A virtual weather and climate symposium
Everyday at 2:00pm - 6:00pm Indian Standard Time (IST)
13th-17th July 2020
Panel discussions and live Q&As with global experts
Expert global speakers from government, private sector, academia, IGOs and NGOs
Expert-led roundtable discussions for small groups
One-on-one meetings and networking time
India represents one of the fastest growing hydromet markets in the world. A huge nation with a vast array of regions, weather conditions and uses for cutting edge hydromet advice and technology.
How does it work?
“For me it was worth every single minute because we made a couple of super good contacts as far as knowledge of what’s going on in India, both on a state level and government. And secondly, I met with two potential partners which we need. So for me, I achieved my purpose.
For me, it’s exactly the same result you achieve in many exhibitions.”
Sergiy Braylyan, Baron Weather
Roundtable topics
Downscaling technology
Climate change risk mitigation
Funding models
Disaster risk reduction
Public Private Partnerships
Economic impact of hydromet
Women in hydromet
Breaking down hydrology and meteorology siloes
Agrometeorology
Orientation Day
Monday 13th July
DAY 1
Tuesday 14th July
Please note that some presentation timings are provisional and may be subject to change.
2:00pm-4:00pm
A chance for attendees to familiarise themselves with the virtual event platform
2:00PM-2:40PM
Panel discussion
Establishing common goals and common ground: Squaring the public and private sector relationship
2:40PM-3:20PM - Networking
3:20PM-3:50PM - Twin-track presentations:
Track A: Protecting Lives and Property in India – Solving India’s Complex Climate and Development Challenges
Track B: Implementation of an Integrated Hydrometeorological Monitoring and Forecasting system in Slovakia
3:50PM-4:30PM - Networking
4:30PM-5:00PM - Twin-track presentations
Track A: Integrating unconventional observations (especially radar) into integrated hydrometeorological modelling systems for early warning systems
Track B: Saving lives in Malawi - A recent Use-case in high-precision lightning detection data under UNDP tender
5:00PM-6:00PM - Roundtable discussions
6:00PM-7:00PM - One-to-one meetings
Start-up Spotlight: Tackling Air Pollution Through Innovation
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PartnershipsQuickfire presentations from Solution for Pollution winners, PI Green, Urban Air Labs and A2P Energy
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Q&A discussion session led by UNDP
DAY 2
Wednesday 15th July
2:00PM-2:40PM - Panel discussion
How can we embed the capability needed for the adoption and sustainable operation of advanced hydrometeorological technology solutions?
2:40PM-3:20PM - Networking
3:20PM-3:50PM - Twin-track presentations:
Track A: Simulation of a Multi-Week Flood Event and Impact of Explicit Flood Inundation Feedback Modelling
Track B: Drought risk analyses for India, based on different precipitation datasets (Reanalyses, Radar composites, weather stations based sources) and explain the potential and constraints of the different data sources
3:50PM-4:30PM - Networking
4:30PM-5:00PM - Twin-track presentations
Track A: On-site Calibration of Humidity and Temperature Sensors
Track B: Fireside Chat - Severe Weather Preparedness with Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre
5:00PM-6:00PM - Roundtable discussions
6:00PM-7:00PM - One-to-one meetings
Private Sector Workshop
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Understanding the Indian Hydromet value chain
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Global context of the evolution of weather services in different countries and gaining an understanding of relative systems and segmentation
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Identifying opportunities and barriers to entry
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Strategic planning to drive collaboration between Indian Hydromet Services and global organisations
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Communicating towards aligning tendering specifications with requirements
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Demystifying the Indian tendering process
DAY 3
Thursday 16th July
2:00PM-2:40PM - Panel discussion
Data capture and data integration: Adding value to decision-making
2:40PM-3:20PM - Networking
3:20PM-3:50PM - Twin-track presentations:
Track A: Multi-use data case study: GIS Mapping of Brick Kilns to reduce air pollution and modern slavery in partnership with UNDP and Airbus.
Track B: Hydrologic sensors and their applications in Hydromet data collection.
3:50PM-4:30PM - Networking
4:30PM-5:00PM - Twin-track presentations
Track A: Multi-hazard monitoring and early warning systems, available technologies and good practices.
Track B: Direct Evapotranspiration Measurements for Informed Decision-Making: Latest Tools for ET Stations & Networks at Field, Watershed & Regional Levels
5:00PM-6:00PM - Roundtable discussions
6:00PM-7:00PM - One-to-one meetings
DAY 4
Friday 17th July
2:00PM-2:40PM - Panel discussion
Impact of, and protection from, climate change in India - the role of hydrometeorology.
2:40PM-3:20PM - Networking
3:20PM-3:50PM - Twin-track presentations:
Track A: The Role of System Controls in Environmental Monitoring
Track B: Optimizing Water Use for Smallholder Farmers Using IoT Devices
3:50PM-4:30PM - Networking
4:30PM-5:00PM - Twin-track presentations
Track A: infrastructure for climate-resilient growth (ICRGF) and the objective of improving climate data to inform the planning and delivery of India’s national rural employment guarantee scheme
Track B: New approaches for monitoring soil moisture and soil temperature dynamics at high spatial and temporal resolution
5:00PM-6:00PM - Roundtable discussions
6:00PM-7:00PM - One-to-one meetings
Expert speakers
Swetha Kolluri
UNDP
Jatin Singh
Skymet Weather
Vijay Dubey
Jomiso Consulting
Terrell Fletcher
Campbell Scientific
Dr. Karl Gutbrod
Meteoblue
Milind Mujumdar
IITM
Dr. Ashutosh Mohanty
Shoolini University
Benedikt Burkhardt
Nowcast
Raka A. Sangma
IYCN
Patrick Horn
MBW Calibration
Roelof Bruintjes
UCAR
Sanjay Srivastava
UNESCAP
Prof Anil Gupta
NIDM
Andrew White
Comptus
Dr. Doreen Boyd
Nottingham University
Ritu Bharadwaj
IIED
Dave Johnson
LI-COR
Rozita Singh
UNDP
John McHenry
Baron Weather
What our attendees say
“My first virtual conference. The platform is much better than I had expected. The world has just become smaller and more accessible.”
James Logan, OneRain (AEM group)
"The system worked smoothly: video and audio quality were excellent.
Made three new connections: on the whole, pretty much seamless.
Groundbreaking – well done!"
Andrew White, Comptus
“For me it was worth every single minute because we made a couple of super good contacts as far as knowledge of what’s going on in India, both on a state level and government. And secondly, I met with two potential partners which we need. So for me, I achieved my purpose.
For me, it’s exactly the same result you achieve in many exhibitions.”
Sergiy Braylyan, Baron
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