SASCOF-13

Wednesday, 26^th September 2018: Venue: Conference Hall, DoM, Sri Lanka

Attendance – NMHSs, RCCs, GPCs, collaborating agencies and invited experts
Venue: Conference Hall, DoM, Sri Lanka

Time	Item	Remarks
09:30 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:30	Opening session Welcome Remarks by Mr. K. H. M. S. Premalal, Director General of Meteorology, Sri Lanka Remarks by RIMES Dr. G. Srinivasan Remarks by RCC IMD Dr. D. S. Pai Self-introduction by participants
10:30 – 11:00	Status of global and regional drivers influencing rainfall and temperature conditions during the post-monsoon season 2018 over South Asia	Dr. D. S. Pai, India Meteorological Department (IMD), RCC, IMD, Pune
11:00 – 11:30	Review of available forecasts from RCC and GPCs Seasonal Climate assessment and products from Tokyo Climate Center, Japan Meteorological Agency (TCC, JMA) – *Takuya Komori, TCC, JMA* UK Met Office seasonal climate outlooks – *Andrew Colman, UK Met Office* Seasonal assessment based on ECMWF products - *Prof. Christel Prudhomme, ECMWF*
11:30 – 12:00	Group photo and Coffee/Tea Break
12:00 – 13:30	Country presentations – Afghanistan Bangladesh Ms. Mossammat Ayesha Khatun, BMD Bhutan Mr. Tshencho Dorji, NCHM, India Dr. D. S. Pai, IMD Maldives Ms. Azeema Ahmed, MMS Myanmar Dr. Khin Win Maw, DMH Nepal Dr. Indira Kadel, DHM Pakistan Sri Lanka Dr. Shiromani Jayawardena	Guidance for country presentations Review of 2017 NE monsoon season Verification aspects Forecast for the 2018 Oct – Dec season
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:00	Country presentations (cont.)
15:00 – 15:30	Presentation of pre-consensus climate outlook for South Asia during the 2018 Oct-Dec season
15:30 – 16:00	Open discussion to draft consensus climate outlook for the region
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee/Tea Break
16:30 – 17:00	What new tools/diagnostics and products could be considered? IRI SCIPEA tool – Andrew Colman, UK Met Office
17:00 – 17:30	Additional climate prediction products for consideration including sub-seasonal products for operational introduction
17:30 – 18:00	Closure of Day 1 Technical Session

Thursday, 27^th September, 2018

Venue: Hilton Colombo Residences, Sri Lanka

Time	Item
09:00 – 10:30	Opening Session
09:00 – 10:30	Opening session Welcome Remarks by K. H. M. S. Premalal, Director General of Meteorology, Sri Lanka Opening remarks by G. Srinivasan, Chief Scientist, RIMES Remarks by David Corbelli, International Development Manager, UK Met Office Chief guest’s inaugural address by N.A. Sisira Kumara, Hon. Secretary, Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources & Disaster Management Key Note Address on Seasonal Climate Outlooks and their Potential Utility in Resource and Risk Management: Buddhi Marambe, Senior Professor (Crop Science), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Vote of Thanks: Mr. Athula Karunanayake, Director of Meteorology, Sri Lanka
10:30 - 11:30	Group photo and Coffee/Tea Break
Session I: Seasonal Climate Outlook Chair: Mr. K. H. M. S. Premalal & Rapporteurs: Dr. Shiromani Jayawardena & Mr. Malinda Millangoda
11:30 – 12:00	Seasonal prediction in the context of post-monsoon & winter season of South Asia Dr. D. S. Pai, Regional Climate Center, IMD, Pune
Session II: Special Initiatives linked to SASCOF Chair: Dr. D. S. Pai, RCC, IMD, Pune & Rapporteur: Dr. Indira Kadel, DHM, Nepal & Ms. Nadeeka Ranaweera, DoM, Sri Lanka.
12:00 – 12:30	Introduction to the Asia Region Resilience of Climate Change (ARRCC) Programme Mr. David Corbelli, International Development Manager, UK Met Office
12:30 – 13:00	User engagement in RCOFs Prof. Suraje Dessai, University of Leeds
13:00 – 13:30	RIMES Initiatives with the water sector in the region Dr. Anshul Agarwal, Senior Hydrologist, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early-Warning System for Africa, Asia & Pacific (RIMES), Bangkok, Thailand
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 16:00	ECMWF – GloFAS Session & Work Group discussion Prof. Christel Prudhomme, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee/Tea Break
16:30 – 17:30	Special Session on ARRCC (…) project Work packages Further plans Open discussion focused on SASCOF – the process; quality of seasonal forecast information, and usability of seasonal forecast information
17:30 – 18:00	Discussion and closure of Day 2 of SASCOF-13 & CSUF-water

Friday, 28^th September 2018

Venue: Hilton Colombo Residences, Sri Lanka

Time	Item
Session III: Enhancing the use of seasonal products in the water sector Chair: Eng. N.A. Sisira Kumara, Hon. Secretary, Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources & Disaster Management Rapporteur: Dr. Ananda Subasinghe, DoA, Sri Lanka.
09:30 – 09:45	Sharing of consensus climate outlook for the post monsoon season Dr. Shiromani Jayawardena, DoM, Sri Lanka
09:45 – 10:00	Monsoon forums for sharing seasonal climate information Ms. Pone Nyet Khaing, RIMES
10:00 – 10:30	Building climate resilience in water sector in Sri Lanka Eng. Janaki Meegastenna, Director, DoI, Sri Lanka
Chair: Dr. B. V. R. Punyawardena, Principal Scientist, Dept of Agril., Sri Lanka Rapporteur: Eng. Mala
10:30 – 11:30	Country presentations from the water sector representatives Afghanistan Mr. S. Mohd Omar Eshaq, MEW Bangladesh Mr. Sarder Udoy Raihan, BWDB Bhutan Mr. Gyamtsho Thinley, DOA, MOAF India Maldives Mr. Adam Adheel, MFA Myanmar Mr. Maung Maung, IWUMD Nepal Mr. Yogendra Mishra, DOI Pakistan Sri Lanka Eng. W. B. Palugaswewa, DoI
11:30 – 12:00	Coffee/Tea Break
Session IV: Interactive Group discussions Moderators and facilitators (tbc)
12:00 – 13:30	Group discussions	Guided discussions focused on a set of issues and evolving probable solutions
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:00	Presentations by Group Leads
15:00 – 16:00	Summary by moderator and guidance Groups evolve one-page concept note of potential projects connecting weather and climate outlook utility in water sector
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee/Tea Break
16:30 – 17:30	Closing session