📢Find the latest news in Issue 41 of the EFI newsletter! 📰 Just a few highlights include upcoming meetings, a new seed grant program, a new forecasting challenge, a new student paper, plus more! conta.cc/4bQtitq

📢New EFI blog post! The post celebrates the DEI working group activities accomplished over the past 4 years, provides ideas for updates for the DEI Strategic Plan, and highlights opportunities for growth. ecoforecast.org/the-efi-dei-st…

The EFI2024 Conference has kicked off with the NEON Forecasting Challenge workshop by Freya Olsson, PhD and Quinn Thomas!

My latest newsletter focuses on how forecasting fits into the puzzle of biodiversity change and climate change. I reflect on the recent Ecological Forecasting Initiative meeting in Helsinki.

EFI Newsletter issue 42 is now available at: conta.cc/3VFm58T See a recap from the EFI2024 Conference, notifications about upcoming conferences and webinars, a new blog post, EFI chapter and working group updates, and recent job opportunities posted in EFI's Slack.

Glenda Wardle and I are convening a symposium on #ecologicalforecasting at the upcoming Ecological Society of Australia conference this December (esa2024.org.au/symposia/). Please submit an abstract by 12 July 2024 (esa2024.org.au/call-for-abstr…) if you are interested.

EFI Oceania Chapter seminar today, July 22 at 4pm AEST by Whitney Woelmer on “Process-based forecasts of lake water temperature and dissolved oxygen outperform null models, with variability over time and depth” Join the call using this link: bit.ly/3V5PIBk

📢2 weeks until the August 26 deadline to apply to the EFI Social Science & Ecological Forecasting RFP! Further details about the funding opportunity, FAQs, the application form, and criteria for evaluating proposals available at: ecoforecast.org/social-science…

Next Monday! The deadline to apply to the EFI Social Science & Ecological Forecasting RFP is August 26. Further details about the funding opportunity, FAQs, the application form, and criteria for evaluating proposals available at: ecoforecast.org/social-science…

Submit suggestions for session topics you are interested in or speakers you would like to hear from at the EFI2025 Conference today, August 30! forms.gle/vB67rRTy3cQez7… Submissions will guide the Conference programming. The Conference is May 19-22, 2025 at Virginia Tech.

🚨Forecasting seminar🚨 We are back from the summer break with a bang! Join us tomorrow at 1 pm CET to learn about the eLTER research infrastructure from Jaana Bäck from University of Helsinki (details on the flyer)

Issue 44 of the EFI Newsletter is out!   We celebrate the recipients of a new Social Science and Ecoforecasting Planning Award. Find info about ongoing activities & upcoming seminars and as always there is a lot of great updates from the working groups! conta.cc/3XNRB6Y