(21.VI.2006)
COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
OF OBSERVATION / ITEM: 3.2
CIMO MANAGEMENT GROUP
Third Session / Original: ENGLISH only
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 3 – 7 July 2006
REVIEW AND DISCUSS ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR TECO 2006
Provisional Programme of TECO 2006
(Submitted by Secretariat)
Summary and purpose of document
Document provides a draft Announcement on acceptance of papers for TECO 2006, which includes the Provisional Programme, Information on Local Arrangements, Registration Form
and Layout Format for Papers.
Action proposed
The Management Group Is invited to agree on the Provisional Programme and other arrangements for TECO-2006. The results of the evaluation of abstracts for papers will be presented at the meeting.
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Working Plan for TECO-2006
Date / Programme / Time (min) / Time (min)Monday 4.12.2006
10.00 -10.30 / Opening / 30
10.30 - 11.00 / Keynote - President / 30
11.00 - 11.30 / Keynote - Topic 1 / 30
11.30 - 11.50 / Lecture 1 / 20
11.50 - 13.30 / BREAK
13.30 - 13.50 / Lecture 2 / 20
13.50 - 14.10 / Lecture 3 / 20
14.10 - 14.30 / Lecture 4 / 20
14.30 - 14.50 / Lecture 5 / 20
14.50 - 15.10 / Lecture 6 / 20
15.10 - 15.30 / BREAK
15.30 - 15.50 / Lecture 7 / 20
15.50 - 16.10 / Lecture 8 / 20
16.10 - 16.30 / Lecture 9 / 20 / 180
16.30 - 17.00 / Keynote - Topic 2 / 30
17.00 - 17.20 / Lecture 1 / 20
17.20 - 17.40 / Lecture 2 / 20
17.40 - 18.00 / Lecture 3 / 20
Tuesday 5.12.2006
09.00 - 09.20 / Lecture 4 / 20
09.20 - 09.40 / Lecture 5 / 20
09.40 - 10.00 / Lecture 6 / 20
10.00 - 10.20 / Lecture 7 / 20
10.20 - 10.40 / BREAK
10.40 - 11.00 / Lecture 8 / 20
11.00 - 11.20 / Lecture 9 / 20 / 180
11.20 - 11.50 / Keynote - Topic 3 / 30
11.50 - 12.10 / Lecture 1 / 20
12.10 - 13.30 / BREAK
13.30 - 13.50 / Lecture 2 / 20
13.50 - 14.10 / Lecture 3 / 20
14.10 - 14.30 / Lecture 4 / 20
14.30 - 14.50 / Lecture 5 / 20
14.50 - 15.10 / Lecture 6 / 20
15.10 - 15.30 / Lecture 7 / 20
15.30 - 15.50 / BREAK
15.50 -16.10 / Lecture 8 / 20
16.10 -16.30 / Lecture 9 / 20 / 180
16.30 - 17.00 / Keynote - Topic 4 / 30
17.00 - 17.20 / Lecture 1 / 20
17.20 - 17.40 / Lecture 2 / 20
17.40 - 18.00 / Lecture 3 / 20
Wednesday 06.12.2006
09.00 - 09.20 / Lecture 4 / 20
09.20 - 09.40 / Lecture 5 / 20
09.40 - 10.00 / Lecture 6 / 20
10.00 - 10.20 / Lecture 7 / 20 / 140
10.20 - 10.40 / BREAK
10.40 - 11.10 / Keynote - Topic 5 / 30
11.10 - 11.30 / Lecture 1 / 20
11.30 - 11.50 / Lecture 2 / 20
10.50 - 12.00 / Lecture 3 / 20
12.00 - 13.30 / BREAK
13.30 - 13.50 / Lecture 4 / 20
13.50 - 14.10 / Lecture 5 / 20
14.10 - 14.30 / Lecture 6 / 20
14.30 - 14.50 / Lecture 7 / 20 / 140
14.50 - 15.00 / BREAK
15.00 - 16.30 / Round Table / 90
1090
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Our ref.:…/WWW/IMOP/TECO-2006Annexes: 4 / GENEVA, 10 July 2006
Subject:Acceptance of papers for the Technical Conference (TECO-2006)
Action required:To submit the camera-ready paper(s) of accepted abstracts for presentation by 15 October 2006 and the completed Registration Form by 31August 2006 at the latest to the WMO Secretariat
Dear Sir/Madam,
I wish to refer to WMO circular letter ref. WWW/IMOP/TECO-2006 dated 15 March 2006 announcing the WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO-2006), which will be held in Geneva from 4 to 6 December 2006 and will precede the fourteenth session of the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (Geneva, 7-14 December 2006).
