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International Symposium on PWS: A Key to Service Delivery, Geneva, Switzerland (3-5 December 2007)
Symposium Programme
Monday 3 December (0800 – 0900)
Registration outside the Symposium venue
Monday 3 December (0900 – 1200)
- Opening (20 minutes)
- Beginnings of PWS in WMO and the societal value of weather. Climate and water services- Keynote – K. O’Loughlin
- PWS in the front line of NMHSs: What the PWS Programme has achieved so far – W.Kusch
- The PWS Strategy – How Does PWS Relate to Service Delivery – G. Fleming
- Investment Needs and Resource Opportunities for PWS: The Multilateral Development Banks Approach – K.B. Johm
140 minutes for talks (all at 30 minutes including 5 minutes for questions) plus 20 minutes for coffee
Monday 3 December (1400 – 1700)
Service Delivery
The challenges and best practices in the delivery of weather, climate and water services
6. Weather Services
160 minutes for talks (all at 20 minutes including 5 minutes for questions) plus 20minutes for coffee
(a) Evolution in Service Production (How technology has changed forecasting production) – A. Gusev, President CBS
(b)Experience in service delivery from a developing country: the case of Cuba - J.Rubiera
(c) Experience in service delivery through working with regional centres– M.Ndabambi
(d) Past and future of service delivery (especially the experience of working within the customer environment) - D. Robinson, S. Barnes, G. Leitsch
(e) Communications Technology (How changes in communication technology are changing the way weather information is delivered ) – T. Molina
(f) Weather Services in Support of Natural Disaster Mitigation – C. Y. Lam
(g) Weather Services and Urban Environment – Tang-Xu
(i) Innovations and new technology for improved weather services - J. Guiney & M. Staudinger
Tuesday 4 december (0900 – 1200)
7. Hydrological Services and Climate Services
160 minutes for talks (all at 20 minutes including 5 minutes for questions) plus 20minutes for coffee
(a) The development of Hydrological Services - B. Stewart, President CHY
(b) Hydrological Services from Water Managers’ perspective – J. Mensah
(c) Building Public Awareness Towards Hydrological – P. Munah
(d) “CLiPS”: RCOFs, Regional Networking and Consensus Building, and User Liaison for Targeted Climate service Delivery – L. Ogallo
(e) What Customers/Stakeholders expect from National Climate Services – D. Wilhite
(f) Climate and Environmental Services for Development Needs – M. Boulahya, D.Rogers
(g) Optimizing Climate Services for Climate-Related Risk Management (including communication of uncertainty to users) – H. Meinke
(h) Development of User-Driven Climate Products and Services for Key Socio-Economic Sector Applications - P. Bessemoulin, President CCL
Tuesday 4 december(1400 – 1700)
Education and Capacity Building
8. Building Capability in Service Delivery
100 minutes for talks (all at 20 minutes including 5 minutes for questions) plus 20minutes for coffee
(a) Economic valuation and application of Services – J. Lazo
(b) Educating Users: Sectors and Public at Large – E. Dhéliat
(c) Communication Skills and Media Training for service providers – C. Martin
(d) Communicating Forecast Uncertainty for service providers – J. Gill
(e) Special Needs of LDCs – G.B. Diagne
(f) Capacity Development for Investment and Policy Decision-Makers - P. Bénichou
9. Moderated Discussion on all aspects of service delivery, education and capacity building – J. Teather, B. Giles (Moderator)
40 minutes
Wednesday 5 december (0900 – 1200)
Looking Ahead
10. New influences (20 minutes)
(a) Political, Economical and Technological Influences That Will Shape Service Delivery in the Next Decade – D. Grimes
11. Changing roles (60 minutes followed by 20 minutes for coffee)
(a) The role of the private sector in service delivery – M. Pirone
(b) The role of the public sector in commercial services – N. Gordon
(c) National Emergency Response and Management of meteorological Disasters: Towards Improving the Effectiveness and Benefits of Meteorological Disaster Prevention and Mitigation - Ms Jiao Meiyan
12. Taking Action (80 minutes)
(a) Through Pilot Projects Within PWS: “Learning Through Doing” – M.C. Wong
(b) Examples of pilot projects and new initiatives : NMHS development and service delivery improvements – V. Tsirkunov
(c) Examples of pilot projects and new initiatives (Malaria – Ethiopia) – S. Connor
(d) ClimDev Africa Partnership - B. Ahmadu
Wednesday 5 december (1400 – 1700)
Service Delivery - the Next Decade
13. Panel Discussion (80 minutes with 20 minutes for coffee at end) – J. Teather, B. Giles (Moderators)
(a) Strategy
(b) Structure
(c) Resources
14. Moderated Discussion (60 minutes) J. Teather, B. Giles (Moderators)
Wrap Up
15. Concluding Remarks – W. Kusch (15 minutes)
16. Closure (5 minutes)
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