• 🎓 WeatherGenerator Community Hackathon
  • 2027-01-26T09:00:00+01:00
  • 2027-01-28T16:00:00+01:00
  • The first WeatherGenerator Community Hackathon will bring together researchers and professionals from across Earth system sciences for three days of hands-on work, knowledge exchange and community building.
When

Jan 26, 2027 09:00 AM to Jan 28, 2027 04:00 PM
(Europe/Berlin / UTC100)

Where

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

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The WeatherGenerator project will host its first Community Hackathon on 26–28 January 2027 in Jena, Germany. This in-person, hands-on event will bring together researchers and professionals working across Earth System sciences to explore the WeatherGenerator, exchange ideas and become part of its growing community. The goal is that each participating team can run and fine-tune the WeatherGenerator for its own application while learning from and contributing to the community around the open-source model.

This will be a three-day event starting at 09:00 on 26 January and closing at 15:00 on 28 January. Registration is open from 1 September until 1 November 2026.

Requirements

  • Team of 2–5 people from a research institute, national meteorological or hydrological service, agency, SME or industry
  • Working in weather, climate, water, energy, agriculture, ecosystems or health
  • A well-defined target application (e.g. forecasting for a country, downscaling a variable over a region, or an impact variable relevant to your sector)
  • Application data prepared in advance where possible
  • Familiarity with Python and machine learning
  • No prior experience with foundation models or the WeatherGenerator required
  • One registration submitted per team, describing the application, available data and format, ML experience, any prior contact with the WeatherGenerator, proposed members and any need for travel support