Workshop Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement

The Scientific Organizing Committee is committed to addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion first and foremost by reflecting it in our membership, which includes members of different gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds from different institutions at varied career stages, including early-career. We are committed to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment and will strive to ensure people of all backgrounds feel welcome. To support an equitable and inclusive environment within this workshop we will take the following specific actions:

• Enlist a scientific organizing committee containing membership from early career scientists and underrepresented groups;
• Promote the workshop broadly with a focus on recruiting participation from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and tribal colleges;
• Seek out invited speakers from underrepresented groups;
• Provide funding support for early career scientists and underrepresented groups.
• Seek out breakout session leads and rapporteurs that are early career scientists;
• Make a workshop policy that the early career scientists should be given the first opportunity to ask questions and begin the discussion;
• Share/describe the US CLIVAR code of conduct at the beginning of the meeting;
• Host an early career scientist networking session;
• Provide opportunities for early career scientists and scientists from underrepresented groups to take the lead on writing assignments in collaboration with a more experienced scientist;
• Allow and promote the virtual attendance option and adopt best practices to run an engaging hybrid meeting that enhances the virtual experience.