Project Description
PEEX-e-Conference – a series of PEEX online seminars (1, 9, and 14 April 2026) & Plenary Talk by Academician Markku Kulmala (15 April 2026)
Organizers:
Hanna K. Lappalainen, hanna.k.lappalainen(at)helsinki.fi
Alexander Mahura, alexander.mahura(at)helsinki.fi
Tuukka Petäjä, tuukka.petaja(at)helsinki.fi
Markku Kulmala, markku.kulmala(at)helsinki.fi
The main aims are:
(1) to share results of research and educational activities at PEEX partner universities/ organizations
(2) to discuss future collaboration in a frame of climate change, air quality and environmental research as well as research infrastructures
(3) to discuss PEEX COST Action proposal improvements
1st online PEEX seminar – Introduction of newly joined Partners/Organizations
chaired by Hanna K. Lappalainen, Alexander Mahura
Date: 1 April 2026, Wednesday
Time: 10:50 am – 15:30 pm of Helsinki time (09:50 am – 14:30 pm of CET time)
See detailed agenda for 1 April 2026
- P01 – Welcome and Short Introductory to PEEX – by Hanna K. Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Institute for atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR)
- P02 – Institute of Ionosphere research and educational activities – by Alena Yelisseeva & Tatiana Dedova, Institute of Ionosphere, Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences (IoI KAS), Kazakhstan
- P03 – Research and educational activities at the Department of Atmospheric Physics at CUNI – by Tomas Halenka, Charles University in Prague (CUNI), Czech Republic
- P04 – Urban Climate Risks in Northern Cities: Research and Educational Activities at NERSC – by Victoria Miles, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway
- P05 – Research and Education in the field of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine – by Yuri Vergeles, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv (BNUUEK), Ukraine
- P06 – Complexity Science Meets Earth System – by Jingfang Fan, School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University University (BNU), China
- P07 – On Recent Advancements in Atmospheric and Air Quality Monitoring – by Tuukka Petaja, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UH-INAR), Finland
- P08 – On the gap of science policy for air quality: Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research, IDAEA-CSIC – by Xavier Querol, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
- P09 – Towards interactive carbon cycle in ICON Earth System Model – by Georgii Nerobelov, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BioGeoChem), Germany
- P10 – Research and knowledge transfer activities at FiBL – by Tetiana Grabovska, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
- P11 – Synthesis of the Horizon Projects implemented at MeteoRomania – by Sorin Cheval, National Meteorological Administration (NMA-Romania), Romania
- P12 – Mission and projects of the Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – by Ekaterina Batchvarova, Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CAWRI-BAS), Bulgaria
- P13 – What is going on in applied mathematics in Saarland? – by Andreas Rupp, Saarland University (UdS), Germany
- P14 – Air Quality Modelling at AUTH/SEL – by George Tsegas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
- Discussions & Wrap-up
2nd online PEEX seminar – Invited Talks from PEEX Partners/ Organizations
chaired by Alexander Baklanov, Tareq Hussein
Date: 9 April 2026, Thursday
Time: 10:50 am – 17:00 pm of Helsinki time (09:50 am – 16:00 pm of CET time)
See detailed agenda for 9 April 2026
- P01 – Welcome and Short Introductory to PEEX – by Hanna K. Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Institute for atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR)
- T01 – Integrated systems and analysis of urban Mobility for climate-neutral and susTainable Cities in Europe and China (IMTECC) – by Alexander Baklanov, University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute (UCPH-NBI), Denmark
- T02 – Scenario-Based and Climate-Adjusted Projections of PM2.5 and SO₂ to 2050: Chemical Transport Modelling Evidence from Western Kazakhstan – by Vitaliy Salnikov, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), Kazakhstan
- T03 – Meteorological and climatic research at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv – by Olga Schevchenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK), Ukraine
- T04 – Renewable energy – Integrated master program at the Arctic University of Norway – by Igor Ezau, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Norway
- T05 – Overview of EC-Earth activities within the PEEX modeling platform – by Risto Makkonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
- T06 – Seamless modeling studies of aerosol-meteorology interactions at the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute – by Mykhailo Savenets, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI), Ukraine
