BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025) DTSTART:20250915T110000Z DTEND:20250918T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260715T232600Z UID:indico-event-464@events.ecmwf.int CONTACT:events@ecmwf.int DESCRIPTION:\nPart of ECMWF's 50th anniversary celebrations in Bologna \n As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of ECMWF\, the annual Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2025) event took place in the historic city of Bolog na\, at the Regione Emilia Romagna and the Tecnopolo di Bologna – ECMWF ’s purpose-built data centre hosting our supercomputing facility.\n“Us ing ECMWF’s Forecasts” is a forum for ECMWF forecast users to exchange ideas\, share experiences\, and discuss the use and performance of ECMWF' s forecasts and related products to ensure ECMWF’s forecasts continue to meet user needs. It is open to all ECMWF forecast users around the world and provides an opportunity to give feedback on ECMWF forecast performance and available products and services\, stay informed about ECMWF’s lates t updates and plans\, and connect with ECMWF and fellow users to share exp eriences and network.\nLocation\nUEF2025 took place in two Bologna venues: \nRegione Emilia Romagna · Viale della Fiera\, 8\, 40127 Bologna BO\, Ita ly\nTecnopolo Data Manifattura Emilia-Romagna\, Via Stalingrado 84/3\, 40 128 Bologna\n2025 theme: Exploring the Past\, Present and Future of ECMWF forecast products and services\nAs ECMWF celebrates its 50th anniversary\, UEF2025 explored the evolution of ECMWF forecast products and services ov er the years and into the future. Over the decades\, improvements in numer ical weather prediction (NWP)\, forecast products\, and services across me teorology\, hydrology\, air quality\, and climate - including extreme even t prediction - have supported Member and Co-operating States and the meteo rological communities' ability to forecast and respond to weather and its impacts.\nCollaboration with Member and Co-operating States has been key t o achieving ECMWF's goals\, the valuable input\, ideas and expertise drivi ng its progress and success. Throughout this journey\, ECMWF has remained committed to supporting users to make the most of its products and service s through training\, documentation\, and dedicated support. By understandi ng user needs\, ECMWF continues to design its products and services with a strong focus on usability and impact.\nECMWF ran its first operational me dium-range forecast in 1979\, its first operational ensemble predictions i n 1992 and its first reanalysis (ERA-15) in 1993. To support these\, a ran ge of products and tools have been developed\, including forecast products like the Extreme Forecast Index (EFI)\, verification scores to monitor pr ogress\, datasets like ERA5\, and services such as ecCharts\, training cou rses\, and Jupyter Notebooks. These efforts\, commonly in collaboration wi th National Meteorological Services of Member and Co-operating States\, ha ve helped to deliver maximum value to society. ECMWF's role in environment al services started in 2015 with the signing of the Copernicus agreement f or ECMWF to deliver the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) an d the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and support the Copernicus E mergency Management Service (CEMS). This was followed in 2022 with the lau nch of Destination Earth (DestinE)\, further advancing ECMWF’s contribut ions to environmental prediction for extremes and climate.\nPresently\, ma chine learning is a key component of ECMWF's work. A key milestone of this was the release of AIFS Single\, ECMWF's first operational machine learni ng model\, on 25 February 2025. Work continues not only on the machine-lea rning-based models themselves but also their evaluation compared to tradit ional NWP. Other exciting developments include ECMWF's Open Data strategy\ , facilitating more forecast data availability to the whole community. New products such as simulated satellite imagery\, visibility meteograms and severe convection forecast products have recently been released with many existing products and services undergoing development and upgrades\, often in collaboration with Member and Co-operating State National Meteorologic al Services.\nLooking to the future\, the ECMWF 2025-2034 Strategy was rel eased in February 2025\, placing strong emphasis on impact and aiming to o ptimise\, enhance and deliver world-leading quality products to meet users ' needs through improved science and technology. A key priority remains en suring that forecasts are not only accurate but also understandable and ab le to be effectively communicated to users across various sectors.\n\nhttp s://events.ecmwf.int/event/464/ IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://events.ecmwf.int/event/464/logo-2377698465.png LOCATION:Bologna\, Italy URL:https://events.ecmwf.int/event/464/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR