The 2025 Bureau of Meteorology Annual Research and Development Workshop will be held in Melbourne and online from 15-18 September, and this year's theme is 'The Power of Partnership and Science: Strengthening the Warning Value Chain'.
The workshop will include in-person and hybrid sessions, and contributions from key warning users and decision makers outside the Bureau. The workshop will include a poster session to showcase case studies and outcomes from warning events. We particularly encourage operational meteorologists, climatologists and hydrologists to present case studies, warning event reviews and other papers.
A key function of the Bureau is to issue warnings for weather conditions likely to endanger life or property or give rise to floods or bushfires. This 4-day workshop, jointly hosted by the Bureau's Science and Innovation Group and Community Services Group, will explore how we work together across the warning value chain – from observation and forecasting, to communication, response, and value creation. For an early warning system to achieve the desired outcomes of public safety and community wellbeing, connections and partnerships between individual parts of the value chain are fundamentally important.
Simon Louis, David Hoffmann, Harald Richter
RDworkshopsupport@bom.gov.au
This year's R&D annual workshop will be a hybrid conference at Cliftons, L1/440 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria.
Share your work with us — submit your poster abstract until 25 July and be part of the workshop!
Register for online and in-person attendance until 29 August. In-person capacity is limited and may be booked out earlier - don't miss out!
Day 1: Foundations & Observations (1pm – 5pm)
Day 2: Forecasting Science & Operational Capabilities (9am – 5pm)
Day 3: Warning Communication, Inclusion & Response (9am – 5pm)
Day 4: Evaluating, Learning & Strengthening (9am – 5pm)
