PPE Practices and Presentations

High-Level Sessions of the OCP

High Level Conferences

Regional Forums linked to the OCP

OCP Innovation Webinars

Good Practices

High-Level Sessions of the OCP

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Fifth High-level Session of the Open Consultative Platform (OCP-HL-5)

Speakers

Welcome

  • Mr Gerald Fleming (Moderator)
    • Moderator
      • Presentation

Opening Remarks

  • Prof Celeste Saulo
    • WMO Secretary-General
      • Presentation

Presentations

  • Joshua Campbel
    • HMEI Chair
      • Presentation
  • Natalia Donoho
    • Head of the WMO Space Programme
      • Presentation
  • Irene Parker
    • Deputy Assistant Administator for Systems, NESDIS, NOAA
      • Presentation
  • Paul Counet
    • Head of Strategy, Communications and International Relations, EUMETSAT
      • Presentation
  • Peter Platzer
    • CEO, Spire Global
      • Presentation
  • Dr Fenghui Li
    • Chariman and CEO, Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology Co.
      • Presentation

Key Messages

  • Tatsuya Kimura
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Fourth High-level Session of the Open Consultative Platform (OCP-HL-4)

SPEAKERS

Welcome

Opening Remarks

Presentation on the latest progress and the plan for the EW4All implementation

  • Cyrille Honoré

Gaps and expected outcomes of the plan of the EW4All implementation

  • Outhone Phetluangsy
    • Permanent Representative of Lao PDR with WMO (Lao PDR)

HMEI and private sector presentations and commitments

  • Joshua Campbel
  • Chris Sharrock
    • Vice President, United Nations Affairs and IOs, Microsoft
  • Yossi Matias
    • Vice President , Engineering and Research, Google
  • Nelson Gonzalez
  • Kaushik Sethuraman
    • Head, Programs, Central Social Impact Group, Meta
  • Ye Huang
    • Country Manager, DACH, Benelux, and CEE Region, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
  • Kimberly Brown
    • Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, Mobile for Development, GSMA

Key Messages

  • Tatsuya Kimura

Closing

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Third High-Level Session of the Open Consultative Platform (OCP-HL-3)

SPEAKERS

Welcome

Opening Remarks

Keynote Speech

Panel Discussion 1: Operating Models and Environment

  • Prof Penny Endersby
  • Prof Alberto Arribas Herranz
    • Europe Lead for Environmental Sustainability Science, Microsoft
  • Mr Kai Öistämö
  • Mr Yong Yu
  • Q&A (through 42m21s)

Panel Discussion 2: Legislative/Institutional Framework

Panel Discussion 3: Human Resources, Permanent Representative's role, and Global and Regional Cooperation

  • Prof Albert Klein Tank
    • Director, Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services (United Kingdom)
  • Dr Andrew Johnson
  • Mr Jonathan Porter
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Meteorologist, AccuWeather
  • Ms Courtney Draggon
    • Director, International Affairs Office, NWS/NOAA (USA)
  • Q&A (through 94m00s)

Key messages

Closing Remarks

Closing of the session

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Second High-level Session of the Open Consultative Platform (OCP-HL-2)

SPEAKERS (May 2021)

Theme of day one (26 May) - Launch of the first OCP White Paper on Future of Weather and Climate Forecasting (vision 2030+)

PRESENTATIONS

PANEL DISCUSSION

THEME ONE KEY MESSAGES

Theme of day two (27 May) - Evolving Roles and Responsibilities – Future of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (vision 2030+)

PRESENTATIONS

PANEL DISCUSSION

THEME II KEY MESSAGES

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High-Level Conferences

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WMO Technical Conference on: "The UN Global Early Warning Initiative for Climate Adaptation: Early Warnings for All

SPEAKERS

Opening

  • Dr Wenjian Zhang
  • Dr Elena Manaenkova
  • Mr Ian Lisk
    • WMO Services Commission President (United Kingdom)
  • Mr Michel Jean
    • WMO Infrastructure Commission President (Canada)

Session 1: Current Early Warning Service Value Cycle Initiatives

Session 3: The Role of the Big Tech in Early Warnings for All

  • Mr Anthony Louen Fernandez
  • Ms Amelie Grangeat
  • Mr Sella Nevo
  • Mr Xiaohui Zhong
    • Managing Director of Strategic Investment Department, Alibaba
  • Mr Matt Corey
  • Mr Jonas Weiss

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High-Level Regional Forums of the OCP

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High-Level Regional Forum of the OCP in RA II & V (Asia and South-West Pacific)

SPEAKERS

Opening

Challenges and Opportunities

Enabling Estrategy and Legislation

Closing

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High-Level Regional Forum of the OCP in RA I (Africa)

SPEAKERS

Welcome

  • Dr Aderito Aramuge  
    • Director General of National Institute of Meteorology (Mozmabique)

Keynote on the opportunities for digital transformation of hydrometeorological services in Africa

Sharing experiences on good practices on digital transformation on services delivery

  • Dr Ladislaus Chang'a
  • Dr Joao Afonso

Financing Opportunities

  • Dr Joseph D. Intsiful
    • Senior Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Specialist, GCF
  • Mr Makoto Suwa

Digital technologies in support of the EW4All Initiative

Digital transformation - Private Sectors' Assitance in enhancing capacities of hydrometeorological services in Africa

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High-Level Regional Forum of the OCP in RA IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)

SPEAKERS

Welcoming remarks

Public-Private Engagement Presentations

  • Ms Courtney Draggon
    • Director of International Affairs of NOAA/NWS (USA)
  • Ms Berta Olmedo
  • Mr Jeffrey W Simmons and Mr Robert Carron
    • Acting Director of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology and PR of Bahamas with WMO (Bahamas) / Founder of the Bahamas Aviation, Climate and Severe Weather Network LTD
  • Ms Jay Wilson
  • Mr Carlos Villamil
  • Director of Sales LATAM, OTT Hydromet

Key messages

Closing remarks

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High-Level Regional Forum of the OCP in RA VI (Europe)

SPEAKERS

Introduction

Key Note Presentations

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Launch of the High-Level Regional Forum of the OCP in RA III (South America)

SPEAKERS

Introduction

  • Mr Julian Baez Benitez - Moderator

Opening Remarks

Presentation: Review of WMO Public-Private Engagement activities and Region-specific status

Sharing good practice and experience

Panel discussion: The way forward - Globally, Regionally and Nationally

Key Messages

Closing Remarks

  • Prof Celeste Saulo
  • Ms Yolanda González Hernández
  • Dr Wenjian Zhang

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Webinars 

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar – Innovation and Cutting-edge Activities in Space Borne Precipitation Measurements and Applications | Information page | Presentation1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Recording (14 December 2021)

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar – Met Office and Microsoft share information on what their partnership means for the future of the Met Office | Information page | Presentation | Recording (4 October 2021)

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar - Microsoft and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Information page, Recording (April 2021)

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Presentation - WMO Data Conference Preparatory Workshop on Theme 2: "Business models and data policy issues" (October 2020)

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar - Innovation in PPE - Public Goods in Weather and Climate: Information page, Presentation, Recording (July 2020)

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar - Multi-hazards early warning system in the Pacific: Information page, Presentation, Summary, Recording (April 2020)

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Talk - Business of Weather Podcast: The WMO encourages collaboration between the public & private sectors - interview with Dimitar Ivanov (April 2020)

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Presentation - WMO OCP Innovation Webinar - Integrating Technology-Driven Solutions to Improve The Production and Utilization of Weather Products and Services in Africa: Information page, Presentation (February 2020)

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Good Practices

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Public-Private Engagement to Enhance Observation in Japan (March 2022)

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Meteorological Services in Japan and Lessons for Developing Countries (February 2022, especially Chapter 2 on Legal Framework and Chapter 4 on Public-Private Engagement; a paper commissioned by the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Management Hub, Tokyo)

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Meteo France International (MFI): Modernizing National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) through public-private partnerships: English | French (July 2020)

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Legal framework and policies related to PPE for meteorological services in China: Consistent emphasis and legally binding provisions on the authority of public meteorological offices in the public weather forecast and weather warnings (July 2020)

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Public-Private Engagement in Japan Underpinned by its Legislative Framework (June 2020)

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Ensuring sound development of meteorological services: Japan Meteorological Agency and the Weather Business Consortium (WXBC) (April 2020)

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Public and Private Engagement in Korea’s Weather & Climate business (April 2020)

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Establishing a successful public-private partnership: MeteoSwiss collaborates with the private weather company MeteoGroup, the largest operator of a network of private weather stations in Switzerland (April 2020)

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Integrating private sector observations in operational weather forecasting in Norway (March 2020)

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Boosting innovation and national dialogue: 2nd Meteorological Service Technology Innovation Competition and Annual Forum, Beijing, China: Summary, Video (February 2020)

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