ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP)

and
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

Typhoon Committee

Forty-first Session

19 - 24 January 2009

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Venue: Chiang Mai, Phucome Hotel

PROGRAMME 41ST SESSION OF TYPHOON COMMITTEE

18/01 / 19/01(Monday) / 20/01(Tuesday) / 21/01(Wednesday)
Morning
(08:30 - 12:00)
Coffee break
(10:00 – 10:15) / * Arrival of delegates
Pre-session Coordination
Meeting (ESCAP, WMO, TCS and the local secretariat)
18:00 /
* Registration (8:00 – 9:00)
1.  Opening Ceremony(9:30 – 11:00 ) at Phumrapee Room, Phucome Hotel, Chiang Mai
2.  Election of Officers (agenda item 2)
3.  Adoption of the agenda (agenda item 3) (IDD/TC.41/L.1)
4.  Parallel sessions of Meteorology, Hydrology and DPP Working Groups (10:00-1200)
(WRD/TC.41/4.1 through 4.3)
- Reports of the respective Chairs (WGM, WGH, WGDPP)
- Reports of the Members respective areas
- Preparation of the Working Group Reports / 5.  Activities of the Committee in 2008 (agenda item 5) –cont’d (WRD/TC.41/5.4 through 5.7)
TRCG report By TRCG chair
AWG report By AWG Vice-chair
RMG report By RMG chair
TCS report By TCS
By TOM Rapporteur
Amendments to the Typhoon Operational Manual
(WRD/TC.41/5.1 Add.1)
By RSMC Tokyo -
Review of Activities of RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center
(WRD/TC.41/5.1 Add.2)
Review on the Expanded Best Track Data (EBT)
/ 6.  Review of the 2008 typhoon season/annual publication (agenda item 6) –cont’d
Review of the 2008 Typhoon Season (by each Member) (WRD/TC.41/6)
7. Coordination with other activities of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme (agenda item 7) (WRD/TC.41/7)
w  Typhoon Operational Forecasting Training at the RSMC Tokyo – Typhoon Center (Tokyo, July 2008).
Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
Afternoon
(14:00 -17:00)
Coffee break
(15:30 – 15:45) / 4.  Plenary session for Working Groups (14:30-15:30)
- Reports of the Parallel Session Chairs
5.  Activities of the Committee in 2008 (agenda item 5) (WRD/TC.41/5.1 through 5.7)
  By each Member (agenda items 5.1 through 5.3) / 6.  Review of the 2008 Typhoon Season/ annual publication (agenda item 6)
Summary of the 2008 Typhoon Season of RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center (WRD/TC.41/6 Add. 1)
Review of the 2008 Typhoon Season (by each Member) (WRD/TC.41/6) / 8. Programme for 2009 and Beyond (agenda item 8)
Rules of Procedures of “Dr. Roman L. Kintanar for Typhoon related Disaster Arward” (WRD/TC.41/8.1)
v  Document on the progress made in the implementation of the Strategic Plan, Annual Operating Plan and Proposed Budget (WRD/TC.41/8)
Night / Welcome Party
Dinner to Members
Offer by TMD


TENTATIVE PROGRAMME (cont’d)

22/01(Thursday) / 23/01(Friday) / 24/01 (Saturday) / 25/01(Sunday)
Morning
(8:30 - 12:00) / 8. Programme for 2009 and Beyond (agenda item 8) (cont’d)
v  Discussion on the key components of the Committee
9. Support Required for the Committee’s Programme (agenda item 9) (WRD/TC.41/9)
10.  Date and Place of the Forty-second Session (agenda item 10) / v  Tour / Drafting Committee Meeting (Secretariats and representatives from Members)
Finalization and reproduction of the report
12.  Adoption of the Report (agenda item 12) / Delegates departure
Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
Afternoon
(14:00 -17:30) / v  Drafting Committee Meeting (Secretariats and representatives from Members)
11. Scientific Lectures (agenda item 11) / v  Drafting Committee Meeting (Secretariats and representatives from Members) / Post-session Consultation
Meeting (ESCAP, WMO, TCS and the local secretariat / Delegates departure
Night18:30 / Farewell
Dinner to Members
Offer by TMD