Opening of the EMS2020 and Welcome addresses:
Bob Riddaway, EMS President
Paulína Valová, SMS President
Martin Benko, SHMU President
Representative of Faculty Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at Comenius University
Representative Ministry of Environment Slovak Republic

Strategic Lectures
Prof. Lena M Tallaksen, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo
-> title tbd, overview on the drought issue for Europe: the main drivers, the impacts and challenges for society and the outlook for the future

Eric Petermann, EUMETNET
"An overview of some of the major challenges facing National Meteorological Services"