Background

The WMO HydroHub Phase II was launched on 1 September 2021 for a 5-year period, to enhance capacities of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in sustainable operation and effective delivery of hydrological monitoring services for disaster risk reduction, social and economic development and environmental protection. Advancing the use of innovative measurement approaches and technologies in operational hydrometry is a core aim of the HydroHub and will be the focus of a number of its activities including Innovation Calls and Innovation Workshops.

The Innovation Workshop will thus focus on identifying areas of innovation that the WMO HydroHub could support during its Phase II helping to ensure its activities help build sustainable capability within National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. The event will explore recent advances in hydrometric monitoring approaches and technologies and the current needs of operational monitoring agencies around the world.

The Innovation Workshop is co-convened by the WMO HydroHub, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) MOXXI Working group and the WMO Public-Private Engagement Office.

Format

The Innovation Workshop – conducted virtually – is intended to be highly interactive and will comprise six segments, including pitches on two specific thematic areas, technical presentations and a panel discussion.

Objectives

Identify top technical innovation areas that the WMO HydroHub could support in its Phase II – examples of the sort of challenges we might aim to identify can be found in the Technical Challenges for the WMO HydroHub Second Innovation Call.
Identify high impact hydrometric technologies/approaches that are ready to be translated into operational use by NMHSs and the key public and private stakeholders that would need to be involved in accelerating such a transition.

Outputs

A publicly accessible report on Current Innovation Needs for Operational Hydrology
Workshop Podcast

Participants

NMHSs representatives, Private Sector, Research and Academia