Review of InterMET Asia 2016 16-18 March 2016, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

InterMET Asia 2016 was the third annual event in the series and following the previous editions (2014 – Singapore Expo; 2015 – Suntec) it was staged at the largest venue to date, Marina Bay Sands. 2016 also saw some subtle repositioning of the event. Previously, the focus was ‘hydrometeorology technology’ (2014) and ‘hydrometeorology technology and services for end users’ (2015), while in 2016 it was ‘weather and climate services’ and ‘public and private sector co-operation’. Geographically, and largely as a result of the support of World Bank Group – GFDRR, 2016 also saw the event positioned as ‘The only meteorology and hydrometeorology event for Asia, Africa and the Pacific’. (compared to ‘Asia’ in 2014 and ‘Asia and the Pacific’ in 2015.) This repositioning is in tune with our overall view that InterMET should be an event that is primarily focused on end users of meteorological technology and value added information in the public and private sectors, whilst also acting as an informal forum to facilitate the frank exchange of views between the public and private sectors, international agencies and development banks, and the providers and end users of raw and value added hydrometeorological information. Also, the primary focus of the event is on those applications and areas which are likely to become more important users of meteorological technology and value added information as a result of the growing frequency of extreme weather events and climate change. However, looking ahead, this will not be at the expense of more established users of hydromet information, notably aviation.

Some Testimonials

“EEC has been attending the InterMET Asia conference and expo since its inception three years ago. It is clearly the premier, must-attend event for all things hydro-meteorology related in the Asia-Pacific Rim. This event presents the perfect balance of technical sessions & discussions with a supplier exhibition. It is well organized, superbly marketed, and provides suppliers, like EEC ,with the perfect venue to meet with new and existing customers, partners and suppliers in the region. We look forward to attending in years to come!” Richard "Sted" Stedronsky, Director, Strategic Business Development & Partnerships/Meteorologist, Enterprise Electronics Corporation “InterMET 2016 was bigger and better than last year. I found the caliber of participants matched the focus for our own business, meeting up with peers from different regions helped consolidate our work efforts and provided insightful enhancements to our own existing domestic programs. Well done InterMET!" Jonathan Barratt, CEO, Celsius Pro “The meeting was rich and very interesting for us. Exhibitions enabled us to establish many contacts with equipment suppliers. Thank you so much.” Cherif Diop, Direction de la Météorologie, Agence Nationale de l’aviation Civile et de la Météorologie, Senegal “The conference focused to overcome some of the important issues in Asia that arises directly from the weather related risks and causes a serious threat to our society due to such catastrophic impacts. The advancement of new technologies in the thematic sessions further added new dimensions to overcome these real time challenges. All the sessions were very informative and meaningful. The panel discussions and interaction with the delegates & Speakers were great. It left us with a unanimous scope to meet the necessary meteorological requirements and start working on to overcome the associated weakness and challenges.” Anupam Kumar, Researcher, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2016 Key Facts & Figures

Attendance

We had close to 400 international participants and we have pleasure in sending you the list of participants attached. We are delighted to report some of the statistics from this participation:

“International event”. InterMET Asia is a truly international event with 66% of the participants being international and attending from 49 countries:

o International 66% o Local 34%

Seniority – We are pleased to report a senior audience. 70% of our attendees were management level: o C-Level (Director or above) 39% o Managers 31% o Scientists/Meteorologists/Specialists 16% o Executives 8% o Others 2% o Unspecified 3%

We also have pleasure in attaching the list of participants, and here are a few links to further information for your records and to share with your team:

A copy of the Show Guide is here, and a copy of the Show Preview is here.

The Conference presentations are available online click here.

For the Welcome Letter from the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation

- click here to read.

We are delighted and privileged to have significant support of:

Cooperation Framework

o World Bank Group

o Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

o InterMET Asia

Official Supporters

o National Environment Agency Singapore

o Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau

o Association of Hydro-Meteorology Equipment

Industry (HMEI)

o International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)

o World Energy & Meteorology Council

Official Welcome

o Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General

World Meteorological Organisation

Partner

o The Met Office UK

Held In

o Your Singapore (Singapore Tourism Board)

Collocated with

o Asia Pacific Maritime

Venue

o Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre

Organised by

o Media Generation Ventures

Official Supporters

Exhibition & Sponsors

Exhibition 48 Exhibiting companies from 15 countries: China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

o For the list of exhibitors with country please see Appendix 1.

Sponsors

Gold Sponsor o Baron

Hydrology Workshop

Weather Radar Workshop

GFDRR Lunch Sponsor o MetService & MetraWeather

Session Sponsor o Leosphere

Conference Summary

2 day international conference with the following session topics: o Agrometeorology and Climate Smart Agriculture o Broadcasting & Meteorology o Extreme Weather Warning & Capacity Building o Health Meteorology o Maritime Meteorology o Meeting Customer Needs o Urban Meteorology o Weather Risk Finance & Insurance

International conference Special Sessions in conjunction with the World Bank Group – GFDRR dedicated to: o New approaches to modernising

NMHSs o Integrated Meteorology Technology

Systems o Sustainability and Public-Private

Sector Co-operation

2 Workshop Sessions hosted by Baron Weather covering (1) Hydrology and (2) Weather Radar. The workshops were pitched at NMHSs management who are not technical experts with the objective of helping them better understand the purpose and capabilities of key hydro-meteorological equipment.

Opening Session Keynotes

Chair: Peter Lennox, CEO, Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd.

Keynote Presentations:

Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organisation

(Special Video Presentation)

Partnership based on trust – the cornerstone of the future, by Brian Day, Chairman, HMEI and President/CEO Campbell Scientific (Canada) Corp.

Sustainable NMHS modernisation, by Dr. Vladimir Tsirkunov, Rural and Resilience, The World Bank

Meteorology and the smart city, by Deven Chhaya, Leader, ASEAN Smarter Cities, IBM

Agro-Meteorology, by Joshua Campbell, Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Campbell Scientific Inc.

Some Key Conference Figures Over 100 people attended the opening keynote plenary session

Between 30 and 40 people on average attended each of the individual conference sessions

The Baron Hydrology and Weather Radar workshops which formed part of the conference programme were well received with each attracting approx 30 people

More than 70 people attended each of the GFDRR Day 2 and 3 Special Conference Sessions at Marina Bay and the Rendezvous Hotel

For further details of the conference programme, speakers and exhibitor profiles please see the Show guide.

Hosted Delegate Programme 25 Hosted Delegates attended from 20 countries and were supported by the World Bank GFDRR and InterMET Asia.

Please see the list of Hosted Delegates at Appendix 2

A selection of organisations who sent delegates:

Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre

BOM Australia

DMH Myanmar

IMHEN Vietnam

MONRE Laos

Royal Thailand Navy

Papua New Guinea

PAGASA Philippines

Sri Lanka

CDC Taiwan

Looking Ahead to 2017 And Beyond

We plan to address the gender balance of the event, especially amongst speakers.

We are exploring a variety of approaches to building the event and increasing its value to a number of new audiences, especially in the private sector.

InterMET 2017 will be held in Singapore, probably again in March 2017. For 2018 we are considering Thailand, and returning to Singapore in 2019.

We hope to announce the dates, booking arrangements and venue for 2017 in the very near future.

We will continue to build our high level group of Official Supporters and we will continue to engage with relevant Associations, Societies and Academia to build the value and reputation of the event and to attract more delegates and visitors. We welcome suggestions and recommendations for organisations thought to be relevant to our efforts so we may engage with them. Tony Stephenson Event Director 14 April 2016

Appendix 1 - List of Exhibitors

Anhui WideSight Tech. China All Weather, Inc. (AWI) United States

Baron United States Biral United Kingdom

CAE S.p.A. Italy Cimel Electronique France

Earth Networks United States ELDES s.r.l. Weather Radar Italy

Enterprise Electronics Corp. (EEC) United States EWR Radar Systems United States FT Technologies Ltd United Kingdom

Furuno Electric Co Ltd Japan GAMIC Germany

Gill Instruments United Kingdom IBL Software Engineering Slovakia

Jungsang Lidar co.,Ltd Korea Kipp & Zonen Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Singapore

LEOSPHERE France LSI Lastem Srl Italy

Lufft Mess - und Regeltechnnik GmbH Germany MBW Calibration Switzerland

Met One Instruments United States Metasensing BV Netherlands MeteoModem France

Météorage France MetOcean Solutions New Zealand

MetService New Zealand MetraWeather New Zealand Microstep-MIS Slovakia

Mirae Climate Co Ltd Korea MPS system sro Slovakia

NOVIMET France OTT Hydromet GmbH Germany

Panasonic Avionics United States R. M. Young Company United States

Radiometrics International United States Raymetrics LIDAR Greece

RH Systems United States SAGIM France Scintec Germany

Sea and Land Technologies Pte Ltd Singapore SEBA Hydrometrie GmbH & Co. KG Germany

Supertron Sensing Singapore Sutron United States

TOA Systems Inc United States Vaisala Finland

Weather Decision Technologies Inc United States Wx Risk Global United States

Appendix 2 - List of Hosted Delegates

Name Job Title Organisation Country

Dr. Douglas Body Observations & Infrastructure

Bureau of Meteorology Australia

Dr. Diriba Korecha Director National Meteorological Services Agency Ethiopia Mr. Khanmany Khounphonh

Acting Director General of DMH

Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Laos

Madame Balasama Ratsirisoanjanahary

Directeur des Exploitations Météorologiques (et Hydrologiques)

Direction de la Météorologie et de l'Hydrologie Madagascar

Dr. Siva Kumar Balasundram

Associate Professor & Country Representative

Universiti Putra Malaysia/ International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)

Malaysia

Mr. Francisco Nostado Head of Financial and Administrative Department

Instituto Naciona de Meteorologia (INAM) Mozambique

Dr. Kyaw Moe Oo Deputy Director General

Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Myanmar

Mr. Sudip Bhattarai Telecom Engineer Department of Hydrology & Meteorology Nepal Mr. Peter Lennox CEO MetServices New Zealand

Mr. Vincent Malano Acting Administrator Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

Philippines

Mr. Inape Kasis Assistant Director Papua New Guinea Meteorological Service PNG

Mr. Dong Eon Chang Director Korea Meteorological Administration Republic of Korea

Mr. Se Min Park Assistant Director Korea Meteorological Administration Republic of Korea

Mr. Cherif Diop Consultant to DNM Direction de la Météorologie Nationale, Senegal

Senegal

Mr. Lalith Chandrapala Director General Department of Meteorology Sri Lanka Dr. Yu-Lun Liu Medical Officer Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Taiwan

Commander Supasit Kongdee

Head of Coastal Engineering Section, Oceanographic Division

Royal Thai Navy Thailand

Cdr. Chakkrit Reamruk RTN.

Chief of Weather observation section, Naval Meteorological Division

Royal Thai Navy Thailand

Mr Perapol Begkhuntod Special Advisor for Hydro-Meteorology

The Prime Minister’s Office Thailand

Dr. Senaka Basnayake Department Head Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Thailand Mr. Moleni Tuuholoaki Senior Forecaster Tonga Meteorological Service Tonga

Mr. Khalid Muwembe Director Forecasting Services

Uganda Meteorological Department Uganda

Dr. Bingunath Ingirige Senior Lecturer & Director

School of the Built Environment, University of Salford

UK

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Bang

Applied Remote Sensing and GIS, Hydro-Meteorology Division

Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change

Vietnam

Dr. Hoang Duc Cuong Director National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting

Vietnam