Issue 58 of the EFI Newsletter is now out! conta.cc/4tXCsg0 Early bird registration for the EFI2026 Conference closes tomorrow, May 29 There are lots of community updates, as well as info about the summer book club, recordings from recent seminars, and new community manuscripts in progress.

One more European EFI Chapter monthly seminar before the summer break! Join us on the 10th of June at 1pm CET to hear from Kate Layton-Matthews, who will share about "Modelling seabird population dynamics in rapidly changing marine ecosystems”

The next European EFI Chapter monthly seminar is tomorrow! Join us on the 20th of May at 1pm CET to hear from Mikolaj Czerkawski from @asterisk-labs.bsky.social about "Earth Observation for Global Semantic Understanding of the Environment.”

EFI’s Student and Early Career Association is leading a new blog post series highlighting early career forecasters. This first post spotlights @aslewis.bsky.social, a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. ecoforecast.org/early-career...

Join EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section TODAY, Monday, May 11, at noon ET to learn about "The {AMMonitor} R package: Remote wildlife monitoring" Register to join the call at: bit.ly/4ekk9gU

One more seminar in the 5th round of the Seminar Series co-hosted by EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section! Join us next Monday, May 11, at noon ET to learn about "The {AMMonitor} R package: Remote wildlife monitoring." Register to join the call at: bit.ly/4ekk9gU

Mark you calendars for the 20th of May European EFI Chapter monthly seminar at 1pm CET! Mikolaj Czerkawski from @asterisk-labs.bsky.social will present on “Earth Observation for Global Semantic Understanding of the Environment.”

The Asian EFI Chapter has recently launched and is preparing for a kick-off call on May 18 at 6pm IST, 3:30pm GMT+3. Register to join the call at bit.ly/4dzJcMP Please share this opportunity with anyone interested in building a community of practice around ecological forecasting across Asia.

We would love to hear about the ecological forecasting work you are doing at the upcoming EFI2026 Conference in Toronto on August 4-7! Today is the deadline to submit abstract submissions! Conference webpage: bit.ly/efi2026 Abstract submissions form: bit.ly/efi2026-abst...

The EFI Newsletter Issue 57 is now available at conta.cc/4tHMxOu Reminder that abstracts for the EFI Conference are due in 3 days on Wednesday, April 15! See the new EFI Steering Committee members, info about recent and upcoming seminars, EFI chapter announcements and resources, and more!

Reminder, next Monday, April 13, at noon ET is the next webinar in our Statistical Methods series co-hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social. Abby Keller will present on “The {eDNAjoint} R package to analyze environmental DNA data” Register: bit.ly/40TyxVy Details: bit.ly/efi-esa-stat...

Reminder: Join us tomorrow, 8th April at 1 pm CET for the European EFI Chapter monthly seminar. Alessio Bulckaen will present on "Beyond generative AI: integrating expert knowledge in ARIES for ecological forecasting and sustainability assessments."

15 days left! Submit abstracts and travel scholarship requests by April 15 for the EFI2026 Conference. Join EFI in Toronto on August 4-7 to share cutting-edge research in ecological forecasting, to network, and to build capacity through working groups and workshops. Find details at bit.ly/efi2026.

Join us on 8th April for the European EFI Chapter monthly seminar. Alessio Bulckaen will present on "Beyond generative AI: integrating expert knowledge in ARIES for ecological forecasting and sustainability assessments."

We are trying something new. EFI is now on LinkedIn! If you want to follow along with EFI community happenings in another way, find the EFI page at: www.linkedin.com/company/ecol...

Join EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section for the next Stats Methods webinar on Monday, April 13, at noon US ET. Abby Keller will present on “The {eDNAjoint} R package to analyze environmental DNA data.” eDNA = environmental DNA Register at: bit.ly/40TyxVy

Reminder: The EFI Virtual Community Call is TODAY at 3pm US ET. We will share updates on what has been happening in EFI and upcoming developments to watch for. Join us to hear the updates, and let us know what questions or feedback you have. Register to join the call at: bit.ly/3OwLMZD

Join the Ecological Forecasting Initiative on March 19 at 3 pm US ET for the inaugural EFI Virtual Community Call. This call will provide an opportunity to share updates and get feedback from the community. Register to join the call at: bit.ly/3OwLMZD

If it isn't already on your calendar, add March 19 at 3 pm US ET for the inaugural Ecological Forecasting Initiative Virtual Community Call. This call will provide an opportunity to share updates and get feedback from the community. Register to join the call at: bit.ly/3OwLMZD

EFI Newsletter Issue 56 is now available! conta.cc/4rL2djH Find information about the EFI Steering Committee elections, new guidelines about grant writing and the EFI logo, announcements about seminars and the EFI2026 Conference, and updates from the working groups, funding, and job announcements.

📈Keen to learn how to quantify ecological stability? Join the EFI webinar by Ludmilla Figueiredo @idiv-research.bsky.social & Viktoriia Radchuk from #IZW to learn about package estar March 2nd, 18:00 CET. @ecoforecast.bsky.social

New article about lessons learned from a series of EFI meetings on "How to Accelerate Advances in Ecological Forecasting" eos.org/science-upda...

The 2025 Ecological Forecasting Initiative annual report is now available! Find out the exciting progress and connections that were made by the community in 2025 at: conta.cc/4ry9hjk.

