ACCESS Community Workshop on Land and Coupled Modelling, 31 Aug-2 Sep 2026
ACCESS-NRI, Australia’s Climate Simulator, would like to invite you to the 2026 ACCESS Community Workshop on Land and Coupled Modelling held in Melbourne from 31 August – 2 September 2026.
On this page:
- Latest updates
- About the workshop
- Themes of the Workshop
- Where and when
- Presenting at the workshop
- Accessibility
- Program Committee members
- Contact
Latest updates
Abstract submissions are now open!
The key dates for the ACCESS Community Workshop on Land and Coupled Modelling are:
- 5 May: Abstract submissions open
- 5 June: Abstract submissions close
- Late May: Registrations open
- July: Final program available
- August: Registrations close
About the workshop
Aims of the workshop
Strengthening the ACCESS research community, by:
- Fostering connections and collaboration across community working groups and ACCESS-NRI.
- Supporting student and Early Career Researchers (ECR) participation.
- Providing training on the latest modelling and evaluation tools available.
Improving ACCESS modelling capability, by:
- Sharing the latest research and findings on earth system/climate and land modelling by the ACCESS community.
- Discussing priority areas for future development.
Supporting the ACCESS CMIP7 submission, by:
- Supporting community involvement in CMIP7 evaluation.
- Support and help coordinate community publications in the lead up to the IPCC AR7 report.
- Running hackathons on ACCESS-ESM1.6 evaluation for the CMIP7 Fast Track and ACCESS-CM3 model development/evaluation.
Themes of the Workshop
Coupled modelling
- Uses of Earth System Models versus Climate Models
- Response of the Earth system to externally forced changes
- Ocean-atmosphere-ice interactions
- Tropical climate variability and change (e.g. double ITCZ, El Niño Southern Oscillation, tropical Pacific SST trends)
- Representation of convection and deep ocean circulation at high latitudes
- Pathway towards high resolution coupled modelling with ACCESS.
Land modelling:
- Treatment of the carbon cycle in land models
- Latest developments in soil moisture and energy dynamics
- Characterisation and behaviour of Australian vegetation
- Modelling urban environments
- Land-atmosphere interactions.
CMIP7:
- State of the CMIP7 Fast Track submission (ACCESS-ESM1.6). Spin-up, scenarios and evaluation
- Latest developments in ACCESS-CM3, ACCESS-AM3, ACCESS-OM3 and progress towards ACCESS-ESM3
- Understanding, attribution and projections using CMIP7 Fast Track experiments: from Australasia to global
- Use of the Rapid Evaluation Framework for CMIP7 evaluation & research
- New emission-driven scenarios including net zero and overshoots.
Who could benefit from participating?
All the ACCESS Community, especially those researchers interested in land surface and Earth system modelling. We strongly encourage Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and students to attend.
Where and when
This year, the ACCESS Community Workshop will be held in Melbourne, on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. Join us for three exciting days of events from 31 August – 2 September 2026.
Presenting at the workshop
Abstract submissions for oral talks and posters are open now.
Presenting at the workshop? Check out our oral presentations and posters guidelines.
Accessibility
We are committed to making this event accessible to everyone. If there any specific access requirements that we can provide to enable you to attend, please contact us at: access.nri@anu.edu.au.
Covid-safe plan
We acknowledge COVID-19 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 member of the ACCESS-NRI Board and OzSage.
Program Committee members
The ACCESS-NRI team would like to thank the members of the Workshop Program Committee for their valuable contributions and time:
- Lachlan Whyborn, Chair (ACCESS-NRI)
- Wilma Huneke (Monash University)
- Zoe Gillett (Bureau of Meteorology)
- Alex Norton (CSIRO)
- Julie Arblaster (Monash University)
- Spencer Wong (ACCESS-NRI)
- Himadri Saini (Melbourne University)
Communications and organisation:
- Natalia Bateman (ACCESS-NRI)
- Jenny Flett (ACCESS-NRI)
Contact
If you have any questions, please direct them to: access.nri@anu.edu.au.
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.