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SAHF III event : Summary

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Session

Key People

Topic

Key Message

Day 1 (Opening Session)

15 November 2021
Chair:

  • Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India and Chair RIMES Council

    Speakers:

  • Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department and Chair, SAHF EC

  • Ms. Cecile Fruman, Regional Director, World Bank

  • Mr. Ben Churchill, Head, Regional Office for Asia, and the South-West Pacific, WMO- on behalf of Secretary General, WMO

  • Mr. Kamal Kishore, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India

  • H.E. Dr. Abdulla Naseer, Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology of the Government of Republic of Maldives

  • Mr. A.R. Subbiah, Director, RIMES

    • .

    Day 2 (Session I)

    16 November 2021
    Chair:

  • Mr. Fazlur Rashid, Director General, Bangladesh Water Development Board

  • Dr. David Rogers, Lead Meteorological Consultant, World Bank

    Presenter:

  • Mr. Raihanul Haque, Country Lead, RIMES, Bangladesh

    Panelists:
  • Ms. Sumaiya Kabir, Consortium Coordinator, Supporting Flood Forecast-based Action and Learning in Bangladesh (SUFAL), CARE, Bangladesh

  • Dr. Parvinder Maini, Scientist G, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

  • Ms. Arati Belle, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank

  • Prof. Sonia Quiroga, Professor, Complutense University of Madrid

  • Ms. Ruby Rose, Team Leader, Institutional Development, RIMES

    • User-focused tailor-made weather and climate services driving the climate/early warning information value chain

    TBF

    Day 2 (Session 2)

    16 November 2021

    Chair:

  • Mr. Anil Pokhrel, Chief Executive, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Nepal

    Presenter:

  • Mr. Md. Azizur Rahman, Director, Bangladesh Meteorological Department

  • Dr. B N Mishra, GIS Expert, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, India

  • Ms. Catrina Johnson, Science Manager and Weather Analytics, UKMO

    Panelists:
  • Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan, Head-CIIC, Pakistan Meteorological Department

  • Dr. Reuben Samuel, Programme Area Manager- Country Preparedness & IHR, WHO/SEARO

  • Dr. Punyawardena, Director, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka

    • Evolving protocols and support systems for impact-based forecasting

    TBF

    Day 2 (Session 3)

    16 November 2021

    Chair:

  • Mr. Karma Dupchu, Director, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Bhutan

  • Mr. Ben Churchill, Head, Regional Office for Asia, and the South-West Pacific, WMO

    Presenter:

  • Dr. Shiromani Jayawardane, Director, Weather Forecasting and Decision Support, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka

  • Dr. Alan Thorpe, Visiting Professor, University of Reading & Former DG ECMWF

    Panelists:
  • Dr. Suryachandra Rao, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)

  • Dr. T. Srinivas Kumar, Director, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

  • Mr. Ahmed Rasheed, Director, Meteorology, Maldives Meteorological Services (MMS)

  • Dr. Singay Dorji, Chief Meteorologist, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), Bhutan

  • Dr. Jehangir Ashraf Awan, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

    • Improving weather and climate forecasts for the region

    TBF

    Day 3 (Session 4)

    17 November 2021

    Chair:

  • Dr. Shiromani Jayawardane, Director, Weather Forecasting and Decision Support, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka

    Presenter:

  • Dr. G. Srinivasan, Chief Scientist, RIMES

  • Dr. K. J. Ramesh, Advisor, RIMES

    Panelists:
  • Dr. Elizabeth Page, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

  • Dr. Somnath Dutta, India Meteorological Department

  • Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz, Pakistan Meteorological Department

  • Dr. Helen Caughey, UKMO

  • Dr. T V S Udaya Bhaskar, Scientist-F, INCOIS

    • Prioritizing training and capacity development requirements

    TBF

    Day 3 (Session 5)

    17 November 2021

    Chair:

  • Dr Jagadishwor Karmacharya, Deputy Director General of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal

  • Dr. Kyaw Moe Oo, Director General, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar

    Presenter:

  • Mr. Nadeem Faisal, SAHF WG on Observational Networks

  • Mr. Anthony Rea, Director, Infrastructure (D/I), WMO

  • Mr. Clement Albergel, Climate Application Scientist, ESA

  • Dr. Itesh Dash, RIMES

  • Mr. Kumar Margasahayam, Regional Manager, Earth Networks/ Advanced Environmental Monitoring

    Panelists:
  • Mr. Simon Brown, Services Director, UK Met Office

  • Dr. Jagadishwor Karmacharya, DDG, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal

  • Mr. Erik Andersson, Seconded National Expert to the European Commission, ECMWF

  • Mr. Ali Shareef, DDG, Maldives Meteorological Services

  • Mr. Jerry Lengoasa, Director, Disaster Risk Solutions Pty.

  • Dr. P. Srinivasalu, General Manager (R&D), Astra Microwave Private Limited

    • Observational systems and regional data exchange for monitoring and prediction of extremes

    TBF

    Day 4 (Session 6)

    18 November 2021

    Chair:

  • Mr. Abhas Jha, Practice Manager, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, World Bank South Asia Region

    Presenter:

  • Mr. Daniel Kull, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank Europe, and Central Asia

  • Dr. Michael Staudinger, President of WMO RA VI (Europe)

  • Dr. Branka Ivančan-Picek, Director General, Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service

  • Dr. Kornélia Radics, President, Hungarian Meteorological Service

    Panelists:
  • Ms. Archana Shukla, Senior Programme Manager, Asia Regional Team, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

  • Mr. Joseph Intsiful, Senior Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Specialist, Green Climate Fund

  • Dr Masahito Ishihara, Senior Advisor on Meteorological Sector, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

  • Dr. Michael Ernst, Support Relief Group (SRG) Senior DRR/Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Advisor, Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Mr. Steven Goldfinch, DRR Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

  • Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction UN Economic and Social Commission, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)

  • Mr. David Corbelli, Senior International Development Manager, ARRCC program, UK Meteorological Office (UKMO)

    • Collaborations for improved weather and climate services in South Asia

    TBF

    Day 4 (Closing Session)

    18 November 2021

    Presenter:

  • Ms. Arati Belle, Sr Disaster Risk Management, World Bank

  • Dr. Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department

  • Mr. A.R. Subbiah, Director, RIMES

    • SAHF Voices and Future Directions

    TBF

    Information

    South Asia Hydro-met Forum (SAHF) is a regional initiative that provides capacity building and training activities to support National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to generate and transform climate data into reliable information that are critical in saving lives and assets and strengthening the resilience of communities in South Asia.

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