ACCESS COSIMA & Cryosphere Community Workshop
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About
The ACCESS COSIMA & Cryosphere Community Workshop will be held in Nipaluna/Hobart on 16–20 November, 2026.
The workshop is supported by Australia’s climate simulator (ACCESS-NRI), and co-organised by the COSIMA and Cryospheric Sciences Community Working Groups. This webpage will be regularly updated in the lead-up to the event.
Aims
This workshop aims to facilitate community connection and genuine collaboration between the cryospheric sciences and ocean/sea ice modelling and observational communities, by:
- building shared knowledge, tools, and workflows, and identifying common scientific questions and goals
- providing a forum that is inclusive and welcoming for all, especially students and early career researchers
- hosting a range of activities including scientific talks, posters, hackathons, and working group meetings.
Key dates
The key dates for the ACCESS COSIMA & Cryosphere Community Workshop are:
- July: Abstract submissions open
- Late July: Registrations open
- 7 August @ 5 pm (AEST): Abstract submissions close
- 14 August @ 5 pm (AEST): Extended abstract submissions close
- September: Final program available
- Early November: Registrations close
Program
The COSIMA and Cryospheric Sciences Community Working Groups will run a combined science day and dinner on Wednesday, 18 November. Each working group will host separate science days, hackathons and social activities for the remainder of the workshop.
| Date | Time | COSIMA | Cryosphere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 16 Nov | Afternoon | Hackathon | Hackathon |
| Tue 17 Nov | All day | Hackathon | Hackathon |
| Evening | Social activity | Social activity | |
| Wed 18 Nov | All day | Combined science day | Combined science day |
| Evening | Combined dinner | Combined dinner | |
| Thu 19 Nov | All day | Science day | Science day |
| Fri 20 Nov | Morning | Science day | - |
Location
The ACCESS COSIMA & Cryosphere Community Workshop will be primarily hosted at CSIRO Hobart, although some sessions may take place at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), a short walk away.
CSIRO (blue): Castray Esplanade, Battery Point TAS 7004
IMAS (green): 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point TAS 7004
Presentations
The workshop science days will contain two main presentation types:
- Talks (10 min talk + 5 min questions)
- Posters (A0 poster, and 1 min lightning talk)
These presentations will occur either on the Combined Science Day (Wed), Cryosphere Science Day (Thu) or COSIMA Science Days (Thu/Fri).
Talks
Most talks will be 10 minutes in duration followed by 5 minutes of questions. Some talk submissions may be offered a longer keynote session, which will be 20 minutes in duration followed by 10 minutes of questions.
Slides for talks must be provided in PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF (.pdf) format and must be received at least 48 hours before your presentation.
Posters
Posters should be an A0 size, in portrait orientation, and must be printed by the presenter and brought to the workshop for display. Poster presenters must attend their poster session and will also provide a 1-minute lightning talk.
Lightning talks may only have a single presentation slide. Creativity is encouraged – the idea of the lightning talks is to introduce your poster in a 1-minute/1-slide presentation, to encourage longer discussions in front of your poster during the poster sessions.
The presentation slide for lightning talks must be provided in PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF (.pdf) format without animations and must be received at least 48 hours before your presentation.
Committee
ACCESS-NRI would like to thank the members of the workshop program and organising committee for their time and valuable contributions:
- Hannah Dawson, Chair (University of Tasmania)
- John Reilly, Minutes (University of Tasmania)
- Chris Bull (ACCESS-NRI)
- Jordan Hill (Monash University)
- Lenneke Jong (University of Tasmania)
- Felicity McCormack (Monash University)
- Adele Morrison (Australian National University)
- Mike Tetley (ACCESS-NRI)
ACCESS-NRI communications and organisation:
- Victoria Allen (ACCESS-NRI)
- Corey Hanrahan (ACCESS-NRI)
Other information
Please note that this event may be recorded and published by the ACCESS-NRI through its communication channels. This may include your contributions during the sessions.
Accessibility
We are committed to making this event accessible to everyone. If there are any specific access requirements that we can provide to enable you to attend, please contact us.
ACCESS-NRI acknowledges that COVID-19 is still active in the community. Check out our efforts to minimise the risk of SARS CoV-2 infection in all our events: ACCESS-NRI COVID Safe Plan. This plan was prepared with advice from aerosol expert Professor Robyn Schofield, from the University of Melbourne and a member of the ACCESS-NRI Board and OzSage.
Contact
To contact us regarding questions or accessibility requirements, please email access.nri@anu.edu.au.