The Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) is a conference for graduate students, organized by graduate students. The 20th annual Graduate Climate Conference will be hosted by the University of Washington at the Pack Forest Conference Center in-person in Eatonville, Washington on November 6 - 8th, 2026. The GCC provides a range of session topics that will help future leaders in climate science meet and share ideas.
Organizing Institutions
The first GCC was organized by graduate students at the University of Washington in 2006. As the conference has grown in demand and scope, the responsibility of hosting the GCC has rotated between graduate institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Historically, the GCC has been organized by graduate students from MIT and the University of Washington, and this year’s conference is organized by students from 9 institutions.
- Boston University
- Clemson University
- The Ohio State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute