1st WWRP/SERA Weather and Society Conference

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The WWRP Working Group on Societal and Economic Research Applications (SERA) invites you to the 1st WWRP/SERA Weather and Society Conference

Date: From February 28 to March 11

Time: 2 hours per day (moment of the day TBD). One thematic session per day.

Modality: Virtual Conference with keynote talks, talks selected by experts based on abstract submission and poster sessions.

Access: Public and free of charge upon previous registration.

Extreme hydrometeorological events are affecting societies, economies and environments as never before in human history. Governments, science agencies, the humanitarian sector, emergency managers and decision-makers face an unprecedented challenge to reduce the risks to citizens and society.

The Societal and Economics Research Application (SERA) Working Group of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) invites the weather community to actively participate in the first Weather and Society Conference organised by this Programme.

The focus of the Conference is the science for services approach adopted by the World Meteorological Organization to understand, analyse and enhance the value of weather and climate services in society.

The objectives of the conference are to

discuss and promote all aspects of social and economic research applications along the weather forecast value chain
bring people together from the operational meteorological and hydrological services, research and forecast user communities
identify gaps, needs and challenges to reducing the risks to citizens and society

The on-line conference will run over 2 weeks. Each session will focus on a theme and run for two hours and include talks and discussion. Poster sessions will follow the oral presentations.

www.gather.town will be used for poster sessions and to provide social and meeting spaces for discussions and to create connections.

Participation is free of charge - register here to receive communication and gain access to the conference.

Thematic Areas

Unconventional data for weather information, challenges of the present and future	Impact based forecasting and warning of extreme weather events
	Citizen science & Observations
	Indigenous and local weather knowledge
Weather information and value analysis tools	Estimating and improving the socio-economic benefit of weather information
Weather information and value analysis tools	Value chain of EWS
The potential of last-mile weather and climate services work and its challenges	Understanding the communication of weather forecast uncertainty
	The first mile of weather and climate information and warning
	The last mile challenges of seamless weather and climate information
	Use of weather information for civil protection, emergency management and humanitarian aid