16th Session of Consultative Meetings on High-Level Policy on Satellite Matters (CM-16)
16th Session of Consultative Meetings on High-Level Policy on Satellite Matters (CM-16)
Date & Time
3-4 March 2026
Logistics
Venue: WMO headquarters (Salle Obasi, ground floor)
by invitation only
Provisional Agenda
| 3 March 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Agenda item | Speaker |
| Chair: Mr Michel Jean, President, Infrastructure Commission | ||
| 09:00 | WELCOME REMARKS FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL | Prof. Celeste Saulo |
| 09:10 | 1. OPENING PRESENTATIONS/KEYNOTES | |
| 09:10 | Key strategic priorities of WMO | WMO Earth Systems, Observations and Predictions Department |
| 09:30 | 2. ROLE OF WMO TO SPACE AGENCIES | |
| 09:30 | WMO Space Programme’s key activities | Natalia Donoho, Chief, WMO Space Programme Section |
| 09:50 | 3. CGMS PERSPECTIVES | |
| 09:50 | CGMS perspectives | Phil Evans, Head of the CGMS Secretariat |
| 10:10 | 4. CEOS PERSPECTIVES | |
| 10:10 | CEOS perspectives | CEOS leadership (TBC) |
| 10:30 | Coffee break & Group photo | |
| 11:00 | 5. Regional ACTIVITIES in Support of the EW4ALL Initiative (To review the activities conducted by regional groups related to Early Warning Systems (EWS) and agree on follow-up actions supporting the EW4ALL initiative.) | |
| 11:00 | Overview of EW4ALL Initiative : current status and next steps | Meteorological and Sectoral Services Division |
| 11:15 | CREWS Contributions to EW4ALL | John Harding, Head, CREWS Secretariat |
| 11:30 | RA I: Regional perspective on EW4ALL | Sarah Kimani, RAIDEG Chair |
| 11 :45 | RA II/V: Results of the gap analysis on EW4ALL | Agnes Lane, RA-V ET-SAT Chair |
| 12:00 | RA III/IV: Results of the gap analysis on EW4ALL | Diego Souza, SDR-RA-III-IV-Group Co-Chair |
| 12:15 | RA VI: Regional perspective on EW4ALL | Kornélia Radics, Director, Regional Office for RA-VI |
| 12:30 | Discussion and Next Steps: Key Actions to Be Agreed | All |
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 6. Use of AI/ML technologies | |
| 14:00 | The activities of the Joint Advisory Group on AI (JAG-AI) | Michel Jean, P/INFCOM & co-chair of JAG-AI |
| 14:20 | Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies at ECMWF with a focus on satellite observations | Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF) |
| 14:50 | Updates on AI for Nowcasting Pilot Project (ANPP) with a focus on satellite observations | David John GAGNE & DAI Kan (AINPP Steering Committee Co-Chairs) |
| 15:20 | Discussion | |
| 15:40 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION | |
| 17:30 | End of the Day 1 | |
| 18:00 | RECEPTION (Salle D, 9 floor) | |
| 4 March 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Agenda item | Speaker |
| Chair: Mr Michel Jean, President, Infrastructure Commission | ||
| 09:00 | 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPACE-BASED OBSERVING COMPONENT OF WIGOS | |
| 09:00 | Update on WIGOS Vision 2050 | Sid Boukabara (WIGOS Vision Update Group Chair, NASA) |
| 09:30 | Position paper on the WIGOS Vision revision | CGMS Secretariat |
| 09:45 | CGMS Baseline & Risk Assessment | Irene Parker, CGMS WGIII Co-Chair |
| 10:00 | Resilience of operational infrastructure (TBC) | WMO Earth Systems, Observations and Predictions Department |
| 10:15 | 8. DATA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR SATELLITE DATA, INCLUDING CORE DATA DEFINITION | |
| 10:15 | Outcomes of the Core Satellite Data Workshop for Nowcasting, work towards to Core Satellite Data for hydrology | WMO Space Programme Section |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | 9. Socio-economic benefits of satellite programmes | |
| 11:00 | Progress of the CGMS socio-economic benefit activities | JMA on behalf of cGMS |
| 11:20 | 10. Dialogue with private sector | |
| 11:20 | Engagement with commercial sector | Division of Development Partnerships and Programme Delivery |
| 11:50 | 11. sharing satellite data via WIS 2.0 (To discuss the role of space agencies in supporting the implementation of WIS 2.0 and explore practical approaches for satellite data sharing.) | |
| 11:50 | Overview of WIS 2.0, status, and how space agencies can contribute to data exchange under the new framework | Division of Data and Prediction Systems, WMO Information System Section |
| 12:10 | The status of the satellite community’s transition from GTS to WIS 2.0, including relevant ongoing activities at EUMETSAT | Simon Elliott, EUMETSAT |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 12. STATEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MEETING | |
| 14:00 | Review of Actions from CM-15 (Summary of progress made on actions agreed during CM-15 and identification of any pending items.) | WMO Secretariat |
| 14:20 | Draft Statement and Actions from CM-16 (Key outcomes, conclusions, and actions from CM-16 for review and endorsement by participants.) | WMO Secretariat |
| 14 :45 | 13. DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING | |
| 15:00 | CLOSING REMARKS | Prof. Celeste Saulo |