Community Meeting is shaping up to be an exciting event that welcomes members from across the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise for two days of intense discussion of the future of the Enterprise along with networking and collegial interactions. The theme, “Ensuring a Robust Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise,” builds on the fact that we are now just over two decades since the report that led to the creation of the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise Commission and the establishment of the Summer Community Meeting as the primary venue for leaders in the Enterprise to discuss and resolve issues. This year’s meeting will focus special attention on the Weather Enterprise, with an opportunity for the entire community to learn about, discuss, debate, and extend some of the preliminary findings coming from an study on the Weather Enterprise.
Topics to be covered during this year’s meeting include:
- How can academic programs evolve to create the workforce needed for the Enterprise of today and the future?
- How can the private, academic, government, and NGO sectors work together to produce the best possible NWP platforms?
- How is the explosion of AI impacting predictions and services?
- What is the best balance between government observations and commercial data buys?
- How is the research enterprise changing in the face of new technologies?
- How do we ensure open science and open data in an Enterprise where more observations are under the control of the private sector?
- How do we ensure our warnings, decision support, and other services are taking best advantage of the strengths of each sector of the community?
This is a special time for professionals from academia, industry, government, and NGOs (i.e., the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise) to come together to discuss broader strategic priorities, identify challenges to be addressed, opportunities to collaborate, and share points of view on pressing topics. That provides a unique, informal setting for constructive deliberation of current issues and development of a shared vision for the future. This year’s meeting has been specifically designed to solicit audience engagement and to facilitate discussion, both during the meeting and after hours.
Mark your calendar for this two-day meeting in August. We look forward to your participation! For additional
