Regional Conference of the RA VI on the Future Role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services: Leadership and Management and Launch of the 2021 State of the Climate in Europe Report
RATIONAL AND OBJECTIVES
The main theme of the conference is ‘Future role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs): Leadership and Management’. The conference aims to gather senior management of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and representatives of private and academic sectors and international organizations to discuss the future of the NMHSs in Europe including topics related to infrastructure, research, services, leadership, strategies and legislation, and public-private engagement. The Conference will support the implementation of a range of WMO strategic objectives and resolutions, including the Unified Policy for the International Exchange of Earth System Data. In addition, the State of the Climate in Europe 2021 report will be launched in the conference. This annual flagship report of the WMO and ECMWF’s Copernicus Climate Change Service gives details of climate indicators in RA VI (Europe) such as temperatures, ocean heat, ocean acidification, sea level rise, sea ice, glaciers and extreme weather. The report also has a section devoted to impacts on sustainable development, health, food security, displacement and ecosystems.
EXPECTED RESULTS
The Conference will provide a consensus-based recommendation paper to feed into the High-level Ministerial Event, to be conducted likely in 2023, prior to/or after the forthcoming session of the World Meteorological Congress.
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
The agenda is available Regional Conference of the Regional Association VI on the Future role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services: Leadership and Management .
PRESENTATIONS
Opening session: Setting the Global Picture
COP-27 initiatives Status of climate Water and energy reports Prof. Petteri Taalas
Petteri TAALAS, WMO Secretary-General
Session: Infrastructure for Research and Services
ECMWF: Adapting a successful European endeavour infrastructure to future needs
Florence RABIER, Director-General, ECMWF
Lessons learned from INSPIRE and the evolution of data-sharing policies in the EU
Jordi ESCRIU, European Commission, Digital Economy Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Backup of DHMZ essential services using ECMWF HPCF and EWC
Branka Ivančan-Picek, PR of Croatia
Session: Research Activities for Services as a Core Business of Future NMHS
EU Research Infrastructure and collaboration of the academic and public sector
Jutta THIELEN DEL POZO and Fabio TAUCER, Head and Deputy Head of Scientific Development, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Earth System Modelling at 1 km Bjorn Stevens
Bjorn STEVENS, Managing Director Max-Plank Institute and Director of the Atmosphere in the Earth System Department
Utilizing the value chain from research to services to produce effective services at NMHS
Jussi KAUROLA, PR of Finland
Session: Services to support core business of NMHSs
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility (SAF) as support to NMHSs' delivery of Services
Phil EVANS, Director-General, EUMETSAT
European Early Warning Systems: Present and the Future
Andreas SCHAFFHAUSER, PR of Austria
Angela CORINA, RA VI Hydrological Adviser and Jan DAŇHELKA, Chair of Hydrological Coordination Panel
Danara ALIMBAYEVA, PR of Kazakhstan, Chair of the Interstate Council on Hydrometeorology of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Launch of the 2021 State of the Climate in Europe Report
State of the Climate in Europe 2021 (Presentation)
Petteri TAALAS, WMO Secretary-General and Carlo BUONTEMPO, Director of Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF
RA VI Regional Forum of the Open Consultative Platform (Engagement of Public, Private and Academic sectors)
Roar SKÅLIN, PR of Norway, RA VI Acting President
Performing observations and delivering services from academic sector to public and private entities
Vassiliki KOTRONI, Research Director, Institute of Environmental Research National Observatory of Athens, Greece
Public, academic and private engagement
Jordi ESCRIU, European Commission, Digital Economy Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
ESSLs’ European Severe Weather Database (ESWD)
Alois Holzer, Director of Operations, European Severe Storms Laboratory
PPP meteorological services in Switzerland: a win-win experience
Bertrand CALPINI, Deputy Director and Maxime HERVO, Project Coordinator, MeteoSwiss
Public-Private Engagement – HMEI Perspective
Josephine WILSON, HMEI Governing Council Member, Director of Business Development and Sustainability at OTT
Public Private Engagement - Private Perspective MICHAL NAJ MAN
Michal NAJMAN, PRIMET Board Member, CEO at Meteopress
Possible vision for « Design – Build – Operate » business model
Patrick BENICHOU, Président MFI
Session: NMHSs of the Future (Leadership and Management)
Leadership and Management Programme: Activities and Resources
Mustafa ADIGUZEL, Scientific Officer, WMO ETR Office
Kornélia RADICS, Invited Expert
Experience with the Leadership and Management Programme delivered to Iberoamerican NMHS
Andrea Grande Royo-Villanova, RTC Spain Director
Ra’ed RAFID, PR of Jordan
Role of Leadership and Management for Better NHMSs
Volkan Mutlu Coşkun, PR of Türkiye
Paul DAVIES The Met Office Change Management
Paul DAVIES, Chief Meteorologist, Principal Fellow, UK Met Office
Marianne The need for leadership identity Presentation
Marianne THYRRING, PR of Denmark
Managing Competencies and Qualifications for better service Paul BUGEAC
Paul BUGEAC, Coordinator, Learning and Development, WMO ETR Office
Session: NMHSs of the Future (Strategy and Legislation)
Stefan UHLENBROOK, Director, Hydrology, Water and Cryosphere, WMO
John OGREN WMO Presentation to RAVI
John OGREN, Vice-Chair, Capacity Development Panel
Meteorology, Climatology and Environment in the Last Italian Legislative Initiatives
Luca BAIONE, PR of Italy
Good practices of legal frameworks underpinning meteorological service
Tatsuya KIMURA, Director, Public-Private Engagement Office, WMO
REGISTRATION
The registration of the WMO Member States representatives from public, private and academic sectors should be done through the WMO event registration system, via the Permanent Representative of the Member State with WMO (the link is provided in the letter of invitation). Registration of the partner institutions and UN representatives is to be done by e-mail at roe@wmo.int.
VENUE
Hybrid event (registration required):
- Physical participation at Salle Obasi, WMO Building in Geneva, Switzerland
- Virtual participation on Zoom
ORGANIZERS
Regional Office for Europe, in collaboration with the WMO Technical Departments (Infrastructure, Services and Science), Public-Private Engagement Office and Education and Training Office.
