Workshop in Numerical Wildfires and AI Weather

Workshop in Numerical Wildfires and AI Weather

November 03-07, 2025

Program

Monday 03/11 : Coupled wildfire-atmosphere dynamics

Morning

9h00 - 12h00
Reception of guests and presentation of the scientific objectives of the conference

  • Welcome and conference presentation

Keynote speaker:

  • Craig Clements- Professor and director at the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center Fire Weather Research Laboratory San José State University

Afternoon

16h00 - 18h30
Session 1 : Fire dynamics and fire-atmosphere coupling (Chair: ?)
This session will address the latest developments and numerical challenges in wildfire-atmosphere coupled models.

Speakers :

  • Mika Peace – Meteorologist and researcher in fire dynamics, Bureau of Meteorology
  • Alexander Filkov – Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
  • Francesca Di Giuseppe – Manager of the fire risk forecasting system ECWMF
  • P4 TBD
  • P5 TBD

Tuesday 04/11 : Modelling and Experimental Data

Morning

9h00 - 12h00
Session 2 : Large wildfires and Extreme fire behaviour (Chair: ?)
This session intends to explore how current numerical models and experimental methodologies can be used to analyze large wildfires and extreme fire behaviour events (tornados, spotting, deep pyroconvection etc).

Speakers :

  • P1
  • P2

Afternoon

16h00 - 18h30
Session 3 : Analysis and validation of field experiment data (Chair: ?)
This session will be focused on experimental protocols and tools that can be used to verify and validate numerical models. Talks can involve a single or both aspects (experimental and numerical).

Speakers :

  • Theodore Gianniros – Atmospheric modeler, National Observatory of Athens
  • Adrien Guyot – Senior research fellow, Bureau of Meteorology / The University of Queensland
  • Anthony Graziani - Postdoctoral researcher SPE/Université de Corse
  • Ronan Paugam – researcher in fire dynamics and atmospheric science Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • P5 – TBD

Wednesday 05/11: Artificial Intelligence and Risk Forecasting

Morning

9h00 - 12h00
Session 4 : AI approaches for wildfire prediction (Chair: ?)
The session will be dedicated to discussing recent applications and innovations pathways in the prevention of wildfire risk through AI.

Keynote speakers :

  • Jean-Christophe Calvet - Senior Researcher CNRM - and Yann Baehr -PhD candidate CNRM

Speakers :

  • Roberta Baggio – Postdoctoral researcher, SPE / CNRS : Neural Networks for RoS emulation
  • (TBC) Romain Thoreau – Postdoctoral researcher, CNES :
  • P3 TBD
  • P4 TBD

Afternoon

16h00 - 18h30
Session 5 : AI for the prevention of extreme events and resource management (Chair: ?)
This session will focus on recent applications of AI and research perspectives regarding the prediction of extreme weather events and improved risk prevention.

Keynote speaker :

  • Federico Grazzini - Researcher and Meteorologist, LMU München / Arpae Emilia-Romagna : Rainfall prediction

Speakers :

  • Robin Marcille - Researcher, France Energie Marine : Prediction of offshore wind data.
  • Kilian Pujol - PhD Candidate, LAERO : AI models for rainfall and wind prediction.
  • P3 TBD
  • P4 TBD
  • P5 TBD

Thursday 06/11: AI in weather forecasting

Morning

9h00 - 12h00
Session 6 : AI innovations in weather Forecasting (Chair: ?)
This session aims to provide a global perspective on the recent rise of AI methods in various aspects of weather forecasting.

Speakers :

  • Laure Raynaud – Researcher , CNRM : AI and weather.
  • (TBC) Sebastian Lerch
  • David Landry – PhD Candidate , INRIA Paris : AI & Environmental Forecasting, Presentation of the ARCHEA team’s Activities at INRIA.

Afternoon

16h00 - 19h00
Session 7 : Weather downscaling and nowcasting (Chair: ?)
This session will explore some recent and on-going applications of AI in nowcasting and super-resolution of meteorological data.

Keynote speaker :

  • Sylvain Cros - Senior Researcher, LMD Polytechnique : Cloud coverage nowcasting

Speakers :

  • Julia Garcia-Cristobal - PhD Candidate, CNRM : AI and hectometric downscaling
  • Agathe Gentric - PhD Candidate, CNRM : AI to forecast fog in airports
  • Diego Grante - PhD Candidate, SPE : AI for renewable energy forecasting
  • P4

Friday 07/11: Urban resilience and perspectives

Morning

9h00 - 10h00
Session 8 Presentation of CNRS expert missions MPES: Description to be completed.

Speakers :

  • Valérie Lallemand-Breittenbach - Director of the Mission for Scientific Expertise, CNRS
  • Christine Bouisset - Associate Professor, Université de Pau

Afternoon

Session 9 :General-audience session, discussion with operational services Presentation of key results to a wider audience, followed by an interactive discussion. —