Workshop Programme

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The format of the ARW will be based on five main sessions:

• Weather & Climate Fundamentals for the energy sector
• Energy sector practices, needs, impediments
• Current Weather/Climate information transfer to the Energy sector
• Policy options for improved transfer between Weather/Climate and Energy sectors
• Towards improved practices for information transfer between Weather/Climate and Energy sectors

Working groups centred on three themes will be formed:

Theme 1: Weather/Climate Information in Energy Sector practices (including modelling demand, disruptions);
Theme 2: Policy options for improved weather/climate information for energy sector (including infrastructure planning, scenarios and carbon trading);
Theme 3: Data distribution (including data policy) & Training.

Finally, an evening panel session will be organised as an opportunity to discuss a few topics of general interest.

Speakers (click on the name to download the presentation in pdf - some are large):

• Dr Elena Akentyeva (Main Geophysical Observatory, Russia)
• Mr Abdelkader Allali (Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fishing, Morocco)
• Dr Paolo Bonelli (Cesi Ricerca, Italy)
• Dr Djamel Bouchef (National Service of the Meteorology, Algeria)
• Mr Mohammed Boulahya (ClimDev Africa, Tunisia)
• Dr Carlo Buontempo (Met Office, UK)
• Dr Hélène Connor (Helio International, France)
• Dr Laurent Dubus (EDF R&D, France)
• Prof. John Dutton (Storm Exchange and Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Ms Jane Ebinger (World Bank, USA)
• Dr Martin Fischer (MetNext, France)
• Dr David Friedberg (WeatherBill, USA)
• Mr John Furlow (USAID, USA)
• Prof. Robert Gurney (University of Reading, UK)
• Dr Mike Harrison (King’s College London, UK)
• Dr Pascal Mailier (Swiss Re, UK)
• Prof. Oleg Pokrovsky (Main Geophysical Observatory, Russia)
• Ms Lourdes Ramirez (Centro Nacional de Energías, España)
• Prof Benno Rothstein (University of Applied Forest Sciences, Rottenburg, Germany)
• Dr Alberto Troccoli (University of Reading, UK)
• Mr Sebastian Veit (African Development Bank, Tunisia)
• Dr Lueder von Bremen (Institut für solare Energieversorgungssysteme, Universität Kassel, Germany)
• Dr Jim Williams (NRGroup & ClimDev Africa)

• Mr Mohammed Boulahya (ClimDev Africa, Tunisia)
• Prof. John Dutton (Storm Exchange and Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Dr Jim Williams (NRGroup & ClimDev Africa)

• Ms Stefanie Greis (European Institute for Energy Research)
• Mr Olivier Lemaître (Meteo-France)
• Ms Jeannette Schulz (European Institute for Energy Research)

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