CCMC Workshop 2026

The 12th CCMC Community Workshop will be held at The Maritime Conference Center, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (near BWI Airport) on June 1 – June 5, 2026.

Biennial CCMC community workshops are designed as opportunities for an in-depth exchange of experiences, opinions and needs between model developers, science and operational users, educators, agency representatives and the CCMC staff.

Session topics (presentations/demos/discussions panels) will tentatively include:

Updates from developers on model status at the CCMC, new developments, upgrades, onboarding plans.
Demos of CCMC systems, tools and dashboards, new features and capabilities. Community feedback.
Discussion panel on CCMC role in space weather programs and R2O2R.
Follow-on discussions on advancing modeling through open science and activities of Heliophysics Open Modeling Environment (HOME).
Community real-time space weather modeling systems addressing specific forecasting problems and impacts: collaborative development, assessment, and demonstrating operational potential.
Metrics, validation, modeling challenges, scoreboards, validation platforms, tracking progress over time.
Expanding simulation services, modeling challenges and scoreboards to other planets and planetary bodies. Space environment modeling at Moon and Mars.
AI/ML in space weather modeling.
CCMC partnerships with other simulation service providers, run producers, and observational data centers. Interfacing with the HelioData website, and supporting mission science.
Community portal for great space weather storms.

Community members interested in contributing to workshop planning are encouraged to contact the workshop organizers.

Logistics

Location: The Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
Meeting room: The Auditorium, Building 3.
Registration: RSVP/registration form (early registration deadline: March 23, 2026)
Hotel Reservation Deadline: April 1, 2026. See below for accommodation and transportation details.
NCTS: #53626-26 (NASA Government & Contractor Employees Only).

Participation

This workshop is primarily planned as in-person, however limited virtual participation will be possible. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. The workshop schedule will follow an all-day in-person format.

Zoom Info

A zoom meeting link will be provided to attendees, via email prior to the workshop.

Agenda

Coming soon.

Schedule: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Registration

Early Registration Deadline: March 23, 2026. After this date, the workshop will be broadly advertised
Final Registration Deadline: May 18, 2026 or when venue capacity is reached (please e-mail us after this date).
We appreciate early RVSPs for workshop planning as well as in-person and virtual attendee limit purposes.
RSVP/registration form
There is no registration fee, but registration is required.
A continental breakfast will be provided in the workshop area. Lunch will be provided in the Chesapeake Dining Room at the facility for all registered workshop participants.

Accommodation

A limited number of rooms have been blocked at The Maritime Conference Center, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (near BWI Airport)
The discounted group rate of $161 per night (plus applicable taxes) is available to workshop attendees. You must reserve your room no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2026 in order to receive the special rate.
To receive this rate, guests can either:
click this link to book.
call Hotel Reservations at 410-859-5700 then press 7 and identify themselves with CCMC Workshop and provide the event/room block date range: May 31 - June 6, 2026.
The hotel room block rate includes a hot breakfast and dinner in the facility dining room. Lunch is included with registration during the workshop.
Hotel Reservation Deadline: April 1, 2026
Meeting Room: The Auditorium (Building 3).

Transportation

Address: The Maritime Conference Center 692 Maritime Blvd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Parking: The hotel provides parking for all workshop attendees. We recommend parking in Lot A.
Local transportation: The Maritime Conference Center provides a complimentary shuttle service 24 hours to and from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Light Rail, and Amtrak stations. After receiving all baggage, call 866-900-3517 or 410-859-5700, Press 0 and ask for a shuttle to be dispatched. Visit the hotel's transportation page for more information.
Google Map Directions

Restaurants

There are multiple restaurants nearby the hotel.

Note that those with hotel rooms at the Maritime Conference Center have meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) included at the Chesapeake Dining Room as part of their hotel room rate during the duration of the workshop.

Workshop registrants without hotel rooms will have lunch included at the Chesapeake Dining Room, in addition to a light breakfast and afternoon snack in the workshop break area.