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Preliminary agenda

May 29: Overview of AIM for Scale weather efforts

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12:00 pm
Registration and lunch. Please join us at Mara Room 1 (1 h)
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01
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1:00 pm
Welcome & overview of AIM for Scale (10 min.)
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10
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1:10 pm
Roadmap for the convening and objectives (20 min.)
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1:30 pm
Introduction to country partners from Bangladesh, Chile, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria (30 min.)
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2:00 pm
Operational Forecast Benchmarking for Agricultural Impact (45 min.)

Presenters: Presenters: Genevieve Flaspohler, Rhiza Research; Neil Hausmann, Gates Foundation; Pedram Hassanzadeh, University of Chicago

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2:45 pm
Democratizing Access to Weather Forecasts with AI (45 min.)

Presenters: Presenters: Hosni Ghedira, MBZUAI; Katie Kowal, University of Chicago; Tufa Dinku, Columbia University

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3:30 pm
Break (15 min.)
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03
45
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3:45 pm
Bridging the Last Mile: Forecast Dissemination at Scale (45 min.)

Presenters: Monica Petri, Asian Development Bank; Romina Ordoñez, Inter-American Development Bank

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4:30 pm
Enhancing Data Observation Systems for Global Benefit (45 min.)

Presenters: Sebastian Grey, Rabia Merrouchi & Erkin Isaev; WMO

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15
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5:15 pm
Next Steps (15 min.)
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07
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7:30 pm
Dinner and reception hosted by AIM for Scale and Google. (1 h.)

Please join us at Mr. Pang on the rooftop of the JW Marriott

May 30: Identifying needs on the ground
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08
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08:00 am
Breakfast (1 h.)
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09
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9:00 am
Keynote remarks with Michael Kremer, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Chair of AIM for Scale’s Advisory Panel (10 min.)
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09
10
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9:10 am
Agenda and guidelines for the day (5 min.)
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15
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9:15 am
Workshop 1: Agricultural Use Cases for Forecast Generation (75 min.)

Lead: Ousmane Ndiaye, African Centre of Meteorological
Application for Development (ACMAD)

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10
30
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10:30 am
Transition break (15 min.)
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45
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10:45 am
Parallel sessions. (90 min.)

Workshop 2.1: Identifying Training Needs and Developing a Weather Forecasting Curriculum

Lead: Tufa Dinku

Workshop 2.2: Optimizing Forecast Dissemination: A/B Testing and Other Tools

Lead: Amir Jina

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15
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12:15 pm
Key takeaways and next steps (45 min.)
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01
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1:00 pm
Lunch (1 h.)
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02
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2:00 pm
Workshop 3: Building the Pipeline: Forecast Generation and Dissemination by Country (2 h.)

Lead: Erin Coughlan de Perez

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04
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4:00 pm
Key takeaways and next steps (30 min.)
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06
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6:30 pm
Dinner at Beit e Selam. Meet at the hotel lobby at 6:30 (90 min.)
May 31: Defining implementation partnerships
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08
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08:00 am
Breakfast (1 h.)
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09
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9:00 am
Regroup and discuss presentation strategy (30 min.)
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09
30
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9:30 am
Group presentations on country investment plans (1 h.)
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10
30
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10:30 am
Break (15 min.)
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10
45
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10:45 am
Plenary discussion on fundable regional or global public goods (45 min.)
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11:30 am
Final remarks (30 min.)
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12
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12:00 pm
Lunch (1 h.)
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02
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02:00 pm
Offsite activity at the Giraffe Center(meet at lobby) (2 h 30min.)