Opening Session, 1 October 2007 (Preliminary Programme)

Location: Aula Centro Universitario

Please note that the Venue of the Opening Session is not part of Euroforum. A map with directions is available here. Guides from Euroforum to the Centro Universitario will help you find your way. Please allow for a 10-minute walk.

10:00–10:45 Welcome Addresses and Awards Ceremony

Welcome David Burridge, EMS President
Welcome Francisco Cadarso, Instituto Nacional de Meteorología, Director
Welcome José Antonio Maldonado, AME President
Welcome Richard Anthes, AMS President
Representative of the Ministry of Environment of Spain
Eva López, Representative of José Luis Fernández-Quejo, Mayor of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Ben Dieterink, HMEI President
Pirkko Saarikivi, PRIMET, Member of the Board

Awards Ceremony

10:45–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:30 Strategic Lectures: “High Impact Weather”

Chair: David Burridge

John Zillman
“The social and economic value of meteorological services
- the findings from the WMO Conference of March 2007 in Madrid”

Michel Jarraud
"On Disaster Mitigation"

Filippo Giorgi IPCC WGI Vice-Chair
“Main messages from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
- regional patterns, extremes and the hydrologic cycle"

Dominique Marbouty Director ECMWF
“Development of early warning for severe weather”

Alain Ratier Deputy Director General Météo France
"A couple of strategic issues under discussion in the context of EUMETNET and elsewhere"

13:30 Lunch