The 12th IPWG Workshop is organized by the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management National Research Institute in Krakow in July 2026, following previous workshops in Madrid (2002), Monterey (2004), Melbourne (2006), Beijing (2008), Hamburg (2010), São José dos Campos (2012), Tsukuba (2014), Bologna (2016), Seoul (2018), Fort Collins (2022), and Tokyo (2024). It will take place at the Jagiellonian University Campus in Kraków.

The focus will be to: "Review IPWG stated Objectives and discuss key challenges to produce state of the art, high resolution, rainfall and snowfall products accessible to the global community", and to "Recommend future directions to WMO, CGMS, and interested coordinating groups". This will be accomplished by a series of Plenary sessions, group discussions and poster sessions. A separate training activity will focus on new and emerging satellite technologies, sensors, and precipitation datasets.