On Monday, March 3rd, CAFE will host a series of pre-conference workshops relevant to the climate and health community. The day will be broken up into sequential 3 hour blocks so that all workshops start at one of the designated start times. Beyond that, workshops can vary in length, format and audience. Workshops can focus on training (i.e., giving participants opportunities to develop relevant skills or knowledge), fostering in-depth discussions among invited participants, or enabling conversations that are not otherwise well suited to shorter conference symposia or sessions. These workshops will be separately ticketed (though still free) as an add-on option during conference registration, require longer blocks of time than a standard session, and are purpose driven. 

Ensuring this conference is welcoming to the global climate and health community is a high priority for us. We have extended our conference hours, with sessions starting at 7am EST (UTC-5), to make our virtual conference more time-zone friendly. We also welcome submissions of pre-conference workshops or sessions in other languages (please note that translation services will not be provided).

Pre-conference workshops: 

• Are limited to 250 participants total, with a maximum of 25 participants on screen at a time. 

• Should be interactive or educational in nature, intended to provide an opportunity to develop and practice applicable knowledge and skills, or expand collaboration within the climate and health community. 

• Will be scheduled for a minimum of 1 or maximum of 2 time blocks, including breaks [Long: up to 6 hours in length, or Short: up to 3 hours in length]. Sessions may last less than 3 hours but will still occupy a 3 hour block on the schedule

• Will include clearly defined goals, target audience, learning or collaborating opportunities, and outcomes. 

• Will be entirely remote, through the Accelevents platform. 

Pre-conference workshop proposals are due October 31st, (23:59 EDT). Workshop facilitators will be informed of acceptance (or rejection) and scheduling no later than the end of October.

All proposals need to include: 

• Description of the workshop, including target audience, defined goals or outcomes, and learning or collaborating opportunities. 

• Facilitating individuals or institutions/organizations, including any moderators, speakers, etc. 

• Facilitating parties must be members of the CAFÉ Community of Practice

• Ranked choice of time slots (priority given to specific time-zone needs)

CAFÉ may ask similar workshop proposals to merge or revise to avoid duplicate sessions on a topic. If this is necessary, the CAFÉ team will reach out to facilitators following the submission deadline.