The next European EFI Chapter webinar is on 11th March at 1pm CET by @freyaolsson.bsky.social Find the abstract and details for joining the call at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

The next Statistical Methods webinar hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section will be at noon US ET next Monday, March 2. Ludmilla Figueiredo and Viktoriia Radchuk will present on “The {estar} R package to measure ecological stability” Register at: bit.ly/4anpv8P

Tomorrow! Join the European EFI chapter to learn about PhenoFormer, a deep learning architecture for species-level phenology modeling, and to learn how to make deep learning models more robust to distributional shifts induced by climate change, thereby better suited for ecological forecasting.

The European EFI Chapter's February seminar is next Wednesday, Feb 11 at 1pm CET. Find the abstract and details for joining the call at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

The next Statistical Methods webinar co-hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Stats Ecology Section will be at noon US ET next Monday, February 2. @maximilianpichler.bsky.social will present on “The {cito} R package: Building and Training Deep Neural Networks” Register at: bit.ly/4jPJmkh

Reminder to join us tomorrow for the next European EFI Chapter, which will be by @mkour.bsky.social! Find the abstract for the seminar and details on how to join at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Issue 55 of the EFI Newsletter is out! conta.cc/4sXY90g The big update is the launch of the Asian EFI Chapter! If you or your colleagues are interested in connecting with this chapter, fill out the expression of interest form to learn about upcoming activities for that group.

Join us for the bonus European EFI Chapter January virtual seminar on 28th January at 1pm CET by @mkour.bsky.social! Find the abstract for the seminar and details on how to join at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Reminder to join the European EFI Chapter this Wednesday, 14th January at 3pm CET for their monthly seminar by Jory Griffith with @geobon.org! Details on how to join the virtual seminar can be found at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Reminder to join us next Monday, January 12, at noon US ET. We are co-hosting the Statistical Methods webinar series with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social to hear from Dr. Michael Dumelle about “Building Spatial Statistical Models in R using {spmodel}”. Register at: bit.ly/4i7l0BD

EFI Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award RFP. 📆Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 $1,000 grants available for 5 project groups led by a social scientist to either 1) develop a proposal for external funding or 2) convene a group to explore ideas and potential funding sources. ecoforecast.org/social-scien...

Mark your calendar for Jan 12, 2026! The next Statistical Methods webinar hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section will be at noon US ET. Michael Dumelle will present on “Building Spatial Statistical Models in R using {spmodel}” Register at: bit.ly/4i7l0BD

Issue #54 of the EFI Newsletter is now available at: conta.cc/3MpMWF0 Lots of info about - conferences, including the new EFI2026 Conference website, - a Social Science and Ecoforecasting Award RFP due Dec 15, - upcoming virtual seminars, - new community manuscript guidelines and more!

The European EFI Chapter is hosting Willem Bonnaffé for their monthly virtual seminar on Wednesday, December 10 at 1pm CET. Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Join us tomorrow! 12th November at 1pm CET. The European EFI Chapter is hosting Iestyn Woolway to present. Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

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Don't forget to join us next Monday, November 3, for the Statistical Methods webinar series we are co-hosting with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section. Dr. Richard Schuster will share about “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package.” Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt

Issue 53 of the EFI newsletter is now available! Find updates on - the annual EFI conference, other upcoming conference sessions, workshops, and seminars - invites to participate in working group activities - awards - new bylaws & playbook for international chapters and more! conta.cc/3WXJaEQ

🧊 Did your model freeze in time? Let’s bring it back to life! Join our hands-on workshop “Building Near-Term Iterative Forecasting Workflows” at #TIBS2026 – Aarhus, 6 Jan 2026 🌍 We’ll explore how to turn static predictions into dynamic, self-updating forecasts. @paniw.bsky.social

The next seminar in the Statistical Methods webinar series hosted with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section is on November 3 at noon US ET. Richard Schuster will present on “Decision support using the {prioritizr} R package” prioritizr.net Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt

EFI Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award RFP. 📆Deadline: Dec 15, 2025 $1,000 grants available for 5 project groups led by a social scientist to either 1) develop a proposal for external funding or 2) convene a group to explore ideas and potential funding sources. ecoforecast.org/social-scien...

📣 Reminder: Join EFI and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology section 📆 next Monday, October 6 at noon US ET 📖 to learn from Dr. Kenneth Kellner about “The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence” ✅ Register at: bit.ly/3H7tri7

We will co-host the next Statistical Methods webinar on October 6 at noon US ET with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section Kenneth Kellner will present “The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence” Register at: bit.ly/3H7tri7

Lots of updates in the latest EFI newsletter! conta.cc/4gsAT4X * Save the date for the Aug 5-7, EFI2026 Conference in Toronto, Canada (set aside Aug 4 for working group activities) * new working groups * proposed bylaw changes to formalize international chapter activities * and lots more!

Today, I am part of one of her stories with my work in the TransPlant Network at @ethz.ch , our experiment in France Université Grenoble Alpes and the @ecoforecast.bsky.social , honored to be featured alongside scientists in climate science and ecology. www.quantamagazine.org/photos-captu...

Join us for a webinar next Monday, September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data” Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl

After the summer hiatus, the European EFI chapter is starting up its monthly seminar series. Join us! Details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...