Climate Informatics is an open, interdisciplinary community at the intersection of climate science, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. Our goal is to accelerate discovery in climate research by connecting diverse fields and fostering collaboration between data scientists and climate experts. The community provides a platform for exchanging ideas, sharing tools and datasets, and advancing methods that deepen our understanding of the Earth’s climate system.
University of Lausanne, CH
April 27th-30th, 2026
About the conference
A central activity of the community is the Climate Informatics Conference, held annually since its founding by Claire Monteleoni and Gavin Schmidt. The conference brings together researchers from across disciplines to share advances in data-driven climate science, explore emerging challenges, and spark new collaborations. Through this event and through the broader community, we aim to cultivate innovation, openness, and connection in climate informatics, driving progress toward a deeper understanding of our planet’s changing climate.
Climate informatics 2026 will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland from April 27 to April 30, 2026. You can register using the following link: https://conferences.unil.ch/CI2026 and consult the tentative schedule using: https://wp.unil.ch/ci26/tentative-schedule/.
News
- The submission deadline has passed & we received more than 100 submissions!
- We recommend that participants register for the conference at their earliest convenience (registration page). Please register before April 9, 2026.
- (IMPORTANT) For participants who registered for the conference but have yet to make your payment for the registration fee, we invite you to go back to the registration portal and select the « Pay by credit card (incl. Twint) » to finalize your payment. Your registration will only be considered complete once the payment is made.
Important Dates
- (Passed Deadline) Abstract & Paper Submission: Jan 23, 2026
- (Passed) Notification of results: Mar 9, 2026
- Camera-ready copy of full papers: Mar 31, 2026
- Deadline to register for the conference:
Apr 1, 2026Apr 9, 2026 - Conference: Apr 27-30, 2026
CI 2026 Commitee Members
General co-chairs: Tom Beucler (UNIL), Sebastian Engelke (UniGe)
Programme co-chairs: Christian Lessig (OVGU, ECMWF), Maike Sonnewald (UC Davis)
Local and finance co-chairs: Marj Tonini (SGC/UNIL), Erwan Koch (ECCE/UNIL)
Hackathon chair: Tobias Finn (ENPC)
Local/finance organizational committee: Devis Tuia (EPFL), David Ginsbourger (UniBe), Mathieu Salzmann (EPFL, SDSC), Michele Volpi (SDSC)
Scientific programme committee: Frederick Iat-Hin Tam (UNIL), Marlene Kretschmer (Uni. Leipzig), Robb Wills (C2SM/ETHZ), Oliver Fuhrer (C2SM/MeteoSwiss)
Hackathon committee: Tobias Finn (EPNC), Nikolay Koldunov (AWI), Jussi Leinonen (NVIDIA)
Student/Postdoc committee: Frederick Iat-Hin Tam, Fangfei Lan, Milton Gomez, Shivanshi Asthana, Filippo Quarenghi (UNIL)
Past years archive
Conference sponsors
This conference is sponsored by:
- Fonds d’investissement de la FGSE (Faculté des géosciences et de l’environnement), University of Lausanne
- Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (INRIA)
- Swiss National Science Foundation
