120-th Anniversary of the Bulgarian Meteorological Service<br />150<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the First Meteorological Observations in Bulgaria


	NIMH	120^th Anniversary of the Bulgarian Meteorological Service and 150^th Anniversary of the First Meteorological Observations in Bulgaria November, 8 and 9, 2010	БГ


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	Programme Monday, 8 November 2010 Official ceremony —in Alexander Hall of Radisson Blu Grand Hotel Sofia 09:30–10:40 Opening Welcome address by the Director General of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIMH–BAS) and short presentation of the history and present activities of the Institute Greetings by the Minister of Education, Youth and Science—Patron of the celebration Speech by the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Greetings by the Minister of Environment and Water—honored guest of the celebration Greetings by the President of the European Meteorological Society Greetings by the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 10:40–11:00 Ceremony to award outstanding Bulgarian scientists and foreign guests 11:00–11:45 (in parallel) Coffee break and Press-conference 11:45–13:00 Greetings Greetings by Directors of foreign meteorological services Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics of Austria Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Turkish State Meteorological Service Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia Republic Hydrometeorological Institute of the FYR of Macedonia Greetings from Bulgarian organizations National Institute for Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography—BAS Institute for Oceanology—BAS Research Institute of Soil Science and Agroecology—National Center of Agrarian Sciences Meteorological Service of the Military Air Forces—Ministry of Defence Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority—Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Aerospace Center—General Directorate "Civil Protection" of the Ministry of Interior Executive Forest Agency—Ministry of Agriculture and Foods Faculty of Physics—Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Forestry University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Greetings from sponsors, former and present employees of NIMH–BAS, guests 13:00–13:30 Gratitude to the guests, sponsors and participants; closure of the official ceremony 16:30–18:00 Visit in NIMH-BAS for introduction of the activity of its operative units Visit in the Regional Telecommunication Center Visit in the National Center for meteorological forecasts Visit in the Center for hydrological forecasts Visit in the Training Center 19:00–21:00 Cocktail in Radisson Blu Grand Hotel Sofia Tuesday, 9 November 2010 Jubilee Scientific Session in the Grand Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 09:00–09:30 Lecture "Climate Change and Adaptation" by Dr. Michel Jarraud—Secretary-General of WMO 09:30–10:30 Presentations by Bulgarian scientists—Session 1 10:30–11:00 Coffee break 11:00–12:30 Presentations by Bulgarian scientists—Session 2 12:30–13:30 Poster session


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