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

Hydrology in RA VI

Angela CORINA, RA VI Hydrological Adviser and Jan DAŇHELKA, Chair of Hydrological Coordination Panel 

Vision for Collaboration for RA VI in Infrastructure, Services and Research based on Earth System approach: Future of NMHSs

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)

Collaboration between NMHSs and with the public and academic sector in high performing computing infrastructure

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

Recommendations from the High-Level Task Team on Intra- and Inter-Regional Cooperation, Collaboration and Development Partnerships

Kornélia RADICS, Invited Expert

Experience with the Leadership and Management Programme delivered to Iberoamerican NMHS

Andrea Grande Royo-Villanova, RTC Spain Director 

The vision for Collaboration for RA VI in Infrastructure, Services and Research based on the «Earth system» approach: The future of NMHSs

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)

Water and Climate Coalition 

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):