Finding the Weather and Climate RSE Community - knowledge exchange and the next steps for the flock

Weather and climate research is an exciting and important field, today and for the future. Research software engineers play a crucial part in building and maintaining the large simulation models at numerous institutions in the UK and worldwide, processing and analysing the ever growing observational and simulated datasets, and developing the future infrastructure to deliver impact from cutting edge research. While there are pockets who are working to enable knowledge exchange (e.g. the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Community of Practice for Research Software Engineers and Scientific Software Engineers), we are missing an open and inclusive community for everyone working or interested in this field. 

…Or are we?

This event is aimed at bringing together Climate and Weather RSEs to learn from one another, network to form lasting partnerships, and discuss whether and what we are missing as a community. Do we want to form a Special Interest Group under the RSE Society? Do we want regular meetings or seminars? Or do we just need signposting to existing ones? What are the next steps for our community?

We will have presentations from various groups and institutions in the field, a panel discussion, and facilitate opportunities for networking and knowledge exchange.