9:30 – 10:30 Opening by the EMS President and Welcome Addresses

Profiles of speakers: http://www.ems2013.net/special_events/profiles_of_speakers_at_the_opening_session.html

Dominique Marbouty, EMS President
John Hirst, Chief Executive Met Office
Joanna Haigh, RMetS President
Sir David Bell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading
Robin Hogan, Head for Research, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading,
Gé Verver, EUMETNET Climate Programme
Dennis Schulze, PRIMET
Ben Dieterink, HMEI
J. Marshall Shepherd, AMS President


10:30 –11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00 Strategic Lectures

Christian Blondin, Director of the Cabinet of the Secretary General, WMO
"Disaster Risk Reduction: WMO perspective"

Alan Thorpe, Director General, ECMWF
"Progress at ECMWF in predictions of high-impact weather"

John Hirst, Chief Executive UK Met Office
"Weather and climate advice: progress and challenges"

Andrew Slorance, Communications Manager, Resilience and Emergency Planning, Scottish Government
"Turning weather advice into impacts action - the resilience and response role of central government"