Third High-Level Session of the Open Consultative Platform

Third High-Level Session of the Open Consultative Platform

 

 

OCP-HL 3Future of National Meteorological or Hydrometeorological Services:

Evolving Roles and Responsibilities

Event Background

The Open Consultative Platform (OCP) was established on the occasion of the 18th session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18) in 2019 as a consultative mechanism for WMO to engage all stakeholders in weather, climate and water service.  Annual thematic high-level session is conducted, with participation of public, private and academic sectors, as part of the programme of the Executive Council or Congress sessions.

 

Event Name

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

 

Date and Time

17:15-18:45 CEST (15:15-16:45 UTC), Monday, 20 June 2022 (immediately after the end of the first day of the 75th session of WMO’s Executive Council)

 

Venue

Hybrid event:

  • Physical participation in Geneva, Switzerland is limited to the Executive Council Members and Panelists.

  • Virtual participation is open to all on Zoom

  • Simultaneous interpretation into the six WMO official languages will be available.

 

Event Details  

The OCP-HL-3 will be conducted in the form of panel discussion with the participation of WMO President, WMO Secretary-General, WMO Executive Council members, executive officers of private companies and known scientists. The event will be open to audience on Zoom platform and panelists will take questions from audience both on the venue and through Zoom. The purpose of the event includes:

 

  • To launch the second OCP White Paper (WP#2) "Future of National Meteorological or Hydrometeorological Services - Evolving Roles and Responsibilities” and reach all stakeholders with key messages in WP#2 to inform their future decisions on institutional, technological and operational changes;

  • To urge actions in improving legislation, increasing data sharing, uptake of science and technology advancement, adapting operating models, developing capacities and other key aspects which will influence their evolving roles and responsibilities; and 

  • To collect feedback and views of stakeholders on the theme for our future activities.

 

Programme Details

 

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Video Gallery

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Prof Petteri Taalas

Secretary-General,

World Meteorological Organization

Biography

Prof Gerhard Adrian

President,

World Meteorological Organization

Biography

Presentation

Dr Elena Maneakova

Deputy Secretary-General,

World Meteorological Organization

Biography

Mr Gerald Fleming

Moderator

Biography

Prof Penny Endersby

Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with WMO;

Chief Executive,

Met Office 

Biography

Prof Alberto Arribas Herranz

Europe Lead for Environmental Sustainability Science,

Microsoft

Biography

Mr Kai Öistämö

President and CEO,

Vaisala

Biography

Mr Yong Yu

Deputy Administrator,

China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Biography

Mr Naoyuki Hasegawa

Permanent Representative of Japan with WMO;

Director-General,

Japan Meteorological Agency 

Biography

Mr Jim Anderson

Chair, HMEI;

Vice President of Global Sales,

Advanced Environmental Monitoring

Biography

Dr Agnes L. Kijazi

Third Vice President of WMO;

Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania with WMO;

Director-General,

Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) 

Biography

Mr Joachim Schug

Head of House and Senior Meteorologist,

DTN Switzerland

Biography

PowerPoint file to accompany the oral presentation

Prof Albert Klein Tank

Director,

Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services

Biography

Dr Andrew Johnson

Permanent Representative of Australia with WMO;

CEO and Director of Meteorology,

Bureau of Meteorology

Biography

Mr Jonathan Porter

Senior Vice-President and Chief Meteorologist,

AccuWeather

Biography

Ms Courtney Draggon

Director, International Affairs Office,

NWS/NOAA

Biography