Conference vision - Target audience

The conference will be organized around 2 main segments.

The first day of the meeting will feature two important pre-conference events: a High Level Session with the participation of the European Commissioners for Research & Innovation and for Climate Action where the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents key findings from the IPCC Working Group I contribution to the 5th Assessment Report . This will be followed by a Stakeholder Dialogue focusing on how science-based regional climate information can best serve the needs of regional decision-makers. Both events are open to all the conference participants.

- The second segment of the conference over the following three days is organized around the key scientific results from CORDEX Phase I. A discussion on future priority research areas for the next phase of CORDEX, of other WCRP regional climate initiatives and of major funding programmes – such as the EU FP7 and the future Horizon2020 - will also take place, taking into account the recommendations from the first segment of the conference.

The general program should hence attract a wide diversity of stakeholders including:

Policy and decision makers
Researchers and experts
Early career scientists and students
Development organizations and NGOs
Specialized agencies and institutions
Private sector

all welcome to attend both segments of the conference.