TT-eWIS/2018 Future technology workshop Jeremy Tandy (Chair)

Constituent body Resolution Intended to meet Resolution 23 (EC-70) “Requests the Commission for Basic Systems, in collaboration with the private sector and involving those Members who currently operate GISCs, to analyze the data exchange needs for WIS in order to provide reliable data access to all users considering the availability of new technologies, architectures and communication techniques including cloud based solutions, web services, application programming interfaces, modern messaging protocols etc., and to study how they would support or contribute to the evolution to WIS 2.0 and report back;”

Inputs “[analysis of] the data-exchange needs for WIS to provide reliable data access to all users” ‘data exchange needs’ should be driven by WMO programmes these needs are well known already – but must be written down Japan & China have already completed analysis of data shared via GTS … but what about [data] services, archive etc. … see IPCC for data sharing requirements of ‘data at rest’ data registration, authenticity, access, maintenance of sovereignty/ownership and location are WIS concerns – but data preservation is a programme responsibility ‘data exchange needs’ must be reflected in the WIS Functional Architecture Example: end-to-end warning transmission in less than 2-minutes note: don’t need to include details of these needs in the material provided to Members for consultation – not so urgent, but will be required as background to the workshop

Outcomes a statement to be presented to Cg-18 on the use of Future Technologies to support WIS 2.0 implementation private, public and academic stakeholders agree on defining the standards and recommended practices that will be fundamental to WIS 2.0 agree proposals(?) for effective roll-out of new technologies, e.g. cloud, among WIS Centres agree communications plan for Members, Regional Associations and WMO Programmes regarding technology direction and adoption etc.

Planning how long? (3-days) which technologies are relevant to WIS 2.0? agenda? invitees? public (including other UN agencies with technical needs / expertise) private (HMEI?) Academic … should we invite PRs* and their advisors so that they can begin to understand the changes to NMHS operations etc. * Inviting PRs (and other non-technical participants) would change the nature of the workshop – is the purpose (i) develop technical [roadmap], or (ii) raising awareness to engage NMHSs in WIS 2.0 implementation