The annual CMUG integration and CCI colocation meetings will take place on 16th and 17-18 October 2024 at the ESA ECSAT conference centre, UK.
The meetings bring all project teams to firmly establish scientific coherency between the ECV projects; provide updates on ESA and programme-wide issues; and ensure best practice across areas of common interest. The meetings also support continued and close coordination with our partners including operational climate service providers, the wider modelling community and policy-makers and aligned scientific initiatives.
Below you will find details of both meetings' agenda and logistics, including the evening drinks reception and science poster session in Oxford on 17 October.
Attendance & registration
This in-person meeting is by invitation only. A registration link will be sent to Science Leaders and Project Managers by email during the week commencing 19 August. The registration deadline is 7 October.
All Science Leaders are expected to attend and participate to both meetings plus at least one other key team member, such as the Project Manager or member of the CRG. Science Leaders and Project Managers can extend the meeting invite two additional team members at their discretion.
Remote meeting access: both the CMUG integration and CCI colocation meetings will be streamed for registrants unable to attend in person. Note, the ability to ask questions will be limited to those attending in person. Login details will be shared to registered individuals one week before the meeting.
Evening drinks reception & poster session (17 October)
You are cordially invited to attend the ESA CCI drinks reception in central Oxford on the evening of 17 October. We are keeping the details ‘secret’ for the moment but hope you can join us for an entertaining evening, combined with a science poster session. All projects are required to present a poster, featuring their latest research. Attending research fellows are also encouraged to showcase their work.Transport from ECSAT directly to the event location will be provided.
Poster session admin
- Your poster should be A0 and in portrait orientation.
- Use this template, adding your project logo where appropriate
- On arrival to ECSAT, drop your poster off at registration or arrange for local printing using one of the recommended suppliers below. When placing your print order, request that your poster is made ready for collection by ESA on 16 October). ESA will arrange for your poster to be on display at the evening drinks reception venue.
Recommended poster printers
- Kallkwik - sales@oxford.kallkwik.co.uk; +44 (0)1865 791 003
- Carbon Colour – info@carbon.co.uk; +44 (0)1235 438 938
Accommodation & complimentary transport
We encourage you to find accommodation in central Oxford. A complimentary coach will be provided between Oxford and ECSAT. The coach will pick up meeting participants each day at 7:30am from the Ashmoleum museum bus stop on St Giles in central Oxford (Location: What3Words; Google Maps) and from the Lincoln road bus stop on Abingdon road at 8:10am (Location: What3Words; Google Maps). Each evening the coach will drop off meeting participants on Abingdon road and in central Oxford.
Getting to ECSAT
ESA ECSAT is located on the Harwell Science and innovation campus, south of Oxford. Oxford city centre is just over 30 minutes’ drive away. How to find the campus.
By train: Your closest train station is Didcot Parkway and connects ECSAT to London Paddington in around 45 minutes, Heathrow airport on just an hour and Birmingham in 1.5 hours. Harwich and Dover ports can be reached from ECSAT in around three and a half hours.
View national rail for train times and connections.
By Bus: Several buses link ECSAT to Didcot parkway train station (X34 X35 X36) and Oxford (ST1). Timetables are available and the main campus bus stop is on Fermi avenue, 200 m from ECSAT (Location: What3Words; Google Maps).
Onward journey
To plan your departure on 18 October, colocation will close at 13:00.