RA-VI AMDAR-WIGOS Workshop

Workshop on WIGOS and AMDAR Program 2-3 October 2018, Minsk, Belarus Programme
Day, Date	Time	Topic
Tuesday, 2 October	9:00-09:30	OPENING *Head of the Belarus Hydromet* *Representatives of WMO Secretary-General* *IATA Representative*
	09:30-10:30	Introduction to WIGOS (L.P. Riishojgaard) Introduction to AMDAR (D. Lockett) Discussion of possible synergies
	11:00-12:30	RA VI Work Plan and WIGOS mechanisms (N. Berghi, M. Dacic) R-WIP-VI (E. Buyukbas) Roundtable discussion
	14:00-17:30	OSCAR and WDQMS (L.P. Riishojgaard) GBON (L.P. Riishojgaard) GBON for RA VI (L.P. Riishojgaard) WIGOS Regulatory Material (I. Zahumensky) National WIGOS Implementation (E. Buyukbas) (short version) Roundtable discussion
Wednesday, 3 October	9:00-10:30	Current WMO AMDAR programme operation (D. Lockett) AMDAR programme benefits (S. Stringer) IATA role in aircraft-based observations (C. Mariscal, IATA)
	11:00-12:30	IATA-WMO Collaborative AMDAR Programme, Concept of operations and principles (D. Lockett)
	14:00-15:30	Region approach to AMDAR, business case and financial framework (S. Stringer) Workshop on AMDAR, Discussion of Issues
	16:00-17:30	Workshops conclusion & Close Discussion, Conclusions, Recommendations, Actions, Close

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