Agenda and Presentations Kick- off meeting ECOMS
General schedule kick-off meeting ECOMS (31.10.2012)
Tuesday, 6 November
15:00 - 15:30
Roundtable for press inquiries
Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes (SPECS) and
Carlo Buontempo (EUPORIAS)
15:30 - 20:00
Opening event: Plenary sessions
Presentation of EUPORIAS, NACLIM and SPECS and project partners
15:30 - 16:00
WELCOME
Xavier Rodó, Director of IC3
Francisco Doblas-Reyes, Head of CFU at IC3
Jaume Bertranpetit, Director of ICREA
Lluís Rovira, Director of the Institution CERCA
Josep Enric Llebot Rabagliati, Secretary for Environment and Sustainability, Catalonia
16:00 - 16:15
European Commission perspectives
Claus Brüning (European Commission)
Panel Session I
Chair: Chris Hewitt
Keynote speeches
16:15 - 16:35
Global Framework for Climate Services
Filipe Lucio (WMO) - F_Lucio_GFCS.pdf
16:35 - 16:55
Observation systems
Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR) - Visbeck_Observations_2012b.pdf
16:55 - 17:15
Climate Services in the US: IRI’s case
Lisa Goddard (IRI) -Goddard_Climate_services_US.pdf
17:15 - 17:45
18:00 - 20:00
Panel Session II
Chair:
Overview of the three projects
18:00 - 18:20
NACLIM
Detlef Quadfasel - NACLIM.pdf
18:20 - 18:40
SPECS
Francisco Doblas-Reyes - SPECS.pdf
18:40 - 19:00
EUPORIAS
Carlo Buontempo - EUPORIAS.pdf
19:00 - 19:30
ECOMS
Chris Hewitt (ECOMS) - ECOMS_Nov12.pdf
19:30 - 19:40
Meeting arrangements
Francisco Doblas-Reyes
19:40
Closing
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 7 November
Parallel sessions with project specific kick-off meetings > EUPORIAS, NACLIM, SPECS
Thursday, 8 November
09:30 - 13:00
Parallel session with 'pillar'-specific discussion
09:30 - 11:00
1) Global observations and predictions
Chair: Antje Weisheimer
Speaker: Daniela Matei - Global_observation_session.pdf
Rapporteur: Johannes Karstensen - Global_ observations_predictions_summary.pdf
09:30 - 11:00
2) Downscaling
Chair: José Manuel Gutiérrez
Speaker: Colin Jones - Downscaling.pdf
Rapporteur: Rasmus Benestad - Downscaling_summary.pdf
09:30 - 11:00
3) Users needs & climate services
Chair: Wilco Hazeleger
Speaker: Paolo Ruti
Rapporteur: Melanie Davis - Users_needs_session_notes.pdf
11:30 - 13:00
4) Communication & uncertainty in climate services
Chair: Drew Hemment
Speaker: Ghislain Dubois - uncertainty communication and climate services.pdf
Rapporteur: Mike Butts - Uncertainty communication and climate services_summary.pdf
11:30 - 13:00
5) Extremes
Chair: Bart van den Hurk
Speaker: David Stephenson - Extremes.pdf
Rapporteur: Christophe Cassou - Extremes discussion summary.pdf
11:30 - 13:00
6) Observed variability of the climate system
Chair: Jeff Knight -
Speaker: Laurent Terray - Observed_Variability_of_the_Climate_System.ppt
Rapporteur: Ed Hawkins
14:00 - 16:30
Plenary session of all three projects with final remarks
14:00 - 16:00
Conclusions of the morning sessions
Feedback: Presentation & discussion (10min each)
Pillar 1: Global observations and predictions
Pillar 2: Downscaling
Pillar 3: Users needs & climate services
Pillar 4: Communication & uncertainty in climate services
Pillar 5: Extremes
Pillar 6: Observed variability of the climate system
16:30 - 17:00
Final Wrapping-up Session
Chris Hewitt
Francisco Doblas-Reyes
Detlef Quadfasel
17:30
Side event - Invitation only
Joint Dissemination Activities
Lead: EUPORIAS, NACLIM, SPECS
Friday, 9 November
morning
Spare sessions for EUPORIAS and SPECS to finalise the stakeholder list and the engagement event
