Tuesday, 30 April 2019 |
9:00-9:30 |
Registration |
OPENNING SESSION |
09:30-09:50 |
Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia |
Dr Ayman Ghulam |
| Representative of WMO Secretary-General |
Dr Lars Peter Riishojgaard |
09:50-10:00 |
Local arrangements briefing |
GAMEP |
10:00-10:45 |
Group Photo & Coffee / Tea Break |
SESSION 1: REVIEW OF WIGOS PRIORITIES
Chair: Dr Ayman Ghulam (PR of Saudi Arabia) |
10:45-11:10 |
WIGOS framework and tools |
Dr L.P. Riishojgaard |
11:10-11:30 |
WMO technical regulations and guidance material |
Mr L.F. Nunes |
11:30-11:50 |
WIGOS implementation in RA II, Plan & status |
Mr Y. Chen |
11:50-12:10 |
The Global Basic Observing Network |
Dr L.P. Riishojgaard |
12:10-12:30 |
GAMEP-KAUST Cooperation and Development of Observing Systems at KAUST |
Prof Stenchikov |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
SESSION 2: FOLLOW-UP ON THE OUTCOMES OF RAII WORKSHOP (TOKYO MAR.2019) Chair: Mr K. Matsuda (Japan) |
14:00-14:30 |
Main outcomes from RA II Workshop on RWC (March 2019, Tokyo, Japan) |
Dr L.P. Riishojgaard |
14:30-15:30 |
National presentations on RWCs development status (China, Japan, India, Russia, S. Arabia) |
Member’s representatives |
15:30-16:00 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
16:00-16:40 |
National presentations on RWCs development status - continued |
Member’s representatives |
16:40-17:00 |
Wrap-up discussion and conclusions of Day 1 and review of the Programme for Day 2 |
All |
18:30-20:30 |
Welcome Dinner by GAMEP |
Wednesday, 1 mAY 2019 |
SESSION 3: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF WIGOS (NON-RWCs)
Chair: Mr Y. Chen (China) |
09:00-09:15 |
Bahrain |
NFP |
09:15-09:30 |
Iraq |
NFP |
09:30-09:45 |
Jordan |
NFP |
09:45-10:00 |
Kuwait |
NFP |
10:00-10:15 |
Oman |
NFP |
10:15-10:30 |
United Arab Emirates |
NFP |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
11:00-11:30 |
Open discussion on issues related with national implementation of WIGOS |
All |
11:30-12:00 |
Observation for National Transformation Program |
GAMEP |
GISC and RTH-Jeddah Activities |
12:00-12:30 |
Technical Tour |
All |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
SESSION 4: REGIONAL WIGOS CENTRES IN WEST ASIA
Chair: Mr Mohammed Babidhan (Saudi Arabia) |
14:00-14:20 |
Review of RWCs Mandatory functions – WIGOS Metadata and OSCAR/Surface |
Mr L.F.Nunes |
14:20-14:40 |
Review of RWCs Mandatory functions – WDQMS |
Dr L.P. Riishojgaard |
14:40-15:30 |
Discussion on technical issues related with RWCs |
All |
15:30-16:00 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
16:00-16:45 |
Discussion on issues related with implementation of RWCs |
All |
16:45-17:00 |
Wrap-up discussion and conclusions of Day 2 and review of the Programme for Day 3 |
All |
Thursday, 2 May 2019 |
SESSION 4 (Continued) : REGIONAL WIGOS CENTRES IN WEST ASIA
Chair: Mr Mohammed Babidhan (Saudi Arabia) |
09:00-09:45 |
Discussion on the coordination mechanism for RWCs in RA II |
All |
09:45-10:30 |
Discussion on the way forward and planning for further developing and establishing RWCs in RA II |
All |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee / Tea Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Drafting of the provisional recommendations |
WMO Secretariat |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch Break
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SESSION 5: SUMMARY AND CLOSING
Chair: Dr Ayman Ghulam (PR of Saudi Arabia) |
14:00-15:00 |
Final discussion and summary of the Workshop recommendations |
All |
15:00-15:30 |
Closure of the workshop |
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