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Technical Conference on Changing Climate and Demands
for Climate Services for Sustainable Development
Antalya, Turkey, 16-18 February 2010
with a Special Joint Session with the
Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
World MeteorologicalOrganization
World ClimateResearch Programme
Turkish StateMeteorological Service
PROGRAMME
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MONDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2010
ArrivalofParticipantsinAntalya
16:00-18:00 hrs Registration – Susesi Hotel
TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2010
08:00-08:30 hrs Registration (contd.)
SESSiON i: OPENiNG OF THE TECHNiCAl CONFERENCE 08:30 hrs Welcome MehmetCaglar TurkishStateMeteorologicalService,Ankara,Turkey
08:35 hrs Address PierreBessemoulin President,CommissionforClimatology(CCl)ofWMO
08:40 hrs Address AntonioBusalacci Chairman,JointSteeringCommittee WorldClimateResearchProgramme
08:45 hrs Address AvinashTyagi WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
08:50 hrs Conference Opening Address xxxx UnderSecretaryoftheMinistryofEnvironmentand Forestry,GovernmentofTurkey
09:05 hrs GroupphotoandTea/CoffeeBreak
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SESSiON ii: SOCiETAl DEMANDS FOR CliMATE SERviCES FORADAPTATiON AND RiSk MANAGEMENTCHAiRMAN: MEHMET kARACA RAPPORTEUR: R.k. kOlli
09:30 hrs Integratingsocietalneedsintothedevelopmentof climateservices EileenShea NationalClimaticDataCenter(NCDC),NOAA,USA
10:00 hrs ClimateInformationforDisasterRiskReduction G.Love/M.Golnaraghi WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
10:30 hrs ClimateInformationforAdaptationandRisk ManagementwithinLocalCommunities G.Srinivasan AsianDisasterPreparednessCentre(ADPC),Thaïland
11:00 hrs ClimateRiskManagementforAgriculture: theAustralianExperience RogerStone UniversityofSouthernQueensland,Australia
11:30 hrs ClimateInformationforHydrologicalOutlooks DavidWratt NationalInstituteforWaterandAtmosphericResearch (NIWA),NewZealand
12:00 hrs ClimateChangeImpactsonAgricultureandWater ResourcesinandAroundTurkey SerhatSensoy TurkishStateMeteorologicalService,Turkey
12:30 hrs Discussion
13:00 hrs Lunch
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SESSiON iii: CAPABiliTiES FOR DATA MANAGEMENT, MONiTORiNGAND ASSESSMENTCHAiRMAN: l. OGAllO RAPPORTEUR: O. BADDOUR
14:00 hrs ClimateDataManagementincludingClimate MetadataDevelopmentandtheCapabilitiesof GlobalClimateDataArchivingCentres RainoHeino FinnishMeteorologicalInstitute(FMI),Finland
14:30 hrs ClimateDataManagementSystems:TheStatus ofImplementationinDevelopingCountriesand theNewFeaturesofCDMS AlbertMhanda Zimbabwe DenisStuber Meteo-France,France
15:00 hrs WMOClimateDataManagementCoordination includingRegionalLevelAspects HamaKontongomde WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
15:30 hrs CoffeeBreak
16:00 hrs WMOClimateMonitoringCapabilitiesandStrategyfor Development TomPeterson NationalClimateDataCenter(NCDC),USA OmarBaddour WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
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16:30 hrs ClimateAssessmentandEmergingDataRescue Initiatives ManolaBrunet UniversityRoviraIVirgiliofTarragona,Spain PhilJones ClimateResearchUnit,UniversityofEastAnglia,UK
17:00 hrs Discussion
17:30 hrs Adjournment
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WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2010
SESSiON iv: CAPABiliTiES FOR CliMATE PREDiCTiON AND PROJECTiONCHAiRMAN: T. PETERSON RAPPORTEUR: P. HECHlER
08:30 hrs BuildingupSustainableRegionalClimateInformation RodneyMartinez CentroInternacionaldeInvestigacióndelFenómeno deElNiño(CIIFEN),Ecuador
09:00 hrs ClimateToolbox:PracticalMethodsandToolsfor ClimatePredictionandProjection Mokssit DirectiondelaMétéorologienationale,Morocco
09:30 hrs NewPerspectivesforGPCs:Contributiontoa “WorldClimateWatch” RichardGraham UKMetOffice(UKMO),UK
10:00 hrs ProfessionalDevelopmentforClimatePredictionand Projection PeterLamb UniversityofOklahoma,USA
10:30 hrs CoffeeBreak
11:00 hrs RegionalClimateChangeProjectionsforTurkey GönülKiliçandIsmailDemir TurkishStateMeteorologicalService,Turkey
11:30 hrs Discussion
12:00 hrs Lunch
