Itinerary for the IMS Conference 2012

Saturday March 24th 2012

Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

09.15:                Registration, tea/coffee break and chance to view poster presentations.

10.00:                President’s Welcome (Paul Halton, IMS President)

10.05:                Talk 1. “Clouds: A Short History and Identification Guide” by Sinéad Duffy, Met Éireann

10.25:                Talk 2. "Flying through a Giant Cumulonimbus Cloud in a Boeing 747 - A Survivor’s Tale”

                                          by Colm Conyngham, Bridgestone Ireland

10.50:                Talk 3. “Satellites, Meteorology and Contrails” by Gillian M. Whelan, UCC

11.20:                Book launch “Establishment of the Meteorological Service in Ireland - The Foynes Years 1936-1945” by Tom Keane

11.30:                Tea/coffee break and chance to view poster presentations.

12.00:                Talk 4. "Weather Radar - the Hows and the Whys" by Kieran Commins, Met Éireann

12.30:                A few words about the National Botanic Gardens by Felicity Gaffney, NBG

12.35:                Talk 5. “What Plants can tell us about Climate Warming” by Dr Alison Donnelly, TCD

13.05:                Lunch break and optional tour of the National Botanic Gardens

14.35:                A few words about Dublin City of Science by Vincent McCarthy, DSC manager

14.40:                Talk 6. “Weather Forecasting Models in Met Éireann” by Eoin Whelan, Met Éireann

15.10:                New IMS Honorary Members

15.20:                Talk 7. "How Improvements in Science underpin our Forecasting Capability"

                            by Nicholas Grahame, UK Met Office

15.50:                Talk 8. "Managing the Message - the Communication of Weather Forecasts" by Gerry Murphy, Met Éireann

16.20:                Closing remarks

16.30:                IMS AGM

17.30:                Conference dinner in the Washerwomans Hill restaurant