Initial meeting to brainstorm
First Brainstorming Meeting
MS Teams
Wednesday, June 28, 12-1 PM Eastern Time
Meeting ID: 241 539 523 613 Passcode: DKnD9h
On June 28, 2023, a number of people met virtually to begin the conversation about setting up spatial forecasting challenges for the Canadian context.
Meeting objectives We would like to start a conversation about establishing a set of Canadian Spatial Forecasting challenges, borrowing inspiration and tools from https://ecoforecast.org/efi-rcn-forecast-challenges/ to help solve Canadian problems. We have a couple of specific ideas (outlined below), and perhaps you have others.
This meeting will be an initial brainstorming session for those who can attend. We recognize summer is a busy time, and that many cannot attend this initial meeting. Feel free to add thoughts, comments, and indications of interest to this document regardless of whether you can attend the meeting.
Agenda
See detailed notes here
Why this meeting? Why now?
Meet, brainstorm, initial plan
Who we are? We may have different goals…
Do we need a slightly different forecasting challenge?
What are the interests of this group?
Identifying “achievable” first challenges Please fill in Google Sheet
What kind of challenges are we looking for?
- Education
- Abundant data streams, low latency, internet available
- Policy relevant
- Maybe abundant data streams, likely high latency, maybe internet available
- Improving awareness of public at large and decision makers (specifically)
Brainstorm
The pushback potential
Needs
Participants at first meeting
Quinn Thomas
Amy Greer
Laura Pollock
John Smith
Marie-Josee Fortin
Eliot McIntire
Josie Hughes
Alex Chubaty
Stephanie Green
Jeremy Kerr
Jennifer Sunday
Elise Filotas
Steve Cumming Ian Eddy
Nicola Love
Christina Semeniuk
Sarah Endicott
Carl Boettiger
Emma Mendelsohn
Jeff Houlahan
Céline Boisvenue
Sean Basquill
Marie-Josee Fortin
Ceres Barros
Guillaume Blanchet