The Open Energy Modelling Initiative participants take turns to host regular academic workshops. This posting provides a complete list. Discussions relating to workshops should occur elsewhere, so this topic is marked as closed.
Workshops under discussion
Workshops under discussion that are not yet confirmed by the community. See generic tag proposed-openmod-workshops.
| Ref | Date | Host | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Upcoming workshops
These workshops have been confirmed by the community. See generic tag upcoming-openmod-workshops.
| Ref | Date | Host | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 14−15 May 2026 | OET and Energy Modelling Hub | Montréal, Canada | tag |
| 21 | 26 June 2026 | OET and University of Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa | tag |
| 22 | 28−29 Sept 2026 | University of Freiburg | Freiburg, Germany | tag |
Previous workshops
Wikipedia has a more detailed table.
| Ref | Date | Host | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18−19 Sept 2014 | DIW Berlin | Berlin, Germany | establishment meeting with 28 participants |
| 02 | 13−14 Apr 2015 | MCC Berlin | Berlin, Germany | |
| 03 | 10−11 Sept 2015 | Imperial College London (ICL) | London, UK | in association with Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment |
| 04 | 28−29 Apr 2016 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 05 | 27−28 Oct 2016 | Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano | Milan, Italy | archived 12 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
| 06 | 20−21 Apr 2017 | Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) | Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 07 | 12−13 Oct 2017 | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Munich, Germany | |
| 08 | 6−8 June 2018 | Climate Policy Group, ETH Zurich | Zürich, Switzerland | 63 attendees |
| 09 | 22−24 May 2019 | Department of Engineering, Aarhus University | Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 10 | 18−19 Sept 2019 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Golden, Colorado, USA | |
| 11 | 15−17 Jan 2020 | Hertie School | Berlin, Germany | circa 190 attendees |
| 12 | March thru May 2020 | 2020 mini‑workshop series | online | during COVID-19 pandemic, 3 events for 2020 |
| 13 | 4 Dec 2020 | Climate forecasting for energy workshop (specialist meeting) | online | joint organization with S2S4E project |
| 14 | 5 May 2021 | 2021 mini‑workshop | online | during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 15 | 17 Feb 2022 | 2022 mini‑workshop | online | during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 16 | 22−24 Mar 2023 | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) | Laxenburg, Vienna, Austria | limited to 65 attendees |
| 17 | 13−14 Nov 2023 | OET and Stanford University Campus | San Francisco Bay Area, USA | limited to 80 attendees |
| 18 | 26−28 Mar 2024 | CRESYM and OTE | Grenoble, France | limited to 100 attendees |
| 19 | 25−26 Mar 2025 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden | 60 attendees |
Hosts and partners
Selected hosts and partners with addition information.
| Host | Expansion | Country | Links | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | Aarhus University | Denmark | URL | |
| CRESYM | Collaborative Research for Energy SYstem Modelling | France | URL | |
| DIW Berlin | German Institute for Economic Research | Germany | URL | |
| EMH | Energy Modeling Hub | Canada | URL | |
| ETH Zurich | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | URL | |
| FIAS | Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies | Germany | URL | |
| — | University of Freiburg | Germany | URL | |
| GRICCE | Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment | UK | URL | |
| Hertie School | The University of Governance in Berlin | Germany | URL | |
| ICL | Imperial College London | UK | URL | |
| IIASA | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis | Austria | URL | |
| KTH | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | URL | |
| MCC Berlin | Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change | Germany | URL | |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | USA | URL |  |
| OET | Open Energy Transition | Germany | URL | active worldwide |
| OTE | Energy Transition Observatory | France | URL | |
| Polim | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | URL | |
| S2S4E | Climate Services for Clean Energy | Europe | URL | |
| TUM | Technical University of Munich | Germany | URL | |
| UCT | University of Cape Town | South Africa | URL |
Notes
1: Renamed National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) in 2025, pending Congressional authorization.
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