All about the 2023 CWL conference

The CWL 2023 conference will be online the week of February 27th, 2023!

As was in previous years, there will be three sessions, each targeting normal working hours in different parts of the world.

  • Session 1 :earth_americas: :earth_africa: (Americas-EMEA)
    Monday, February 27th, 09:00 - 13:00 US EST / 14:00 - 18:00 UTC
  • Session 2 :earth_africa: :earth_asia: (EMEA-APAC)
    Wednesday, March 1st, 07:00 - 11:00 UTC / 16:00 - 20:00 Japanese Standard Time
  • Session 3 :earth_asia: :earth_americas: (APAC-Americas)
    Thursday, March 2nd 19:00 - 23:00 US EST
    Friday, March 3rd 00:00 - 04:00 UTC / 09:00 - 13:00 Japanese Standard Time

Here is the sign-up form for participating in the conference.

This event, like all CWL events, will be subject to the CWL Code Of Conduct .

The 2023 CWL Conference is free of charge and we invite you to donate 50 USD or more to the CWL project via our fiscal host, Software Freedom Conservancy, to support the continued development of the CWL standards, community, and educational material.

If you have any questions, email us at conference@commonwl.org. See you at the conference!


There will also be an in-person event, hosted by EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany on Tuesday, February 28th and Wednesday, March 1st, 2023. Attendance is free and the catering is sponsored by ELIXIR-DE/de.NBI.

Sign up for the Heidelberg, Germany CWL event

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I’ve added the session schedule and a link to signup to participate!

Signups for the Heidelberg, Germany event are open!

Signed up! Looking forward to 2023 CWL conference! Alas I won’t be able to attend the in-person event. Cheers

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Clarification: Session 3 is on Thursday, March 2nd in the Americas (19:00 - 23:00 US EST),
which remains Friday, March 3rd in Asia-Pacific timezones (00:00 - 04:00 UTC / 09:00 - 13:00 Japanese Standard Time)

[timezones are hard!]

I added a note that this conference, like all CWL events and spaces, isl be subject to the CWL Code Of Conduct .