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Report from WMO Secretariat
- Membership- Terms of Reference- Organizing
Structure- Timeline of OSC
RES/WWRD
Membership of the International Organizing Committee
Guidelines
* Expertise to accomplish the tasks in ToR* Geophysical, Gender, Developed/Developing Countries* Research, Operation, Academic, and User Communities* Cooperative/Collaborative Organizations
Membership of the International Organizing Committee
Co-Chair: Michel Béland, President of CAS Co-Chair: Alan Thorpe , Director General of ECMWFPresident-elect of ICSU: Dr. Gordon McBean Secretary General of IAMAS: Prof. Hans VolkertWMO Officials:Dr. Deon Terblanche, Director, Atmospheric Research Department of WMO,From Canada, David Grimes, Head, Met. Service of CanadaFrom USA: Dr. Louis Uccellini, AMS/NCEP representativeFrom Europe: Dr. Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist, MetOfficeFrom Asia: Dr. Meiyan Jiao, Deputy Administrator of CMAFrom Africa: Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld, President, National Research Foundation of South Africa
From South America: Dr. Pedro Leite da Silva Dias, Director of LNSC (National Laboratory for Scientific Computation), Brazil.From Australia: Dr. Rob Vertessy, CEO Bureau of Meteorology
From NSF, Dr. Roger Wakimoto, NSF Assistant Director for the Geosciences
Terms of Reference of the International Organizing Committee
1. Provide overall leadership for the organization of the OSC2. Provide oversight on the scientific and stakeholders science programme
structures3. Help Identify and or approve invited or keynote speakers4. Provide oversight and contribute, as necessary to the financial,
communications, sponsorships and technical planning5. Make final decisions on matters related to the OSC overall budget, financial
support to participants and sponsorships6. Establish a Scientific Program Committee (SPC) and a User Program
Committee (UPC): their mandates will be to define the format of the OSC, including the selection of conveners and of the abstracts for presentation at the OSC
7. Provide oversight to the Local Organizing Committee8. Provide oversight to the venue (Congress Center) on all logistical arrangements9. Ensure that the OSC is conducted in line with Canadian and WMO policies /
procedures
Organizing Structure of the International Organizing Committee
WMO Secretaria
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IOC
SPC UPC LOC Communications
Sponsorship
Ex-officio Membership of the International Organizing Committee
Co-chairs of Scientific Program Committee
Gilbert Brunet, Sarah Jones
Co-chairs of User Program Committee
David Rogers, Brian Mills
Chair of Local Organizing Committee
Chair of Sponsorship Committee
Communications
Timeline of the Open Science Conference
December 2012 Establish the IOC
January 2013 1st IOC meeting (Approve Co-chairs of the SPC and UPC)
February 2013 Establish the SPC and UPC
April 2013 1st SPC/UPC meeting to draft the Program
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11 months prior Start abstract submission and registration
6 months prior End abstract submission
4 months prior End registration
17-23 Aug. 2014 Conference
Thank you for your attentionFor more information,
please contact:World Weather Research Programme
c/o World Meteorological Organization7 bis, avenue de la Paix – PO Box 2300 CH 1211 Geneva 2 – Switzerland
Tel.:+41(0)227308111–Fax:+41(0)227308181 E-mail: cpa@wmo.int Website: www.wmo.int/wwrp
www.wmo.int
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