The Weather Revolution Workshop Recordings

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Thank you for attending OGC's first weather revolution workshop,

We hope that by attending you gathered valuable information about understanding technology trends relevent to weather prediction and forecasting, considered possible futures for government, commercial data providers, and value adders, and observed challenges in areas in tech standards surrounding the industry.

OGC's worldwide community committed to improving access to geospatial (location) information is quickly growing, and we strongly encourage you to join the OGC and become a part of this constantly evolving group as we continue to tackle issues in domains like weather, space, defense, and healthcare.

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Session 1: Navigating the New Normal - A discussion on the current state of the art in information resources, technologies and public / private sector collaboration to improve weather analytics, forecasting and prediction.

1000-1005 Welcome / Introductions - Nadine Alameh, CEO Open Geospatial Consortium

1005 - 1050 The Changing dynamics between government and industry in weather forecasting and prediction

Moderator:
Nadine Alameh, CEO, OGC

Panelists:
NOAA National Weather Service , Kari Sheets, Geographic Systems Team Lead, Office of Dissemination
UK MET Office, Charles Ewen, Director of Technology & CIO
METEO France (Invited)
Environment and Climate Change Canada / Meteorological Service of Canada,
Richard Hogue, Executive Director National Prediction Development Division
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Stephan Siemen, Forecast Department Head of Development

1050-1135 Implications of the new weather observation and analytics environment

Moderator:
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), (Invited)

Panelists:
Spire, Jeff Rex, VP Engineering Weather
ClimaCell, Daniel Rothenberg, Chief Scientist
LiveRoad Analytics, Murray Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO
RiskPulse, Jon Davis, Chief Meteorologist
WeatherSource, Mark Gibbas, CEO

1135-1140 Break

Session 2: Opportunities and challenges ahead for Weather Forecasting / Prediction Discussion of the emerging and disruptive trends, challenges and opportunities ahead for the weather industry to continue improvement of weather analytics, forecasting and prediction for enhanced public safety and market success.

1140-1225 What’s Next? Opportunities and Challenges for the Weather Community

Moderator:
Dana Ostrenga, Data Management Architect, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), US NOAA

Panelists:
Pelmorex Media Inc. - The Weather Network, Chris Scott, Director, Meteorology
TruWeather, Don Berchoff, CEO
CustomWeather, Geoff Flint, President & CEO
Tammy Flowe, Research Meteorologist FAA Next Gen, Aviation Weather Division
US Air Force Directorate of Weather, Michael Farrar, Chief Scientist

1225-1300 Session 3: Wrap Up Discussion: Identification of Next Steps for Action - A focused discussion on specific opportunities and challenges for the community, including actions that can be addressed by the OGC, its members and alliance partners.

Moderator:
Michael Farrar, President Elect, American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Panelists:
This will be a highly interactive discussion among panelists and with the audience to identify opportunities for action.

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