Workshop Title: Education/Collaboration/Engaging Stakeholders
When: (Day 2) Wednesday 4th June 2025 – 16:10-18:00 CEST
Where: Galzignano Terme Spa and Golf Resort, Sala degli Scrovegni

Session description:

Do high school and university courses provide sufficient education at the intersection of energy and meteorology?

How can professionals in the energy sector stay up-to-date with the newest advances in weather and climate science?

How can we communicate this information – and emphasize its importance – to a variety of stakeholders, including the general public?

In this workshop, we will address the challenges and opportunities that are present in energy and meteorology education. We will discuss what is missing from high school and university curricula, and what educational formats (MOOCs, summer schools, MSc programmes, etc.) best suit different stakeholders, including where businesses seek to provide continuing professional development opportunities.

Effective communication of the meteorology-energy link to the general public is also of the utmost importance. Good communication of predicted generation and demand can help the public to become more flexible with their energy consumption, allow the energy sector to change its generation mix, and help reduce the carbon footprint of the whole energy system. We will discuss how and where this has been done, and how to make the most of social media, apps and other innovative communication channels.

Session leads:
Juan A. Añel (Univ. de Vigo, Spain),
Ben Hutchins (Univ. Of Reading, United Kingdom) and
Susana Bayo-Besteiro (INESC TEC, Portugal)