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National Meetings

A Change in the Weather?

DATE

Wednesday 11 December 2019
13:00 - 16:30

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LOCATION

The Geological Society
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BG
United Kingdom

MEETING TITLE | A Change in the Weather? The relationship between public and private sector meteorology in an era of rapid technological and economic change.

The WMO has led one of the greatest international collaborations of all time, creating a mechanism for the global exchange of data which underpins the tremendous advances in weather forecasting capability seen over the last few decades. Until recently most of the observational, NWP and research effort driving those advances has been carried out by publicly funded bodies.
But the private meteorological sector is undergoing rapid expansion, thanks to technological advances and the growing commercial value of weather and climate services. Private sector surface and space-based observation networks and NWP capability now exist and may rival the scale of the international public effort in the not too distant future. This growth comes at the same time as public bodies are under increasing financial pressure.

There is much to be gained from public/private/academic collaboration, but current structures and agreements such as free exchange of data can act as barriers.

This meeting will provide a forum for leading players in the public and private sectors to discuss the challenges, present examples of successful partnerships, and explore ideas for future relationships.

 

 

Programme

Agenda

11th Dec 2019 13:00 - 16:30
Session Chair: Peter Gibbs

Session schedule

Hide
Time Title Speaker
13:00 Welcome Mr P Gibbs FRMetS
13:05 Evolution of the Global Weather Enterprise Prof A Thorpe HonFRMetS
13:35 Examples of Collaboration and Cooperation in the Global Weather Enterprise M Glackin
14:05 Tea break and poster session -
14:35 To stay safe and thrive – The mutual opportunities and challenges of a National Met Service working with the private sector. A Kirkman
15:10 Contributions to innovation in weather services for developing countries) B L. Lamptey
15:40 Panel Discussion Mr P Gibbs FRMetS
16:30 Meeting Close -

Meeting Programme available to view here

 

Abstracts and biographies available to view here

Resources

A Change in the Weather_Abstracts and Biographies
pdf 144.32 KB
A Change in the Weather Programme
pdf 113.01 KB

This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non members are welcome.

Resources

Alan Thorpe Presentation
pdf 820.04 KB
Mary Glackin Presentation
pdf 970.35 KB
Andy Kirkman Presentation
pdf 751.91 KB
Ben Lamptey Presentation
pdf 731.09 KB

A Change in The Weather Presentations

Developments in public-private-academic sector engagement in the global weather enterprise.
Prof Alan Thorpe
Co-ordination Group for the Global Weather Enterprise Forum

Private sector weather services
Mary Glackin
President-elect of AMS. Former director of science and forecast operations at IBM Weather Company

Roles and responsibilities of the public sector
Andy Kirkman
Met Office

Academic sector – (Contributions to innovation in weather services for developing countries)
Dr Ben Lamptey
GMet, Visiting Cheney Fellow University of Leeds

 

MEETING TITLE | A Change in the Weather? The relationship between public and private sector meteorology in an era of rapid technological and economic change.

The WMO has led one of the greatest international collaborations of all time, creating a mechanism for the global exchange of data which underpins the tremendous advances in weather forecasting capability seen over the last few decades. Until recently most of the observational, NWP and research effort driving those advances has been carried out by publicly funded bodies.
But the private meteorological sector is undergoing rapid expansion, thanks to technological advances and the growing commercial value of weather and climate services. Private sector surface and space-based observation networks and NWP capability now exist and may rival the scale of the international public effort in the not too distant future. This growth comes at the same time as public bodies are under increasing financial pressure.

There is much to be gained from public/private/academic collaboration, but current structures and agreements such as free exchange of data can act as barriers.

This meeting will provide a forum for leading players in the public and private sectors to discuss the challenges, present examples of successful partnerships, and explore ideas for future relationships.

 

 

Programme

Agenda

11th Dec 2019 13:00 - 16:30
Session Chair: Peter Gibbs

Session schedule

Hide
Time Title Speaker
13:00 Welcome Mr P Gibbs FRMetS
13:05 Evolution of the Global Weather Enterprise Prof A Thorpe HonFRMetS
13:35 Examples of Collaboration and Cooperation in the Global Weather Enterprise M Glackin
14:05 Tea break and poster session -
14:35 To stay safe and thrive – The mutual opportunities and challenges of a National Met Service working with the private sector. A Kirkman
15:10 Contributions to innovation in weather services for developing countries) B L. Lamptey
15:40 Panel Discussion Mr P Gibbs FRMetS
16:30 Meeting Close -

Meeting Programme available to view here

 

Abstracts and biographies available to view here

Resources

A Change in the Weather_Abstracts and Biographies
pdf 144.32 KB
A Change in the Weather Programme
pdf 113.01 KB

This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non members are welcome.

Resources

Alan Thorpe Presentation
pdf 820.04 KB
Mary Glackin Presentation
pdf 970.35 KB
Andy Kirkman Presentation
pdf 751.91 KB
Ben Lamptey Presentation
pdf 731.09 KB

DATE

Wednesday 11 December 2019
13:00 - 16:30

Add Event to Calendar: Google

LOCATION

The Geological Society
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BG
United Kingdom

A Change in The Weather Presentations

Developments in public-private-academic sector engagement in the global weather enterprise.
Prof Alan Thorpe
Co-ordination Group for the Global Weather Enterprise Forum

Private sector weather services
Mary Glackin
President-elect of AMS. Former director of science and forecast operations at IBM Weather Company

Roles and responsibilities of the public sector
Andy Kirkman
Met Office

Academic sector – (Contributions to innovation in weather services for developing countries)
Dr Ben Lamptey
GMet, Visiting Cheney Fellow University of Leeds

 

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