Open data week @ ECMWF

Workshop on improving the socio-economic impact of NWP data
28 February – 1 March
Accessibility, ease of use and data policy impact upon the realised value of NWP forecast data, as shown in recent socio-economic impact studies. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss the challenges of disseminating meteorological data into the future and how ECMWF and NMSs can ensure that the economic value of weather information can continue to be realised by the private market. The workshop will discuss the user needs, the requirement to provide access to fast-growing, large data sets and the available solutions. What are the challenges and costs of ingesting this information? What future opportunities and applications do users foresee for ECMWF forecast data?
The workshop is aimed at policy makers and professionals interested in the evolution of the meteorological industries.
Attendance: Attendance to the workshop is by invitation only.

16th Workshop on Meteorological Operational Systems (MOS)
1-3 March
Providing increasingly large and complex data sets, for scientists and industry to exploit, challenges traditional data centres to look at new technologies and work practices. This goes beyond the mere provision of data but also requires strategies for efficient processing and fast visualisation. Cloud based solutions and moving processing/visualisation to where data is stored are only some possible solutions.
The workshop on Meteorological Operational Systems (MOS) is biennially organised by ECMWF and reviews current and future developments of operational systems at ECMWF and National Weather Services. In 2017, the workshop will focus on how (open) data can be best brought to users. The workshop aims to review current pull services, such as standardised web services (OGC, INSPIRE) and push services, such as product generation and dissemination. Participants will be able to see the state-of-the-art of data service provision and will be able to network with key players in this community.
Attendance: Please complete the online registration form.
The deadline for speakers to register is 31 January 2017.
The deadline for participants to register is 13 February 2017.
There is no registration fee for this workshop.

#OpenDataHack @ECMWF – Beyond weather: explore creative uses of open data
4-5 March
Developers, experts, students, data wranglers, data journalists, data enthusiasts, makers, artists – you are invited to join the meteorologists, scientists and engineers of ECMWF at our #OpenDataHack on 4 and 5 March 2017.
As part of our activities, including the recently-added EU-funded Copernicus services on climate and atmospheric monitoring, we have collected and created vast quantities of global environmental data.
Spend a weekend with us to make and demo prototypes for new services and products.
Make practical apps for travellers or growers, or build educational and playful tools for the young and young at heart. We want to see you do amazing things with ECMWF open data.
Attendance: More information and registration under https://open-data-hack-ecmwf.eventbrite.co.uk.