Seminar on "Recent Advances in Meteorology in Bangladesh" on 15 January, 2018

Department of Meteorology, University of Dhaka has decided to organize a Seminar on “Recent Advances in Meteorology in Bangladesh” on 15 January 2018, with the purpose of stalk taking of the status of the knowledge on the weather activities over Bangladesh, their predictability and benefits to the various aspects of the social and economic progress and sustainable development. The seminar will also generate awareness among the interested groups on the use of the weather information services for different economic and development activities and undertake preparedness for ensuring food security and undertake preparedness against the worst impacts of the extreme weather phenomena. The interaction among the meteorological, environmental, disaster and climate change scientists and the learned audience will help identify the burning issues which are to be addressed immediately. The seminar will also highlight the perspective issues which are to be addressed in the near future, the present and the upcoming weather conditions and their consequences on lives and livelihood of the people, ecology and different habitats of the country.

Program Schedule (Tentative)

 

 

9:30: Registration

10:00 Guest arrival

10:10 Welcome speech

10:20 Key Note Paper

11:45 Scientific Papers

12:00-1:00pm Speech by guests

Lunch: 1:00pm

Venue:  University of Dhaka