07.04.2026
With around 20,000 participants both on-site and online, the EGU is the largest event in European geosciences. Researchers from across Europe and worldwide, particularly early-career scientists, from various disciplines come together here to present current findings and engage in interdisciplinary discussions. The range of topics includes hydrology and meteorology, remote sensing, natural hazards, geomorphology, tectonics, and volcanology.
The German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) at Booth #23
Under the title "Fantastic Climate Model Grids - a visual journey through simulation output," Fabian Wachsmann and Andrej Fast will present how climate data can be displayed directly on the climate globe. They will demonstrate how data can be visualized on the globe using the Gridlook tool and how interested parties can reproduce this interactive display on their smartphones. In another presentation, they will demonstrate the tools used and the control panel.
DKRZ is involved in a number of national and international research and infrastructure projects, including natESM, ESiWACE, WarmWorld, EERIE, ComingDecade, Regiklim, FUTURA, IPCC-DDC, NFDI4Earth, CLICCS EXPECT, EOSC, and ChatGRT. Representatives from these projects will be available for discussions at the booth.
Dates - Save the Date!
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- Tuesday, May 6, 4:00–6:00 p.m.: "Data, Drinks & Dialogue – Science Meets Repositories" at the booth
- Thursday, May 8, from 1:00 p.m.: Meet the DKRZ and NFDI4Earth team over coffee at the booth
Booths #23, #24, and #25: A powerful network in Earth system science
Right next to the DKRZ at booth #23, NFDI4Earth at booth #25 and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) at booth #24 are located. Together, these three exhibitors represent a strong network in Earth system science with over 60 partner institutions across Germany.
During the conference breaks, experts from the three booths will be hosting pitch talks. In short presentations and personal discussions, they will offer insights into the network's activities, services, collaborations, and current projects.
On May 5, 2026, from 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Gizem Ekinci from the DKRZ team will present the project "ChatGRT: An AI-based Assistant for Climate Research". Initiated in 2025, the project aims to significantly simplify the analysis of geoscientific research data through the use of artificial intelligence.
Activities of the DKRZ team in the conference program
In addition, the DKRZ team is actively contributing to the EGU's scientific program with numerous presentations, presentations, and posters. Check the following list:
MONDAY, 4th May 2026
Nils-Arne Dreier, Manuel Reis, Fabian Wachsmann, Florian Ziemen and others: Global 2.8 km coupled simulations with the Integrated Forecasting System, Poster, 8:30–12:30 | Hall X5.184
Iris Ehlert: Practicing geoethics in Earth system modeling, Poster, 08:30–12:30 | Hall X1.141
Fabian Wachsmann and Chaturika Wickramage: The Kilometer-Scale Cloud by DKRZ, Oral, 08:43–08:53 | Room -2.92
Marco Kulüke, Ivonne Anders, Karsten Peters-von Gehlen, Carsten Ehbrecht, Kameswar Rao Modali, Hannes Thiemann: A User-Centric Software Infrastructure for Geoscience Data Using IPFS and FAIR Digital Objects, PICO, 10:55–10:57 | PICO spot 1b.6
Aleksandar Mitic, Moritz Hanke u.a.: Choosing an I/O approach for Earth system models: lessons learned from a modular I/O server for MESSy, virtual poster, 14:27–14:30 | vPoster Spot 1b
Chathurika Wickramage, Fabian Wachsmann, and others.: Making Kilometer-Scale Earth System Model (ESM) simulations usable: A workflow approach from European Eddy RIch ESMs (EERIE) project. Poster, 14:00-18:00 | Hall X4.117
Iris Ehlert, and others. (Chairperson): Scientific software development in the Geosciences: good practices, pitfalls and solutions, Poster exhibition of session ESSI3.4, 14:00-18:00 | Hall X4
