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
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