REGIONAL ASSOCIATION VI WORKING GROUP ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION FIRST MEETING

REGIONAL ASSOCIATION VI
WORKING GROUP ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
FIRST MEETING
6 - 7 November 2014
Offenbach am Main, Germany
Information note on local arrangements – INF.1
Background
The RA VI Working Group on Technology Development and Implementation was reestablished at the sixteenth session of RA VI, held in September 2013, in Helsinki, Finland.
The Terms of References are stipulated in the Resolution 9 of the RA VI XVI session report:
http://library.wmo.int/opac/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16072#.VCwQ3_mSwXt.
The core-membership of the Working Group was approved by the Management Group at its
second meeting in May 2014, Tallinn, Estonia. The meeting report is available on the
following web page: https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/eur/MG-22014.htm.
Meeting format
It is planned as one and half day meeting to start at 09:00 on 6 November and to end at noon
on 7 November.
Registration of participants will take place half an hour before the beginning of the opening
session, i.e. at 08:30.
The meeting will accommodate the following five sessions:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Opening
Input of the Technical Commissions of WMO
Planning (Contribution of Task Teams and Rapporteurs)
Working mechanisms
Closing
More information is available in the tentative programme (Doc.1) and the preliminary agenda
(Doc.2).
Requirements to participants
The Task Team leaders and Rapporteurs are kindly requested to bring their own laptops and
deliver presentations on the goals, tasks, expected achievements/ deliverables and
membership of the Team.
Meeting venue
At the kind invitation of the German Weather Service (Deutscher Wetter Dienst), the WMO
RA V Working Group on Technology Development and implementation will hold its first
meeting on 6 and 7 November 2014 in Offenbach am Main, Germany on the following
address:
Frankfurter Strasse 135
D-63067 Offenbach
Conference Room: New Mexico
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Please go through the reception counter, located on the ground floor of the Entrance Hall.
How to get here
Your can follow the link on our website:
http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KUPK/Wir__uebe
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Offenbach can be easily reached by plane via Frankfurt Airport. Further information on the
city of Offenbach can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offenbach_am_Main
To plan your trip from Frankfurt Airport please search for the Pictogram
of the
airport rail terminals which are located in front of Terminal 1. There two rail terminals one for
local & regional departures (“Regionalbahnhof”) and one for further distance trains
(“Fernbahnhof”).
It is important, that you go to “Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof” which is located in the
basement of Terminal 1. You have to buy your ticket from a ticket machine before boarding
the train. Ticket machines are located in the rail terminal hall and on the platform. Usually the
machines in the hall are more flexible and accept several credit cards. You can change to
several foreign languages on the display of the ticket machine.
You have to type in your destination “Offenbach Ledermuseum” or you can choose it from a
selection on the display. Then you have to choose adult & single ticket. The ticket price is
currently 4,35 €.
The trains are leaving from platform 1: direction Frankfurt City (“Gleis 1: Richtung Frankfurt”).
You have to go down one escalator to reach the platform. You can take any city train (SBahn) from the lines S 8 or S 9. “Offenbach Ledermuseum” is the 10th stop after the airport.
Travel time is about 30 Min.
You can inquire your connections in advance from the website www.rmv.de.
On the first line of this website you can also select several foreign languages. However, the
stations names are only given in German. So to inquire the connection you have type the
following information:
From: “Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof”
To: “Offenbach Ledermuseum”
Time:
Details on how to use the ticket machines:
http://www.rmv.de/en/Fahrkarten/Fahrkarten_kaufen/39708/RMV-Fahrkartenautomaten.html
From the S-Bahn-Station Offenbach Ledermuseum the way to DWD or to the Hotel is shown
on the map below:
Accommodation: Hotel rooms are reserved at Winters Hotel Offenbacher Hof.
Ludwigstrasse 33
D-63067 Offenbach
Phone: +49 (0)69 829 82 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)69 829 82 - 333
ULR: http://www.winters.de
Price for single room incl. breakfast: 71,-- €
Please mention at the reception that your room is reserved by DWD for the WMO meeting.
The receptionist should have a list with your names.
Cancellation of a room is possible with prior notice to the Hotel until 5th of November 2014,
18:00 hrs MEZ at the latest.
Lunch: DWD canteen offers lunch at reasonable prices (menu: 4,10 / 4,90 Euro).
Weather: The forecast and climate information for Frankfurt/Offenbach is available at:
http://worldweather.wmo.int/016/c00057.htm.
Meeting Language: The meeting will be conducted in English. Simultaneous translation will
not be available.
Technical facilities:
Facilities in the meeting room comprise a PC / video projector and a video conference
system. Internet access will be available via our Guest WLAN. The participants are kindly
asked to bring their own laptops.
Accompanying events:
On Thursday evening a dinner will be organized in a typical restaurant nearby.
On Friday afternoon an excursion for interested participants (e.g. to the Vineyard in the
Rhine Valley) will be organized. For participants of this excursion it is necessary to schedule
their flights back home on Saturday. Details will be provided at the meeting.
Contact and local information:
Dr. Dieter Schröder
Phone: +49 (0)69 8062 2011
Fax: +49 (0)69 8062 3829
E-Mail: dieter.schroeder@dwd.de
WMO Contact Persons:
Mrs. Natalia Berghi
Programme Officer
Regional Office for Europe
Phone: +41 22 7308298
E-Mail: NBerghi@wmo.int
Mr. Lars-Peter Riishojgaard
WIGOS Project Office
E-Mail: LRiishojgaard@wmo.int