Inow have the pleasure to inform you on behalf of DrR.Canterford (Australia), acting president of CIMO and the chairman of the International Programme Committee of TECO-2006 (IPC), of the decisions of the IPC as regards the papers accepted for presentation. The papers accepted for oral or poster presentation are listed in the Provisional Programme as contained in AnnexI. Authors whose papers or posters have not been accepted will not be notified separately.
The oral presentations shall not exceed 15 minutes and can only be given when the corresponding paper is included in the WMO Conference publication and presented either by the author or one of the co-authors. It is currently planned to conduct the conference in English only.
To:Authors of abstracts submitted for TECO-2002)
cc:President and vice-president of CIMO) for information
Permanent Representatives of the Members concerned)
- 2 -
The authors of the accepted papers and posters are urged to submit an electronic version of the camera-ready original by 15 October 2006 to:
Dr Miroslav Ondráš
World Meteorological Organization
World Weather Watch Department
P.O. Box 2300
CH1211Geneva2
Switzerland
Tel: (+41 22) 730 8409
Fax: (+41 22) 730 8021
E-mail:
Submitted papers and posters will be published in the WMO Conference publication, which will be prepared in CDROM format. It is essential that the camera-ready manuscripts comply with the following requirements:
-Documents should be preferable in PDF, but MS WORD is also accepted;
-Care must be taken that all fonts are embedded in the converted PDF file;
-Figures and graphs should be of high resolution, a low quality JPG format should be avoided;
-Page size should be A4;
-Format is given in Annex IV;
-Posters are accepted also in PowerPoint.
The poster presentations have to be brought to TECO-2006 by the authors themselves. They should not exceed 4 pages with a maximum size of A3 (double size of A4, see Annex V) each.
In Annex II, information is provided on local arrangements regarding TECO2006. Participants are invited to send the Registration Form (Annex III) to the WMO Secretariat not later than 31August2006.
I should like to inform you that only very limited financial resources are available to WMO to support participants. A committee will be established to consider the requests for financial assistance and give priority to authors from developing countries whose papers have been selected for oral presentation. You may note that a request for financial support has to be submitted by the Permanent Representative of your country with WMO and will be considered within available resources.
I look forward to seeing you at TECO-2006.
Yours sincerely,
(J.L. Hayes)
Director
World Weather Watch Department
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Annex I
W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N
WMO TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION
TECO-2006
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 - 6 December 2006
List of papers and posters accepted for presentation
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME[1],[2](available in English only)
Conference theme:
INNOVATIONS IN OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF MEMBERS
Monday, 4 December 2006
Keynote Paper:Innovations in observing systems and practices to meet the evolving needs of members
by, Dr R. P. Canterford (Australia), acting president of CIMO
SESSION 1:NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH SURFACE OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL NETWORKS
Keynote Paper:New developments and operational experience with surface observation technology and national networks
by J. P. van der Meulen (Netherlands), co-chair of OPAG-SURFACE, chair CIMO ET on ST&MT
Co-chairs: J.P. van der Meulen (Netherlands) and K.-H. Klapheck (Germany)
1(1)
.
1(9)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P1(1)
.
P1(24)
SESSION 2:NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH UPPER-AIR OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY
Keynote Paper:New developments and operational experience with upper-air observation technology
by Dr C. Gaffard (UK)
Co-chairs: Dr A. Ivanov (Russian Federation) and Dr C. Gaffard (UK)
2(1)
.
2(3)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P2(1)
.
P2(16)
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
SESSION 2:NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH UPPER-AIR OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY (Continued)
Co-chairs: A. Ivanov (Russian Federation) and Dr C. Gaffard (UK)
2(4)
.
2(9)
SESSION 3:QUALITY MANAGEMENT, CALIBRATION, TESTING AND COMPARISON OF INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVING SYSTEMS
Keynote Paper:Quality management, calibration, testing and comparison of instruments and observing systems
by M. Leroy (France), Chair CIMO ET on SBII&CM
Co-chairs: M. Leroy (France) and Dr B. Baker (USA)
3(1)
.
3(9)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P3(1)
.
P3(32)
SESSION 4:TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CAPACITY BUILDING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL INSTRUMENT CENTERS
Keynote Paper:Technology Transfer, Capacity Building, Training and Development of RICs
by Dr. J. Gorman (Australia)
Co-chairs: H. Zhou (China) and Dr J. Gorman (Australia)
4(1)
.
4(3)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P4(1)
.
P4(2)
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
SESSION 4:TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CAPACITY BUILDING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL INSTRUMENT CENTERS (Continued)
Co-chairs: H. Zhou (China) and Dr J. Gorman (Australia)
4(4)
.
4(7)
SESSION 5:TRENDS AND CHALLENGES: NATIONAL TO INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS (GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS, DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION, WMO QUALITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM)
Keynote Paper:Trends and challenges: national to international networks
by Dr. J. Nash (UK), vice-president of CIMO
Co-chairs: Dr. J. Nash (UK) and E. Bazira (Uganda)
5(1)
.
