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2nd WMO-IMO Symposium on Extreme Maritime Weather

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IMO HQ, London, UK

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Marine Services

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Updated on 26 April 2024

For more information please contact the WMO Marine Services Division (mmo@wmo.int)

Bridging the Knowledge Gap Towards Safer Shipping

Introduction

The Symposium aims at finding possible solutions to minimize the risks created by extreme maritime weather events – those which are dangerous to any ship at sea and are a threat to life, property, and the marine environment, notwithstanding also the economic impacts to the global blue economy. It will also provide an update on developments, building upon the first Joint Symposium in 2019.

The Symposium will be part of several IMO activities being organized in connection to the World Maritime Theme 2024 ʺNavigating the future: safety first!ʺ It will also serve as a contribution to the UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the UN Early Warnings for All initiatives (EW4All).

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Expected outcomes

  • Discussions on how the met-ocean, shipping and other relevant maritime communities can work together to optimize and improve the value chain ranging from met-ocean observations to forecasts, products and services, to minimize risks of adverse weather to vessels and property at sea
  • Consideration of how these products and services help inform decisions that can be most effectively delivered to end-users such as industry, shipping, freight and passenger companies, trans-oceanic route planning, as well as weather avoidance and environmental emergency response
  • Recommendations for effective and efficient delivery to the end-users
  • Better understanding of the opportunities and challenges between those delivering met-ocean information and those using it.
  • First dialogue towards a possible regular (bi-annual) meeting, co-hosted by IMO/WMO, with all relevant stakeholders involved
  • Assistance to countries around the world to respond to international targets through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2012)
  • Contribution to the UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

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Logistics

IMO event page is here

Provisional programme is here

Hotel rates available here

Information for delegates is here

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