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SESSiON v: PARTNERSHiPS AND COllABORATivE ACTiviTiESCHAiRMAN: S. WANG RAPPORTEUR: A. DElJU
13:30 hrs WorkingTogetherforAdaptation XianfuLu SecretariatoftheUNFrameworkConventionon ClimateChange(UNFCCC),Germany
14:00 hrs TheGlobalClimateChangeAdaptationNetwork, aBasisforWiderClimateServices JianLiu UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP),Kenya
14:30 hrs ClimateScienceinSupportofSustainable AgriculturalPractices SelvarajuRamasamy FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO),Italy
15:00 hrs CoffeeBreak
15:30 hrs ClimateServicesasaResourceforProtecting HumanHealth DiarmidCampbell-Lendrum WorldHealthOrganization(WHO),Switzerland
16:00 hrs ClimateChangeandFutureProspectsforTourism DanielScott UniversityofWaterloo,Canada LeslieMalone WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
16:30 hrs Discussion
17:00 hrs Adjournment
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THURSDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2010
SPECiAl JOiNT SESSiON WiTH THE JOiNT SCiENTiFiC COMMiTTEE (JSC) FOR THE WORlD CliMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP)CHAiRMAN: A. BUSAlACCHi RAPPORTEUR: v. DETEMMERMAN
08:30 hrs ClimateSystemMonitoringandResearchNeeds TomPeterson NationalClimateDataCenter(NCDC),USA
09:00 hrs ImprovingourUnderstandingoftheHydrologicalCycle anditsChanges:ObservationalandModelingNeeds KevinTrenberth NationalCenterforAtmosphericResearch(NCAR),USA
09:30 hrs ClimateChangeDetection,ExtremeEventsand Indices:OverviewandFuturePerspectives FrancisZwiers CanadianCentreforClimateModellingandAnalysis, EnvironmentCanada AlbertKlein-Tank RoyalNetherlandsMeteorologicalInstitute(KNMI), TheNetherlands
10:00 hrs CoffeeBreak
10:30 hrs ResearchNeedsforSeasonaltoInterannual ClimatePrediction Jean-PierreCéron PierreBessemoulin Météo-France,France
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11:00 hrs ResearchNeedsforDecadaltoCentennialClimate Prediction:Fromobservationstomodelling JuliaSlingo MetOffice,U.K V.Ramaswamy GeophysicalFluidDynamicsLaboratory(GFDL),USA
11:30 hrs Discussion:ResearchNeedsinObservationsand ModellingatSeasonaltoCentennialTimeScales
12:30 hrs Lunch
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SPECiAl JOiNT SESSiON WiTH THE JOiNT SCiENTiFiC COMMiTTEE (JSC) FOR THE WORlD CliMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP) (CONTD.)CHAiRMAN: P. BESSEMOUliN RAPPORTEUR: l. MAlONE
14:00hrs ProvidingDownscaledRegionalClimateChange InformationforImpactand AdaptationApplication:TheCORDEXFramework FilippoGiorgi InternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(ICTP), Italy ColinJones SMHI,Sweden
14:30hrs PracticalApplicationsofSeasonaltoInter-annual ClimatePredictionsonRegional andNationalScales LabanOgallo IGADClimatePredictionandApplicationsCentre (ICPAC),Kenya RupaKumarKolli WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
15:00hrs BridgingtheGapbetweenClimateChangeInformation Providers,StakeholdersandPolicy-makers DavidGriggs,MonashUniversity,Australia
15:30hrs CoffeeBreak
16:00hrs EnhancingLinkagesbetweenClimateService ProvidersandUserstoFacilitateClimateAdaptation andClimateRiskManagement SimonMason InternationalResearchInstituteforClimateand Society(IRI),USA
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16:30hrs EnhancingClimateChangeResearchandApplicationin DevelopingCountries FredSemazzi NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,USA BruceHewitson UniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfrica
17:00hrs Discussion:ResearchandOperationLinkagesfor EnhancingtheUseofClimateInformationinImpact, AdaptationandMitigationWork
17:45hrs SummaryandRecommendationsoftheConference PeerHechler WorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO),Switzerland
18:00hrs Conferencecloses
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For more information on this Conference please contact:
Mr Murat AltinyollarCommunicationOfficerExternalRelationsDivisionTurkishStateMeteorologicalServiceTurkeyTel: +903123022797Fax: +903123597568Mobile: +905057475429Email: [email protected]
Dr. M.v.k. SivakumarDirectorClimatePredictionandAdaptationBranchWorldMeteorologicalOrganizationSwitzerlandTel: +41227308380Email: [email protected]