Session on "Media and Communication"

Oral Programme

Wednesday, 01 October 2008, 08:30–10:30 & 11:00–13:00
08:30–09:00 Morin, R.
The social, economic and political impact of weather, the role of meteorology
09:00–09:30 Benestad, R.E.; Nordli, Ø.; Hanssen-Bauer, I.
Communication climate science: Lessons learned (solicited)
09:30–09:45 Agersten, S.; Hygen, H. O.
Efficient use of two multilingual web portals to accommodate different user groups
09:45–10:00 Cordoneanu, E.; Danila, I.
Weekly weather – a broadcast on weather, climate and related phenomena
10:00–10:15 Macieirinha, R.; Monteiro, A.
The extreme episodes of rainfall in the press - a reflexion of the 11 rainiest years in the epriodo 1900-2006
10:15–10:30 Giannopoulos, P.; Emmanouil, G.
Stamps "talking" about climate change
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:15 Najman, M.
System of warnings fails to deliver and doesn't use modern technologies
11:15–11:30 Trobec, J.
Broadcast coverage of severe weather in tornado alley
11:30–11:45 Kootval, H.
The role of communication in capacity building projects of WMO Public Weather Services Programme
11:45–12:00 Martin, C.
IABM for better weather information
12:00–12:15 Networking, CBN-E
12:15–12:30 Videoclips
12:30–13:00 Award Presentations and Recommendations (by T. Cegnar)
13:00 End of Session

Poster Session

Wednesday, 01 October 2008, 08:00 – Friday, 03 October 2008, 13:00
P0144 Gaztelumendi, S.; Hernandez, R.; Otxoa de Alda, K.; Egaña, J.; Gelpi, I.R.
Basque Meteorology Agency annual meteorological bulletins
P0145 Grdadolnik, V.; Cegnar, T.
Media relations and organizing of press centre for Bridging the gap conference
P0146 Cegnar, T.
Bringing the conference closer to general public and stakeholders