goal: U.S. Leadership in forecasting through model consolidation, innovation and AI Integration. The agenda is now available on the event website. 

    Registration

    Workshop registration is FREE and can be completed here. This is a hybrid workshop and you are able to attend in-person, virtually, or a combination of both. In-person registration must be completed by Monday, July 6, 2026; there will be no on-site registration for in-person attendance. If you have any problems accessing or submitting your registration, please email support.epic@noaa.gov. 

    Trainings

    We are offering three trainings on Monday, July 20th: 

    • Introduction to Running NWS Global NWP Models in Development Mode,
    • Adding Idealized Test Cases to the UFS Hierarchical System Development Framework, and
    • Project EAGLE - Machine Learning Weather Forecasting on Microsoft Azure.

    If you are interested, click here for more information. 

    Student/New User Training: CADRE is providing a JEDI-EDU training opportunity on Wednesday, July 22nd. Please visit the event website for more information. 

    Additional information about the workshop is available here: Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop 2026 



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    Alison Gregory
    Community Engagement Specialist for the Unified Forecast System (UFS)

    CPAESS Program Specialist III
    UCAR, UCP and NSF NCAR
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