Fwd: CF Convention workshop 2026 @ ECMWF

Even Rouault via gdal-dev <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:07:06 +0200
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Hi,

if anyone has feedback about GDAL vs CF/netCDF/GRIB to provide to ECMWF

Even

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Sujet : 	CF Convention workshop 2026 @ ECMWF
Date : 	Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:45:14 +0000
De : 	Sebastien Villaume <[email protected]>
Pour : 	[email protected] <[email protected]>
Copie à : 	Lorea Garcia San Martin <[email protected]>




*Dear Even Rouault,*

I am writing on behalf of the organising committee of the CF Conventions 
workshop 2026 <https://events.ecmwf.int/event/568/>, taking place on 
*21–24 September 2026* at ECMWF in Bonn, Germany (hybrid, co-hosted with 
the Copernicus Climate Change Service).

One of the topics that has generated considerable interest within the CF 
community is *format interoperability*, and in particular the role that 
conventions such as CF can play in facilitating interoperability across 
different data formats and software ecosystems. Given your long-standing 
involvement with GDAL and your perspective as Chair of the GDAL Project 
Steering Committee, we would be very interested in having you 
participate in the workshop and contribute to these discussions.

We believe that the GDAL community has valuable experience and insights 
into the practical challenges of interoperability, including what works 
well today, where difficulties remain, and where conventions such as CF 
and formats such as netCDF and GRIB could evolve to better support users 
and software developers.

Depending on the final programme and available time, there may also be 
an opportunity for you—or another GDAL contributor you would 
recommend—to give a presentation on these topics. At this stage we would 
be interested in having the GDAL perspective represented in the workshop 
discussions.

There is no registration fee for the workshop, and registration 
<https://events.ecmwf.int/event/568/registrations/440/> is now open. 
Please note that we are unfortunately unable to cover speaker/attendee 
travel or accommodation costs.

We would be delighted to hear whether you might be interested in 
participating, and we would be happy to provide further details about 
the workshop and programme.

*On behalf of the organising **committee**,*

Dr Sébastien Villaume
Senior Analyst
Forecast Department
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
*Reading, UK* | Bologna, Italy | Bonn, Germany
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    <p>Hi,</p>
    <p>if anyone has feedback about GDAL vs CF/netCDF/GRIB to provide to
      ECMWF</p>
    <p>Even</p>
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style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><b>Dear
            Even Rouault,</b></span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">I
          am writing on behalf of the organising committee of the
          <a href="https://events.ecmwf.int/event/568/"
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            CF Conventions workshop 2026</a>, taking place on <b>21–24
            September 2026</b> at ECMWF in Bonn, Germany (hybrid,
          co-hosted with the Copernicus Climate Change Service).</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">One
          of the topics that has generated considerable interest within
          the CF community is
          <b>format interoperability</b>, and in particular the role
          that conventions such as CF can play in facilitating
          interoperability across different data formats and software
          ecosystems. Given your long-standing involvement with GDAL and
          your perspective as Chair of the GDAL Project Steering
          Committee, we would be very interested in having you
          participate in the workshop and contribute to these
          discussions.</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">We
          believe that the GDAL community has valuable experience and
          insights into the practical challenges of interoperability,
          including what works well today, where difficulties remain,
          and where conventions such as CF and formats such as netCDF
          and GRIB could evolve to better support users and software
          developers.</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Depending
          on the final programme and available time, there may also be
          an opportunity for you—or another GDAL contributor you would
          recommend—to give a presentation on these topics. </span><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A</span><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">t
          this stage we would be interested in having the GDAL
          perspective represented in the workshop discussions.</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">There
          is no registration fee for the workshop, and
          <a
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            registration</a> is now open. Please note that we are
          unfortunately unable to cover speaker/attendee travel or
          accommodation costs.</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">We
          would be delighted to hear whether you might be interested in
          participating, and we would be happy to provide further
          details about the workshop and programme.</span></p>
      <p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>On
            behalf of the organising
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          Forecast Department</div>
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