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The 2nd Risk-KAN Symposium will be held on the 4th of May 2026 at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

The Urban Forestry Network will convene in Antalya for a four-day event dedicated to advancing urban forest planning across Europe. Milutin Milenković will present the Tree-Quest application.

The Paris School of Economics is hosting the workshop “Forest and People: From Skyview to Local Dynamics” in Aussois, organized by the Opening Economics Chair. Myroslava Lesiv is invited to deliver a keynote speech.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will be a keynote speaker at the second International Holzbau Symposium with the Summit on Sustainable Building and Housing, taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 29 April 2026. The symposium will bring together leading voices from science, policy, and industry to explore how wood construction can contribute to climate mitigation, sustainable economic development, and the provision of affordable housing.

IIASA researchers invite visitors to explore some of the most pressing challenges of our time - from climate change and clean energy to global water security. Through interactive formats and hands-on activities, participants can discover how science helps us better understand complex systems and identify solutions. IIASA will be present at two locations: in Vienna at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and in Lower Austria at Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

IIASA researchers will contribute to the 26th Austrian Climate Day taking place in Vienna from 8 to 10 April 2026. Organized by the Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA), the event brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and foster collaboration. This year's theme, Building bridges: from knowledge to transformation, focuses on strengthening links between science, policy, and implementation.

IIASA Integrated Climate Impacts Research Group Leader, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, will be the speaker at the upcoming 5vor12 Briefing by the Network for Climate Journalism Austria on one of the most pressing developments in climate science: climate overshoot.

Nature Sustainability Chief Editor Monica Contestabile will present a seminar at IIASA on the sustainability research landscape and the challenges of publishing interdisciplinary work. The session includes an overview of the editorial and peer-review processes at Nature Sustainability, offering insights into how research is prepared for publication.

Population and Just Societies Program scientists will present and discuss latest IIASA research at the European Population Conference-EPC 2026 organized by European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) in collaboration with the University of Bologna in Italy.

Next-Generation EO & GeoAI Built on Openness and Distributed Data

On Thursday, 26 March, IIASA hosts a group of young minds from the Keimgasse High School in Mödling to connect "systems thinking" with an all time favourite, chocolate.

IIASA, together with the College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, will host an intensive and internationally recognized training in advanced demographic analysis with applications to aging, health, and education, taking place in Thailand from 2–25 November 2026.

IIASA Gender Equality and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Anastasia Aldelina Lijadi, will represent the Institute at the EARMA Annual Conference 2026 to discuss strategies to address workplace microaggressions. Her contribution underscores IIASA’s commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the global research management community.

Join the online webinar to explore two new interactive simulation tools developed by the CHOICE project. Discover how these tools make Integrated Assessment Model scenarios for the food sector more accessible and help users understand how policies, behaviours, and food system choices can influence climate outcomes. See the tools in action and learn how they can support research and evidence-based decision-making

Wolfgang Lutz will be a keynote speaker at the 8th World Congress of Education, taking place in Helsinki, Finland, from July 22 to 24, 2026.

This spring, leading experts will gather in Italy to mark the 250th anniversary of methane’s discovery and shape the next phase of methane action. Join this preview webinar to explore what’s coming and why it matters. You will hear expert perspectives, including from IIASA Senior Research Scholar Lena Höglund Isaksson, on methane science and policy.

Drought Management Focal Persons welcomed to the INTERVENE Project in first meeting.

The International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum (IVECF) 2026 will take place over two days from 9-10 April 2026, at the historic Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. Co-organized by UNIDO, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria, the Austrian Development Agency, and IIASA, in cooperation with other Vienna-based international organizations and partners, the IVECF 2026 will convene global leaders from  governments, international organizations, industry, academia, development partners and civil society, under the theme “Powering Prosperity, Security and Stability”.

IIASA Deputy Director General, Karen Lips, will participate in the First Ukrainian–European Science Diplomacy Forum that will take place in Vienna on Thursday, 12 March 2026. The event will bring together senior representatives from European and Ukrainian ministries, the European Commission, UNESCO, international research organizations, funding bodies, leading universities, and Ukrainian science diaspora networks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods are becoming increasingly important in both science and society. In climate science - where complex biophysical and societal processes interact across diverse temporal and spatial scales, and datasets are often large, heterogenous and incomplete - AI and ML methods offer new powerful solutions.