High-Level Round Table for the Launch of the Open Consultative Platform (OCP-HL-1)
(Europe/Zurich:
05 May 2019, 13:00 - 06 May 2019, 14:30)
Past event
Geneva, Switzerland
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Background
The Open Consultative Platform (OCP) will bring together public, private and academic sectors on a Round Table to help articulate a common vision for the future of the weather enterprise in the coming decade and beyond with the expectation that the next decade will be the decade of digital transformation in almost every sphere of businesses and human activities.
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Presentations
Summary of Responses to the Pre-Event Questionnaire
Information Note for Participants
Recording
Report
Joint Statement in
Press release
- Public-Private Sector link vital for weather forecasting 6 June 2019
- Partnerships help meet challenges 7 June 2019
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For any queries, please contact: ppe@wmo.int
Speakers
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Alan Ratier, Director-General, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
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James Earl Anderson, Vice President of Global Sales, Advanced Environmental Monitoring and Chair of HMEI
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Kevin Petty, Director of Science and Forecast Operations and PPP, The Weather Company, IBM
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David Parsons, President's Associates Presidential Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
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Naoyuki Hasegawa, Director-General, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Permanent Representative of Japan with WMO
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Ralph Renner, President, Weather Risk Management Association; Head of European Origination, Sompo International Holdings Ltd
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Cristophe Cudennec, Secretary-General, International Association of Hydrological Sciences
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Agnes L. Kijazi, Director-General, Tanzania Meteorological Authority, Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania with WMO and Third Vice President of WMO
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Louis Uccellini, Assistant Administrator, NOAA for Weather Services; Director, National Weather Service and Permanent Representative of the United States of America with WMO
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David Grimes, Permanent Representative of Canada with WMO and WMO President (2011-2019)
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Vladimir Tsirkunov, Lead Specialist, Hydromet Program, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank Group
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Djime Adoum, Executive Secretary, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
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‘Ofa Fa’ Anunu, Director, Tonga Meteorological Service and Permanent Representative of Tonga with WMO
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Michael Staudinger, Director, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics and Permanent Representative of Austria with WMO
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Andrew Johnson, CEO and Director of Meteorology, Bureau of Meteorology and Permanent Representative of Australia with WMO
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Maxim Yakovenko, Head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation with WMO
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Daisuke Abe, Managing Executive Officer Service Operation and Development Weathernews Inc.
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Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System, Research Laboratory in Boulder
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