- T07 – Forest data science and IoT in the times of AI – paradigm shifts in research and education – by Steffen Manfred Noe, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS), Estonia
- T08 – Integrating Climate Education in Agricultural Curricula: Institutional Mission and Capacity Building – by Tetyana Dyman, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University (BTNAU), Ukraine
- T09 – How climate change affects Intangible Heritage: The case of Catalan human towers – by Jon Xavier Olano Pozo, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain
- T10 – Air quality monitoring using low-cost sensors network in Amman city in Jordan – by Khaled Hazaymeh, Yarmouk University (YU), Jordan
- T11 – The DSP: the Digital Sustainable Development Goals Programme – by Yubao Qiu & Xiaoting Li, Digital Belt and Road Program (DBAR), and the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
- T12 – Mechanism and Technology Application of Non-Uniform Environment Creation in Large Public Buildings – by Yu Zhao, Dalian University of Technology (DLUT), China
- T13 – International Collaboration: AISUS+ Initiative: AI-Empowered Climate and AQ System for Urban Sustainability and Climate Resilience – by Xu Tang, Fudan University (FDU), China
- T14 – PM10 Concentrations in Istanbul: A Comparative Analysis of 2024 and 2025 – by Huseyin Toros, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Türkiye
- T15 – Fast‑track futures: bridging education and work – by Anda Paegle & Inga Skendere, Latvia University (LU), Latvia
- T16 – Persistent Low-Water Phase of Major Ukrainian Rivers Flowing into the Northwestern Black Sea under Ongoing Climate Change – by Valeriya Ovcharuk, Mechnikov Odessa National University (ONU), Ukraine
- T17 – Beyond Individual Projects: Odesa Polytechnic National University as a Hub for the Development of Transdisciplinary R&D Clusters – by Oleh Shablii, Odesa Polytechnic National University (OP), Ukraine
- T18 – Regional scale modelling for Europe: towards climate and air quality modelling convergence – by Sandro Finardi, ARIANET Srl, Italy
- T19 – High Latitude Dust research: from observations to impacts on climate and society – by Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Agricultural Univ of Iceland (AUI), Iceland
- T20 – Development and application of atmospheric transport models for assessing radioactively contaminated sites: experience of IMMSP – by Ivan Kovalets, Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems (IMMSP), Ukraine
- Discussions & Wrap-up
3rd online PEEX seminar co-organized with TWAS at the ACCC Impact Week 2026
chaired by Markku Kulmala, Hanna K. Lappalainen, Alexander Mahura
Date: 14 April 2026, Tuesday
Time: 10:30-12:00 & 13:00-14:00 of Helsinki time
See detailed agenda for 14 April 2026
- PR1– Welcome words, Grand Challenges – PEEX Programme overview – by Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR), Helsinki, Finland
- PR2 – Building Scientific Capacity in the Global South for Climate Justice – by Max Paoli, The World Academy of Science (TWAS), UNESCO
- PR3 – Eye on Methane: From Measurement to Momentum – by Xuefei Li, UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory
- PR4 – Summary of recently completed RI-URBANS project on observational/ measurement activities – by Xavier Querol, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- PR5 – Summary of recently completed CRiceS project on modelling activities – by Risto Makkonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
- PR6 – Summary of ongoing FOCI project – by Tomas Halenka, Charles University (CUNI), Prague, Czech Republic
- PR7 – Overview on recent research at Fudan University for the PEEX domain – by Bo Yao, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- PR8a – Educational activities in Erasmus+ CLUVEX/ UnaVEx/ ClimEd projects – virtual exchanges/ trainings for Climate Messengers, Climate Advocates, Climate Experts – by Alexander Mahura, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR), Helsinki, Finland
- PR8a – ClimEd – Building capacity for climate services in Ukraine – Svyatoslav Tyuryakov, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR), Helsinki, Finland
- PR9 – COST Action PEEX-EU-NEN-ReN “Pan-Eurasian EXperiment – Europe – Near Europe Neighbourhood countries Earth System Research Network”– by Hanna K. Lappalainen & Alexander Mahura, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR), Helsinki, Finland
- Wrap-up & Discussions on the PEEX COST Action proposal & Next Steps
Plenary Talk by Academician Markku Kulmala at the ACCC Impact Week
Date: 15 April 2026, Wednesday
Time: 09:00-10:10 of Helsinki time
- Global environmental grand challenges (EGCs) and the need of comprehensive open data with proper metadata and open science to meet the EGCs – by Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (UHEL-INAR), Helsinki, Finland
See list of participants attended a series of e-seminars on 1, 9, and 14 April 2026
See summary of a series of the PEEX-e-Conference (coming soon)