 |
|
|
|
STORM FORCE: What's New on the Windstorm Front?
|
|
| Home > Events |
|
|
17 July 2008
|
|
|
A Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre seminar in association with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group & University College London
At The City Club,
19 Old Broad Street,
London, EC2N 1DS
To register for this event, please email Rebecca Coombes
PROGRAMME
| 09.15-09.45 |
Registration and refreshments |
|
|
| 09.45-10.00 |
Welcome from BUHRC Development Manager |
Dr Stephen Edwards |
|
| |
Introductory remarks by the Chairman |
|
|
| 10.00-10.30 |
Challenges in European Windstorm Modelling |
Dr Richard Dixon, Benfield |
|
| 10.30-11.00 |
EuroTempest – Live Windstorm Loss Forecasting |
Frank Roberts, EuroTempest |
|
| 11.00-11.30 |
Refreshments |
|
|
| 11.30-12.00 |
EUROWIND 2008 – EQECAT’s Approach to pan-European Windstorm Modelling |
Dr Ivan Kuehnel, EQECAT |
|
| 12.00-12.30 |
Dynamical Seasonal Forecasts of Tropical Storm Statistics at ECMWF |
Dr Frederic Vitart, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
|
| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
|
|
| 14.00-14.30 |
Modelling China Typhoon Risk |
Dr. Peter Sousounis, AIR Worldwide |
|
| 14.30-15.00 |
Demographics, Climate Change and Tropical Cyclone Losses |
Professor Roger Pielke Jr, University of Colorado |
|
| 15.00-15.30 |
Refreshments |
|
|
| 15.30-16.00 |
2008 Hurricane Season: Forecasts, New Products and Their Usefulness |
Professor Mark Saunders, Tropical Storm Risk |
|
| 16.00-16.30 |
RMS’ Atlantic Hurricane Model Update |
Dr Christine Ziehmann, RMS |
|
| 16.30-16.45 |
Discussion and close of meeting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
