Khouider Boualem (University of Victoria, Dept. Mathematics & Statistics), Muller Caroline (IST, Austria), Schumacher Courtney (TAMU), Holloway Christopher Earl (University of Reading, Department of Meteorology), Cathy Hohenegger (Max Planck Institute), Dias Juliana (noaa), Mukhopadhyay Parthasarathi (uni Kalyani), Pincus Rob (Columbia), Shamekh Sarah (Columbia University), Bordoni Simona (University of Trento), Allison Wing (Florida State University), Local Organiser: Adrian Tompkins (ICTP)