Event: Small Sea Changes: Big Business Impacts
Date: 31 October 2007
Time: 0900 until 1700 (workshop) 1700 to 1930 (reception)
Venue: City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London
‘A workshop to explore how enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate prediction enabling better informed business decisions’
All businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. On October 31 st 2007 the IMarEST will be holding a workshop to better understand these risks and explore the business benefits of an improved ability to predict weather and climate.
The workshop will:
- Discuss how improvements in weather forecasts and climate projections would impact short, medium and long term business planning.
- Inform delegate of the degree to which achieving improvements is dependent on understanding the critical role of the oceans in driving weather and climate.
- Illustrate that achieving these improvements depends on timely, coordinated and sustained global ocean observations and ocean modelling.
- Explore the role of business in advocacy for effective public investment in ocean observation and forecasting.
In attendance will be senior representatives across the insurance, energy, utilities, construction, leisure, tourism, agriculture, retail, transport, manufacturing and financial sectors and with representatives of regulatory organisations.
The day will consist of three sessions:
Session I will introduce the science behind short, medium and long term forecasting and describing the degree to which improving forecasting and prediction and reducing uncertainties is reliant on knowledge of the oceans. Global, regional and local impacts of improved observations will be illustrated with particular emphasis on the three themes of extreme winds (and especially hurricanes), European Winter/Summer temperatures, rainfall distribution and sea level rise/storm surges.
Session II will look specifically at the impacts of weather and climate on business and will provide case studies relevant to the industry sectors represented.
Session III will consist of parallel workshops evaluating how enhanced weather and climate information better informs short, medium and long term business decisions for each sector and determining how business can help shape national and international investment priorities which improve ability to predict future weather and climate.
PROGRAMME
0900 - 0930 Registration and Coffee
SESSION I
0930 - 0945 Welcome and Introduction
Dr Ralph Rayner, Vice President Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
0945 - 1015 An Introduction to Weather and Climate
Dr Matt Huddleston, Met Office
1015 - 1045 Global Impacts
Dr Jim Baker, Former Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
1045 Coffee and Networking
1100 - 1130 Regional Impacts
Dr Pierre Bahurel, Mercator Ocean
1130 - 1200 National Impacts
Dr Trevor Guymer, Interagency Committee for Marine Science and Technology (IACSMT)
1200 - 1300 Lunch
SESSION II
1300 - 1330 Weather, Climate and Business
Prof Chris West, UK Climate Impacts Partnership (UKCIP)
1330- 1400 Economic Impacts of Ocean Observations
Prof Lenny Smith, London School of Economics
SESSION III
1400 – 1530 Sector Workshops (to include coffee)
1530 – 1700 Sector Workshop Outcomes and Plenary
1700 - Close Drinks Reception
The one-day workshop is being organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST); the Marine Information Alliance (MIA) and the Interagency Committee for Marine Science and Technology (IACMST). Sponsors include Shell, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting (NCOF) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC of UNESCO),Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM).
Attendance at the workshop is free of charge but places are strictly limited.
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Dr. Bev Mackenzie
Manager, Technical Affairs
IMarEST
80 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5BJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 2628
Fax: +44 (0)20 7382 2668
Email: bev.mackenzie@imarest.org
PRESS ENQUIRIES
Suki Kalsi
Head of Corporate Marketing and PR
IMarEST
80 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5BJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 2689
Email: suki.kalsi@imarest.org
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