Conference Sessions

The following are sessions and workshops that EFI has sponsored or coordinated at national and international conferences.

DateConferenceSessionLocationOrganizer
2018 DecAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionWashington, D.C., USAEFI
2019 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Advancing the Ecological Forecasting Initiative: Novel Applications, Discoveries, and Opportunities Oral SessionLouisville, KY, USAEFI
2019 DecAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionSan Francisco, CA, USAEFI
2019 FebAssociation for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)Forecasting is the Future: Advancing Methods and Applications of Forecasting in the Aquatic Sciences Special SessionSan Juan, Puerto Rico
2023 JunAssociation for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)Combining Machine Learning and Process-Based Models in Ecological PredictionPalma De Mallorca, Spain
2019 NovEcological Society of Australia (ESA)Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) Training WorkshopLaunceston, Tasmania
2019 NovGlobal Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)An Introduction to Ecological Forecasting in Lakes WorkshopHuntsville (Muskoka), ON, Canada
2020 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Ecological Forecasting: Applications, Discoveries, and Opportunities Oral SessionVirtualEFI
2020 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)The Ecological Forecasting Initiative: Lessons Learned from a Grassroots Network to Advance Ecology SymposiaVirtualEFI
2020 Dec American Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionVirtualEFI
2020 Dec American Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting Initiative: NEON Forecasting Challenge Town HallVirtualEFI
2020 JanAmerican Meteorological Society (AMS)Panel Discussion 2: Saving More Lives and Livelihoods in the Next Century: The Era of Operational Ecological ForecastingBoston, MA, USA
2021 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)EFI/NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge Inspire SessionVirtualEFI
2021 Dec American Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionNew Orleans, LA, USAEFI
2021 SepAmerican Meteorological Society 10th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate EnterpriseEcological Forecasting: Predicting Nature for Environmental SecurityVirtual
2022 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Planning Resilient Ecological Futures with Indigenous Communities Oral SessionToronto, ON, CanadaEFI & ESA Traditional Knowledge Section
2022 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)A Comparative Perspective on Integrating Ecological Forecasting with Decision-Making” Oral Session Toronto, ON, CanadaCEFI
2022 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Ecological Forecasting: Applications, Discoveries, and Opportunities Oral SessionToronto, ON, CanadaEFI
2022 Dec American Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionChicago, IL, USAEFI
2022 JulGeoscience Alliance Conference: Data Science in Indian CountryEcological Forecasting and Native American Land and Water Resource ManagementSt. Paul, MN, USA
2022 MayJoint Aquatic Science Meeting (JASM)Advancing Near-term, Iterative Ecological Forecasting in Aquatic Ecosystems SessionGrand Rapids, MI, USA
2022 MayRoyal Meteorological Society & British Ecological Society SymposiumClimate Science for Ecological ForecastingLondon, UK
2022 OctGlobal Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)Introduction to real-time lake forecasting: learn, teach, and generate forecasts with Macrosystems EDDIE modules and the NEON Forecasting Challenge WorkshopLake George, NY, USA
2023 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Can you Predict the Future? Introducing the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge WorkshopPortland, OR, USAEFI
2023 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Teach Quantitative Reasoning and Ecological Forecasting to Undergraduates with Project EDDIE and Macrosystems EDDIE ModulesPortland, OR, USA EFI
2023 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Ecological Forecasting: Applications, Discoveries, and Opportunities Oral SessionPortland, OR, USAEFI
2023 DecAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System Oral and Poster SessionSan Francisco, CA, USAEFI
2023 FebGlobal Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)Introduction to real-time lake forecasting: learn, teach, and generate forecasts with Macrosystems EDDIE modules and the NEON Forecasting ChallengeVirtual
2023 JulHacking Limnology 2023 from DSOS and AEMON-JIncorporating Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic ResearchVirtual
2023 SepGfÖ 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and SwitzerlandEcological forecasting for decision making under global change: Advances and applications Session Leipzig GermanyEEFI
2024 JunAssociation for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)SS42 Ecological Forecasting as a Tool for Adaptation and Mitigation in Aquatic EcosystemsMadison, WI, USA
2024 JulHacking Limnology 2024 from DSOS and AEMON-JIncorporating Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic ResearchVirtual
2024 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)Ecological Forecasting for Research and Decision MakingLong Beach, CA, USA
2024 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)An Introduction to the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge: A Hands-On Example Using Ground Beetle Abundance and RichnessLong Beach, CA, USA
2024 AugEcological Society of America (ESA)What is Model Complexity? Defining Complexity Across Systems in EcologyLong Beach, CA, USA
2024 DecAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Model-Data Integration and Novel Paradigms in Ecosystem Forecasting Poster and Oral PresentationsWashington, DCEFI
2025 JuneLTER Science Conference 2025 Ecological Forecasting for Integrated ScienceTampere, FinlandEEFI
2025 JunIII meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) Perspectives and Challenges in Biodiversity ForecastingPontevedra, Galicia, SpainEEFI