NCAI related workshops and meetings
NOAA AI workshops
To expand community engagement and increase the accessibility of our activities, this year’s NOAA AI Workshop will host virtual events in March and June. The Workshop event series will conclude with a 3-day hybrid event in Boulder, Colorado in August with panels and sessions spanning all topics around AI for environmental sciences.
This event was part of the annual NOAA AI workshop series to foster a community around AI research and applications that are relevant to NOAA missions. In 2025, NCAI hosted a series of virtual and hybrid public workshops focused on GenAI development for environmental science applications. Each event focused on different aspects of GenAI. The series concluded with a 2-day hybrid event with panels and sessions spanning topics around GenAI for environmental sciences.
- March 3, 2025: Generative Modeling for Earth and Space Sciences
- June 9, 2025: Generative AI for Information Services
- September 16-17, 2025 (Boulder, Colorado and virtual): Generative AI Applications in Environmental Sciences
2024’s NOAA AI Workshop brought community members together to explore leveraging AI that align with NOAA’s strategic priorities. Workshop participants were able to form groups around selected themes and use cases that can be sustained after the workshop via online collaboration platforms.
2023’s interactive workshop focused on collaboration building and active development of AI-powered applications and community standards around two themes: Benchmarking Framework and Research-to-Operation-to-
The interactive workshop was a virtual event to build collaboration and initiate the active development of AI-powered applications and community standards, focusing on three themes: fire weather and impacts, AI in ocean conservation, and interoperable Digital Twin Earth. September 4-9, 2022, Virtual
The third event continued the successes of previous workshops and encouraged participation by scientists, program managers, and leaders from the public, academic and private sectors who work in AI and environmental sciences. The theme was “Transforming Weather, Climate Services, and Blue Economy with Artificial Intelligence.” September 13-17, 2021, Virtual
The NOAA AI Workshop Local Organizing Committee and the Science Committee, decided to hosted the Workshop virtually (online) in light of the global pandemic. The workshop spanned many weeks and consisted of weekly events including: extended presentations, mini sessions, panel discussions, tutorials, and networking opportunities. This WiSM (Workshop in Slow Motion) took advantage of the virtual format and reserved time for the development of presentations and Q&As sessions across. July 30, 2020 - February 25, 2021, Virtual
The workshop gathered scientists, program managers, and leaders from the public, academic and private sectors. It enabled experts involved in the development and adaptation of AI tools and applications in a number of fields to meet and exchange experiences. April 23-25 2019, College Park, MD