Karsten Peters-von Gehlen (Convener), Ivonne Anders and others (Co-conveners): Workflow approaches enabling scalable and reproducible state-of-the-art computation and data analysis in Earth System Sciences, Session ESSI2.7, 16:15–18:00 | Room 2.24
Kameswarrao Modali, Karsten Peters-von Gehlen, Fabian Wachsmann, Florian Ziemen, and others.: Research data infrastructure evolution for handling km scale simulations of a warming world, Oral, 17:15–17:25 | Room 2.24
Fabian Wachsmann, Chathurika Wikramage and others: Century-long global kilometre-scale climate simulations with the eddy-rich IFS–FESOM coupled model, Oral, 16:30–16:40 | Room 0.31/32
Florian Ziemen, Fabian Wachsmann,and others: km Scales Hacked at Global Scale, Oral, 17:50-18:00 | Room 0.31/32
THUESDAY, 5th May 2026
Mostafa Hadizadeh, Martin Bergemann, Etor Lucio Eceiza, Andrej Fast, Christopher Kadow: A Service-Oriented Distributed Zarr Solution for Climate Data Access Across Heterogeneous HPC and Storage Infrastructures, Poster, 08:30–12:30 | Hall X4.85
Andrej Fast, Fabian Wachsmann u.a.: GridLook: A browser-based ESM data-viewer, Poster, 08:30–12:30 | Hall X4.89
Fabian Wachsmann and Chaturika Wickramage: The Kilometer-Scale Cloud by DKRZ, oral, 08:43–08:53 | Room -2.92
Wilton Jaciel Loch: The natESM Journey for Improving Software Quality in Earth System Modelling, oral, 16:20–16:30 | Room -2.33
Iris Ehlert, and others (Chairperson): Scientific software development in the Geosciences: good practices, pitfalls and solutions, orals of session ESSI3.4, 16:15–17:50 | Room -2.33
WEDNESDAY, 6th May 2026
Andrea Lammert, Ivonne Anders, Claudia Martens, Hannes Thiemann: Blueprints for Semantic Integration and AI-Readiness (BITS 2.0), Oral, 17:50–18:00 | Room -2.33
Aenne Loehden, Claudia Martens, Andrea Lammert: Lost in Translation? How Terminologies Improve Data Discovery in Earth System Science, Poster, 14:00–18:00 | Hall X4.56
Christopher Kadow and others.: Machine Learning for Decadal Ocean Prediction - Exploring the Feasibility of Capturing Climate Memory in the Upper Ocean, Poster, 14:00–18:00| Hall X5.215
THURSDAY, 7th May 2026
Marco Kulüke, Ivonne Anders, and others (Convener): From Principles to Practice: Community-Driven Approaches to FAIR, Open Data and Interoperable FAIR Digital Objects in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Session ESSI3.2, 14:00–18:00 | Room -2.33
Hannes Thiemann, Ivonne Anders, Marco Kulueke, Beate Kruess, and Karsten Peters-von Gehlen: Making STAC FDO-ready: A Practical Path toward FAIR Digital Objects in Geoscientific Data Spaces, Oral, 14:15–14:25 | Room -2.33
Gizem Ekinci, Sebastian Willmann, Felix Oertel, Bianca Wentzel, Thomas Ludwig, Martin Bergemann, Christopher Kadow, and others: From Natural Language to Reproducible Climate Analysis: FrevaGPT in the Geosciences, PICO, 16:20–16:22 | PICO spot 4.1
Martina Stockhause, u.a.: Is FAIR Sufficient for Interactive Data Services? Ensuring Sustainability and Reliability of the IPCC WGI Interactive Atlas, Oral, 16:20–16:30 | Room -2.33
FRIDAY, 8th May 2026
Karsten Peters-von Gehlen, Kameswar Rao Modali, Florian Ziemen, Martin Bergemann, Christopher Kadow, Ivonne Anders, Katharina Berger, Marco Kulüke, Fabian Wachsmann, and others: PID-Driven Global Access to Flagship km-scale Climate Simulation Data, Poster, 16:15-18:00 | Hall X4.98
Eileen Hertwig, Andrea Lammert, Andrej Fast: Beyond Retention Periods: Appraising Climate Data Across Complementary Archives, Poster, 14:00–18:00 | Hall X4.71
Christopher Kadow, Martin Bergemann, Mostafa Hadizadeh, Manuel Reis, Etor Lucio Eceiza: Accelerating Data Discovery: Automated, Scalable Harvesting and Indexing of Metadata Across Heterogeneous Storage Backends, Poster, 14:00–18:00 | Hall X4.78
Ivonne Anders, and others: From questions to expertise: the cross-disciplinary user support network in NFDI4Earth, Poster, 14:00–18:00 | Hall X4.79
EGU - official website
Further information is available on the official EGU 2026 conference website: https://www.egu26.eu/