NEWS

The ISES annual meeting will be held in Moscow, Russian Federation from 9-10 August 2014.

The meeting agenda is as follows;

           August 9, 2014 – 09:00 – 17:30

                     09:00   Welcome, Logistical Issues, and Introductions

                     09:15   Director’s Report

                     09:30   1. Regional Warning Center Reports (15 minutes for each RWC)

                                    -  Recent accomplishments

                                    -  Highest priority product goals

                                    -  Highest priority data needs

                                    -  User impact summary

                                    -  Forecast verification results

                     10:45   Break

                     11:00   1. Regional Warning Center Reports (continued)

                     12:30   Lunch

                     13:30   1. Regional Warning Center Reports (continued)

                     14:30   2.  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

                                    -  Standards and Recommended Practices for space weather services

                                    -  Global and regional space weather centers

                                    -  Summary of ICAO/WMO Meteorology Divisional Meeting

                                    -  Next steps

                     15:30   Break

                     16:00   3.  WMO Information System (WIS) Pilot Project

                                    -  Update on product definition

                                    -  Product registration in WIS

                                    -  URSIgram versus a new format (GRIB, netCDF, others)

                     17:00   4. Summary of decisions and actions

                     17:30   Adjourn for the day

         August 10, 2014 – 9:00 – 17:30

                     09:00   5. Regional Warning Center coordination

                                    -  Product consistency

                                    -  Procedures during extreme events

                                    -  Other issues     

                     10:45 Break

                     11:15   6. Forecast Verification and metrics

                                    -  Overview of verification methods used by RWCs

                                    -  Recommended metrics

                     12:30   Lunch

                     13:30   7. Forecast Verification and metrics (continued)

                                    -  Coordination of verification methods

                                    -  Future verification workshop   

                     14:30   8. ISES Web Site

                                    -  Current space weather conditions

                                    -  “Latest Forecasts” – All RWC contributions

                                    -  Standardizing information

                                    -  RWC product listing or summary

                                    -  Forecast verification or quality metrics

                     15:30   Break

                     16:00   9. ISES Constitution and New Members

                                    -  Approve modifications to Constitution

                                    -  Discuss regions of responsibility and plans for new members

                     17:00   10. Summary of decisions and actions

                     17:30   Adjourn for the day