5(7)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
P5(1)
SESSION 6:EVOLVING NEEDS OF MEMBERS - ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Chaired by:Dr R. P. Canterford (Australia), acting president of CIMO
Co-Chaired by:Dr J. Nash (UK), vice-president of CIMO
6(1)Summary on each session will be provided by respective co-chairs
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Annex II
W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N
WMO TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION
TECO-2006
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 - 6 December 2006
Information on local arrangements
1.Venue of the Conference
The Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (ECO-2006) will be held at the WMO Secretariat from 4 to 6 December 2006.
World Meteorological Organization
7 bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 GENEVA 2
Switzerland
Website:
The opening ceremony will take place on Monday, 4December 2006, at 10.00 a.m.
2.Interpretation
It is currently planned to conduct the Conference in English only.
3.Registration of participants
The registration for the delegates of TECO-2006 will take place at the Registration Desk, starting on Monday, 4 December, from 08.00 a.m.to 10.00 a.m. Registration will continue throughout the Conference. Delegates will receive identification cards at the time of registration.
4.Mailing address
Mail for conference participants may be addressed as follows:
Ms/Mr ......
c/o CIMO-XIV
World Meteorological Organization
P.O. Box No. 2300
CH-1211 GENEVA 2
Switzerland
5.Telephone - Telefax
The telephone number of:
The WMO Secretariat is: (+41 22) 730 81 11.
The Inquiries and Documents Service Desk is: (+41 22) 730 89 07.
The telefax number of:
The WMO Secretariat is: (+41 22) 730 81 81.
The Inquiries and Documents Service Desk is: (+41 22) 730 89 27.
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6.Hotel accommodation
A list of hotels in Geneva and neighbouring France is attached to this information paper (see Appendix). This list is provided only as an aid to participants in making accommodation arrangements and the details it contains may be changed prior to the session without the knowledge of WMO. If you are interested in staying in France, please check the visa requirements for your country.
7.Computing and communications
Six computers with Internet and e-mail connections will be available on the ground floor, near the public telephones.
8.Climate
Information on the climate of Geneva for November is given below:
Mean maximum temperature14.9°C
Mean minimum temperature 6.6°C
Average number of days with precipitation8 days
Mean monthly precipitation88 mm
9.Useful links
Information on TECO/2006:
10.Information service
Information on the programme and organization of TECO-2006 can be obtained from:
Dr Miroslav Ondras
WMO Secretariat
World Weather Watch
7 bis, Avenue de la Paix, P.O. Box 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2, SWITZERLAND
Tel: (+41 22) 730-8409
Fax: (+41 22) 730 8021
E-mail:
Appendices: 2 Brochures - “How to get to WMO”
- List of Hotels at United Nations Preferential Rates;
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Annex III
W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N
WMO TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION (TECO-2006)
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 to 6 December 2006
REGISTRATION FORM
(available in English only)
1.Member Country:......
2.Family Name: Prof., Dr, Mr, Mrs, Ms[3]......
First name:......
- Service / Institute / Organization:
- Address:......
......
......
- Telecommunication
Telephone:...... E-mail:......
Telefax:......
- The participant is an author of an accepted paper(s) for in-session presentation at TECO2006[4]:
YesNo
if "Yes" is marked, please indicate whether the paper is accepted for the following presentation(s):
"Oral""Poster"
Place:...... Date:......
Signature of the participant[5]
5.Financial support is requested for2):
TravelPer diem
Place:...... Date:......
Signature of the Permanent Representative[6]
The completed Form has to be returned to reach the WMO Secretariat
not later than 31 August 2006, addressed to:
World Meteorological Organization
P.O. Box 2300
CH-1211 GENEVA 2
Switzerland
Fax: (+41 22) 730 8021
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Annex IV
TECO-2006
LAYOUT FORMAT FOR PAPERS
The following example shows the format requested for accepted papers:
2 cm
TITLE OF PAPER
Author(s), Co-author(s)
Institution/Organisation, Address, Country
Tel., Fax., E-mail
2 cm / ABSTRACT
(The abstract should comprise not more than ½page in length.) / 2 cm
Text
Number of pages is not limited
PAGE NUMBERING2 cm
The required format is A 4
(size: 21 cm x 29.7 cm or 8.27 x 11.69 inches)
[1]Slight amendments regarding schedule, title of papers, etc. are possible in the Final Programme. (See also CIMO/IMOP website
[2]All papers, contained in this Programme, will be published in the Conference Pre-prints (CD-ROM) provided the camera-ready papers will arrive in WMO by 15 October 2006 at the latest.
[3]Underline the appropriate.
[4] Tick “” the appropriate box(es).
[5] The signature of the participant is sufficient if no financial support is requested for expert's participation.
[6] Signature of the Permanent Representative of the country concerned with WMO is only required if financial support is requested for expert's participation.