WMO RA II WG/CP Chairs’ meeting and 2025 Annual Promotion Meeting of the RA II Pilot Project – Centre on Urban Multi-hazard Early Warning (CoEW)
Shanghai, China
WMO RA II WG/CP Chairs' Meeting
2025 Annual Promotion Meeting of the RA II Pilot Project
Centre on Urban Multi-hazard Early Warning (CoEW)
📍 Meeting Information
Date
13-14 November 2025
Location
Shanghai, China
Host
Shanghai Meteorological Service
Format
Hybrid Meeting
Language
English
Time Zone
Beijing Time (UTC+8)
💡 About EW4All: The Early Warnings for All initiative is a groundbreaking global effort that aims to ensure everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, and climate events through life-saving early warning systems by the end of 2027.
📋 Meeting Agenda
📅 Day 1 - Thursday, 13 November 2025
Opening Session
- Review of the implementation of EW4All initiative
- Progress report of the Pilot Project CoEW
- Discussion
🍽️ Refreshments will be provided
Break-out Meetings of RA II WG/CPs
- Infrastructure Working Group
- Services Working Group
- Research and Innovation Coordination Panel
- Hydrology (organized earlier on other occasion)
📅 Day 2 - Friday, 14 November 2025
Strategic Planning Session
- Update on RA II Operating Plan/Work Programme
- Update on the sub-structure and membership
- Wrap-up and next steps
🍽️ Refreshments will be provided
🏛️ Technical Visit to Local Facilities
Participants will have the opportunity to visit cutting-edge meteorological facilities in Shanghai.
👥 Participants
The following experts and representatives are expected to participate in this meeting:
🔷 Working Group - Infrastructure (WG-I)
- Chair: SATO Yoshiaki
- Vice Chair: GUO Jianxia
- Vice Chair: K.N. MOHAN
🔷 Working Group - Services (WG-S)
- Chair: YANG Shunan
- Vice Chair: Jenamani Rajendra KUMAR
- Vice Chair: Farnaz Pourasghar TOLOMBECHI
🔷 Coordination Panel - Research and Innovation (CP-RI)
- Chair: V.S. PRASAD
- Vice-Chair: MAI Van Khiem
- Vice Chair: Ebrahim As'adi OSKOUEI
- Vice Chair: ZHOU Kanghui
🔷 Regional Representatives
- Regional Hydrological Adviser (RHA): MIYAMOTO Mamoru
- Hydrology Representative: Hyeonjun Kim
- RA II - SERCOM: Kamaljit RAY
- RA II - Regional Bureau: LI Jian
🔷 Task Team - Early Warnings for All
- TT-EW4All Chair: To be confirmed
- TT-EW4All Co-Chair: To be confirmed
🔷 WMO Secretariat & Regional Office Staff
- Regional Officer: Jun Yu
- Technical Coordinator (Services): Jochen Luther
- Technical Coordinator (Infrastructure): Yongqing Chen
- Associate Coordination Officer: Yuyi Shen
- Seconded Expert: Julianne Thu
📝 Note: This is a tentative participant list. Final confirmation of attendees will be provided closer to the meeting date.
📧 Contact Information
For questions or additional information about this meeting, please contact:
Primary Contact
Mr Zhang Jianlei
Shanghai Meteorological Service
📧 Email: zhangjl
cma [dot] gov [dot] cn (zhangjl[at]cma[dot]gov[dot]cn)
Additional Contact
Ms Sun Yi
📧 Email: 276968407qq [dot] com (276968407[at]qq[dot]com)
💰 Travel & Accommodation
Within the limited budget, travel and accommodation expenses during your stay in China will be considered for in-person participants. Please coordinate with the contact persons above for arrangements.
📍 Organized by:
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Regional Association II (Asia)
🤝 In partnership with:
Shanghai Meteorological Service | China Meteorological Administration
