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2025 Asia Pacific Climate Services Workshop

2025 Asia Pacific Climate Services Workshop

【2025 Asia Pacific Climate Services Workshop】

l   Dates:2025/6/11-13。

l   Venue:International Conference Hall, Central Weather Administration, Taipei

l   Program:

Time(Taipei)
6/11(Wed)
6/12(Thu)
6/13(Fri)
AM Opening Remarks
09:30-10:00
Session II
Early Warnings for All:
AI Technology and Application
09:00-12:30
Session IV
Early Warnings for All:
Human Resource Development Strategies
09:00-11:35
Keynote Session
10:20-12:00
Closing Remarks
11:35-11:40
PM
Session I
Early Warnings for All:
Development Trends and Prospects
13:30-16:35
Session III
Early Warnings for All:
Case studies on Multidisciplinary Applications
13:30-17:00
Field trip
(Invited Only)
Night Event Dinner
(Invited Only)
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l   Agenda:
6/11(Wed)
Time(Taipei)
Topic
Moderator / Speaker
09:00-09:30
Registration
09:30-10:00
【Opening Remarks】
  • Shih-Kai Chen (Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taiwan) (TBA)
  • Hsien-Ming Lien (President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan)
  • Tai-Jen George Chen (President, Taiwan Climate Services Partnership, Taiwan)
  • Kuo-Chen Lu (Administrator, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
10:00-10:20 Group Photo & Coffee Break
【Keynote Session】
Moderator:Tai-Jen George Chen (President, Taiwan Climate Services Partnership, Taiwan)
10:20-11:10
Early Detection of Baby-rain-cell Aloft in A Severe Storm (Guerilla Heavy Rainfall) and Risk Projection for Urban Flash Flood and Climate Change Impact on Water-related Disasters and Adaptation in Japan

Eiichi Nakakita (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan)

Q & A
11:10-12:00 Real-Time Meteorological Information for Risk Management - application in flood and drought early warning and response

Chien-Hsin Lai (Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan)

Q & A
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
【Session I】
Early Warnings for All:Development Trends and Prospects
Moderator:Chin-Tzu Fong (Deputy Administrator, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
13:30-15:55
Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Early Warnings for All (EW4All) and Climate Services in the Philippines
Roy A. Badilla (Deputy Administrator for Operations and Services, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Philippines)
Strengthening Climate Resilience: Taiwan’s Vision and Innovations in Comprehensive Early Warning for All
Jing-Shan Hong (Deputy Administrator, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
(TBD)
(TBD)
Flash-Flood Early Warning in Vietnam
Le Ngoc Cau (Deputy Director General, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change , Vietnam)
APCC as a Foundational MME Data Hub: Toward Integrated Early Warning Systems through CLIK and FHEWS Synergy
Hyunrok Lee (Head, Climate Prediction Department, APEC Climate Center, Korea)
15:55-16:35
Wrap-up and Discussion
18:00-20:00
Banquet (Invited Only)
 
6/12(Thu)
Time(Taipei)
Topic
Moderator / Speaker
【Session II】
Early Warnings for All:AI Technology and Applications
Moderator:Noboru Koshizuka (Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan)
09:00-09:50
Directions in AI Models for Driving Earth System Digital Twins
Stan Posey (Program Manager, Earth System Science Domain, NVIDIA, USA)
Q & A
09:50-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-11:50
Current Status and Future Outlook of AI Applications in CWA
Pao-Liang Chang (Director, Technology Development Division, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
Regional Atmospheric Reanalysis Data for Japan for Various AI/ML Applications
Hisashi Nakamura (Professor, RCAST, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Advancing Science-Based Weather and Climate Disaster Prediction and Early Warning Systems to Combat Climate Inequality
Jai-Ho Oh (Professor Emeritus, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University, Korea)
Enhancing Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting in East Asia through AI-based Post-processing: Towards “Early Warnings for All”
Uran Chung (Research Fellow, Prediction Research and Development Department, APEC Climate Center, Korea)
11:50-12:30
Wrap-up and Discussion
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
【Session III】
Early Warnings for All:Case Studies on Multidisciplinary Applications
Moderator:Jing-Shan Hong (Deputy Administrator, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
13:30-16:20
 
 
 
AI Advancement in Meteorology and Climate: Policy Directions and Technology Trends in Korea
Cheol-Han Bang (General Manager, Industry Policy Division, Korea Meteorological Institute, Korea)
Integrating Climate Services into Climate-Smart Agriculture for Smallholder Resilience in South-Central and Central Highlands of Vietnam Nguyen Dang Mau (Acting Director, Research Center for Agricultural Meteorology, IMHEN, Vietnam)
Advancing Agricultural Disaster Early Warning: Research and Applications Hsin-Chi Li (Researcher, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan)
The Role of Private Sector in People-Centered EWS Shoichi Tateno (Team leader, Public Private Partnership Data Strategy & Sustainability, Weathernews Inc., Japan)
Utilizing Climate Intelligence: Case Studies of Hazard Monitoring and Early Warning Systems in Practice Chiho Kimpara (Engineer, Japan Weather Association, Japan)
Building the National Climate Change Data Integration Platform: Vision, Planning, and Future Services Pei-Yuan Hsieh (Associate Research Fellow, National Environmental Research Academy, Taiwan)
16:20-17:00
Wrap-up and Discussion
 
6/13(Fri)
Time(Taipei)
Topic
Moderator / Speaker
【Session IV】
Early Warnings for All:Human Resource Development Strategies
Moderator :Kung-Yueh Camyale Chao (Executive Director, International Climate Development Institute, Taiwan)
09:00-09:50
Special Talk Session
Development Strategies from UK and EU Perspective Regarding the Needs of Climate Services for Early Warnings for All and the Trend of AI
Liz Bentley (President, Europe Meteorological Society, UK)
Q & A
09:50-10:00 Coffee Break
10:00-11:15
Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research on Climate Change and Sustainability
Min-Hui Lo (Director, International Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
CWA's E-Learning Transformation under the “Early Warning for All” Initiative Pin-Yen Liu (Technical Specialist, Weather Forecast Center, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)
Training and Education Activities Led by WXBC in Japan Noboru Koshizuka (Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan)
11:15-11:35
Wrap-up and Discussion
11:35-11:40
【Closing Remarks】 Jing-Shan Hong (Deputy Administrator, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan)

l   Registration Linkhttps://forms.gle/YFzhb1A8spRA1f7o6

l   Registration Deadline即日起至6/5(四) 17:00 止。主辦單位擁有篩選與會人員之權力,若報名人數額滿,將提早結束報名,且不提供現場報名,請儘早完成報名程序,以免向隅。

l   Conference Materialshttps://reurl.cc/XARKzR

l   Phone & Email 02-2735-6006#6251 Dr. Chang e-mail