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EFI is an international grassroots consortium aimed at building and supporting an interdisciplinary community of practice around near-term (daily to decadal) ecological forecasts.
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...
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: cito R package and neural networks. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Maximilian Pichler from the University of Reg...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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...
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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.
Ecological Forecasting Initiative January 2026 Newsletter
Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 55| January 26, 2026 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage As we kick off another year I'm excited to announce the launch of the
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January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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...
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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...
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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
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January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: spmodel R package. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Michael Dumelle from the U.S. Environmental Prote...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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!
Ecological Forecasting Initiative December 2025 Newsletter
Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 54| December 9, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage As an annual tradition, this month's newsletter highlights the upcomi
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December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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...
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: prioritizr R package. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Richard Schuster from Nature Conservancy of C...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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!

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative October 2025 Newsletter
Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 53| October 27, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage A few things to highlight this month:  EFI2026: Call for workshop a
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October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🧊 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
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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”
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Register at: bit.ly/3H9A3wt
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: prioritizr R package. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Richard Schuster from Nature Conservancy of C...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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...
Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award RFP | Ecological Forecasting Initiative
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October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📣 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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence. After registering, you will receive a c...
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Kenneth Kellner from Michigan State Universit...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: The {unmarked} R package for fitting hierarchical models of animal abundance and occurrence. After registering, you will receive a c...
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Kenneth Kellner from Michigan State Universit...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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!
Ecological Forecasting Initiative September 2025 Newsletter
Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 52| September 15, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage A few big things to highlight this month:  EFI2026 will happen Au
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September 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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September 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: Introduction to continuous-time movement modeling for animal tracking data. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Christen Fleming from the University of Centr...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are co-hosting the 5th round of the Statistical Methods webinar series with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Statistical Ecology Section.

Join us on September 8 at noon US ET for an “Introduction to Continuous-time Movement Modeling for Animal Tracking Data”

Register at: bit.ly/4lRRbGl
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: Introduction to continuous-time movement modeling for animal tracking data. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...
This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Dr. Christen Fleming from the University of Centr...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM