14:30-15:00

Registration

Opening   Ceremony

Chair: Mr. ZENG Qin, Director-General, Department   of International Cooperation, CMA

15:00-15:05

Opening Forum video

15:05-15:25

Opening Remarks

1. Speech by Dr. CHEN Zhenlin, Administrator, China Meteorological   Administration (CMA)

2. Speech by Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, World   Meteorological Organization (WMO)

3. Speech by Mr. ZHANG Xiaohong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai

Launch   Ceremony

Chair:   Dr. LIANG Feng, Director-General, Department of Forecasting and Networking,   CMA

Time

Session

15:25-15:50

1.      Launch of China's Solution to Early   Warnings for All: MAZU

By Mr. ZENG Qin,   Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, CMA

2.      Launch of AI Agent for Urban Multi-Hazard   Early Warning: MAZU-Urban

By Mr. FENG Lei,   Director-General, Shanghai Meteorological Service, CMA

3.      Launch of CMA Full-Chain AI Model for   Space Weather: FengYu

By Dr. WANG Jinsong, Director-General, National Satellite   Meteorological Center(National Center for Space Weather), CMA

 Keynote Speech

 Chair: Mr. ZENG Qin, Director-General, Department   of International Cooperation, CMA

15:50-17:30

Development of   AI-Based Weather and Climate Information to Support Early Warnings for All in   Indonesia

Speaker:Prof. Dwikorita Karnawati，Head of Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and   Geophysics(BMKG)

WMO Plan to Empower Members’ Technical Capabilities using Artificial   Intelligence

Speaker: Mr. Nir Stav, Senior   Director of Infrastructure Department, WMO

AI-Powered New Paradigm for Meteorology： CMA's Practice   and Contribution to EW4All

Speaker: Dr. DAI Kan, Deputy   Director-General of National Meteorological Center, CMA

AI Developments at ECMWF: AIFS and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Mariana Clare,   Research Scientist, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts   (ECMWF)

AI and Predictive Early Warning: Importance for Development Finance

Speaker: Dr. Roman   Novozhilov, Chief of ESG Department, New Development Bank

Panel   Discussion

Co-Chairs:   Dr. Veronique Sylvie Bouchet,   Senior Director, Science and Innovation Department, WMO,

 Dr. LIANG Feng, Director-General, Department   of Forecasting and Networking, CMA

17:30-18:15

Theme:   Public-Private Engagement   to advance AI-powered Early Warnings for All

Panelists？:

1. Mr. Andrew Colin Spezowka, Chief of Risk   Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity-Development Branch, United Nations Office   for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR);

2. Dr. Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director of the Telecommunication   Standardization Bureau (TSB) & Chief of the Study Groups & Policy   Department (SPD), International Telecommunication Union (ITU);

3. Mr. Justin Ginnetti, Senior Officer   for Information Management and Risk Analysis, International Federation of Red   Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Geneva;

4. Mr. Athula Kumara Karunanayake, Director-General,   Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka;

5. Dr. Bob Alex Ogwang, Commissioner and Permanent Representative   of Uganda with WMO, Department of Meteorology Ministry of Water and Environment,   Uganda;

6. Dr. LU Bo, Deputy Head of Xiong 'an Institute of Meteorological   Artificial Intelligence, CMA;

7. Mr. MA Jianhong, Director-General, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Emergency   Management ;

8.   Mr. YAO Jian, Deputy General   Manager, Shanghai Branch, China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.;

18:15

Closing of the session

8:00-8:15

 Registration

Theme   1: AI for Monitoring & Forecasting

Co-Chairs:   Dr. DAI Kan, National Meteorological Center, CMA

and Dr.   Mariana Clare, ECMWF

8:15-8:30

Advancing   Typhoon Prediction with AI: Activities and Future Plan in Typhoon Committee

Speaker: Dr. DUAN Yihong, Secretary-General,   ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee

8:30-8:45

How AI/ML is   Incorporated into Weather Forecasting

Speaker: Dr. Hyesook Lee, Director, National   Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Korea Meteorological Administration

8:45-9:00

Development of   AI-empowered Data Assimilation System

Speaker: Mr. Erik Shen, Programmer,   Hydrometeorological Center of Russia

9:00-9:15

Current Status   and Future Expectation of AI Implementation in JMA Operations

Speaker: Mr. Yoshiaki Sato, Counselor for   Research and Development, Japan Meteorological Agency

9:15-9:30

Potential of AI   in Enhancing Weather

Forecasting   Services: Benefits and Challenges

Speaker：Mr. Pascal Felix Waniha, Director of   Infrastructure and Technical Services, Tanzania Meteorological Authority

9:30-9:45

Experimental   Results of Using AI in Weather Forecasting

Speaker: Mr. Batjargal Gankhuyag, Head, Research   Division of Weather and Environmental Numerical Prediction, Information and   Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment(IRIMHE),   Mongolia

9:45-10:00

Latest   Developments and Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Operational   Forecasting and Warning Services at Hong Kong

Speaker: Ms. Sze Ning CHONG, Acting Senior   Scientific Officer, Hong Kong Observatory

10:00-10:15

Current AI Projects   at the National Weather Office of Argentina

Speaker: Mr. Maximiliano Antonio Sacco,   Researcher, National Weather Office of Argentina(SMN)

10:15-10:25

Tea Break

Theme   2: AI for Disaster Emergency Response

Co-Chairs:   Dr. ZHANG Di, Deputy Director-General, Department of Emergency Response,   Disaster Mitigation and Public Services, CMA

Mr. Jochen   Luther, Technical Coordinator, WMO Regional Office for Asia and the South-West   Pacific

10:25-10:40

SeisGPT A Physics-Informed Data-Driven   Large Model for Real-Time Seismic Response Prediction
  Speaker:  Prof. ZHOU Ying, Dean of the College of Civil   Engineering, Tongji University

10:40-10:55

Current Status   of AI/ML at the South African Weather Service and Its Plans

Speaker: Mr. Tshifhiwa Gift Rambuwani,   Scientist, South African Weather Service

10:55-11:10

Interpreting   Climate Signals with a Self-Evolving Artificial Intelligence Framework

Speaker: Dr. LING Fenghua, Shanghai Artificial   Intelligence Laboratory

11:10-11:25

Harnessing   Artificial Intelligence to Transform Meteorological Operations in Nigeria

Speaker: Mr. Abiola Abayomi Okanlawon, Senior Meteorologist,   Nigerian Meteorological Agency

11:25-11:40

AI Deep Learning   for Climate Forecast

Speaker:  Prof. LUO Jingjia, Academic Dean,   AI School (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Information Science   & Technology

11:40-11:55

From Data to   Decisions: AI for Rainfall Impact Alerts

Speaker: Ms. Tamara Aída Venegas Yurazeck,   Meteorologist, Chilean Weather Service

11:55-14:00

Lunch

Theme 3: Early Warnings for   All & Public-Private Engagement

Co-Chairs:   Dr. LEI Xiaotu, Deputy Director-General, Shanghai Meteorological Service

 Ms. ZHU Jie, Vice President, Shanghai AgiBot   Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.？

14:00-14:15

Responsibilities   and Future Development of the Department of Meteorology in Sri Lanka

Speaker: Mr. Athula Kumara Karunanayake,   Director-General, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka

14:15-14:30

Science for the   Climate

Speaker: Mr. Mohamed Ismael Nour, Director   -General, National Meteorological Agency，Djibouti

14:30-14:45

AI for Early Warnings for All
  Speaker: Mr. Adérito Celso Félix Aramuge, Director-General and Permanent   Representative,National Institute   of Meteorology of Mozambique

14:45-15:00

AI Empowering   the Early Warning for ALL in Thailand
  Speaker: LCdr. Somnuck Sukavanich, RTN，Deputy Director-General,   Thai Meteorological Department

15:00-15:15

Importance of AI for Early Warning   Systems
  Speaker: Dr. Tin Mar Htay, Deputy Director, Department of   Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar

15:15-15:30

Building and   Implementing a New LLM-Powered Paradigm for Meteorological Disaster Warning   Dissemination

Speaker: Ms. WANG Muhua, Director of China   Meteorological Administration Public Meteorological Service Centre, Senior   Engineer (Professorate-level)

15:30-15:45

Planning for the   Use of AI in Enhancing Meteorological Warnings in Brazil

Speaker: Ms. Tatyane Paz Dominguez Dos Santos   Alves, Meteorologist(Technologist), National Institute of Meteorology, Brasil

15:45-16:00

Artificial   Intelligence Development and Requirements at the Viet Nam Meteorological and   Hydrological Administration

Speaker: Mr. Van Hiep Nguyen, Deputy Director,   Northern Hydro-Meteorological Center,

Viet Nam   Meteorological and Hydrological Administration

16:00-16:10

Tea Break

16:10-16:25

Challenges and   Opportunities in the New Generation of Meteorological Services

Speaker: Abdulla Wahid, Director-General   and Permanent Representative, Maldives Meteorological Service

16:25-16:40

Build an Inclusive AI System to Promote the High-quality Development   of the Meteorological Industry

Speaker:Dr.LIAN Shiguo, Chief Scientist, Data Science   and Artificial Intelligence Institute of China Unicom, Vice President, Unicom   Data Intelligence Company, China Unicom

16:40-16:55

An Introduction   to Early Warning for Super Typhoon YAGI (2024)

Speaker: Ms. LI Yumei, Chief Forecaster, Hainan   Meteorological Observatory

16:55-17:10

Developing High-Quality Corpus to Empower Meteorological Vertical   Specific Model

Speaker: Mr. WANG Changmian, CTO, Shanghai Kopus   Technology Co., Ltd.

17:10-17:25

Business   Models for Climate Action
  Speaker: Mr. LIU   Jiashuai, Head of Business Development, StepFun Technology Co., Ltd.

17:25-17:40

A Brief   Introduction to a Planned International Programme for   Asian-Australian-African Monsoons
  Speaker: Dr. GAO   Yun, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, CMA

17:40-18:00

Summary Address

By Dr. BI   Baogui, Deputy Administrator, CMA

18:00

Closing the Forum