Seminar: Open Benchmarking to Drive S2S Weather Intelligence in East Africa

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John Bagiliko

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Jan 27, 2025, 7:22:51 AMJan 27
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Dear community, 

Join us this Wednesday for an insightful seminar on "Open Benchmarking to Drive S2S Weather Intelligence in East Africa." The session will be led by Dr. Genevieve Flaspohler, Executive Director at Rhiza Research. Below is the abstract for the talk: 

"Smallholder farmers in Africa would substantially benefit from better rainfall forecasts weeks to months in advance. This is particularly urgent in the face of changing climates and rainfall patterns, as evidenced by the recent extreme droughts and flooding across East Africa. Can AI-based forecasting and data assimilation techniques overcome predictability challenges in long-term rainfall forecasting and the sparsity of meteorological data on the African continent to enable this and other critical agricultural advisories? This talk will introduce the SheerWater Project, an initiative to develop open, use-driven, and localized benchmarks of weather and climate models, and to democratize the tools upon which the next generation of weather intelligence services for agriculture in Africa can be built."

Please find the seminar flyer attached. For further details, kindly visit the event webpage.

If you or someone you know is interested in sharing their work with the community, please fill out the speaker nomination form.

Kind regards, 
J.B
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John Bagiliko

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Jan 29, 2025, 9:56:52 AMJan 29
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Hi community, 

A quick reminder that the event is happening in about an hour. Below are the call details: 

Topic: Open Benchmarking to Drive S2S Weather Intelligence in East Africa
Meeting ID: 871 6070 4796
Passcode: climate&ai

See you soon!

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM Brian Halubanza <bhalu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Received with thanks.

Best regards,

Brian

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John Bagiliko

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Jan 29, 2025, 2:45:05 PMJan 29
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If you missed this session, you can watch the recording here: 

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