Urban fluid mechanics in a changing climate

A meeting on urban fluid mechanics in a changing climate, connecting fundamental research to applications in weather services, wind engineering, heat resilience and infrastructure.

Programme

10:00

Arrival

10:25

Welcome (M. van Reeuwijk, A. Quinn)

10:30-11:15

Keynote: Applied science within the Met Office Keynote slides ↗

Maria Athanassiadou · Met Office, UK

Invited Talks Session — 11:15-12:15

WES update on wind in a changing climate slides ↗

Daniel Hackett · RWDI, UK

Indoor and urban thermal resilience in a changing climate slides ↗

Xiaoxiong Xie · University of Plymouth, UK

UHeat - An Urban Heat Island Assessment Tool slides ↗

Guneet Hawley · ARUP, UK

Climate Adaptation and Weather-Induced Extremes Digital Twins of Destination Earth

Benoît Vannière · ECMWF, Germany (online)

12:15-12:30

Flash talks for posters

12:30-14:00

Lunch & posters

Invited Talks Session — 14:00-15:00

Dispersion and urban heterogeneity slides ↗

ChangChang Wang · University of Southampton, UK

Catastrophe modelling and urban environments: The (Re)Insurance Industry Perspective and Needs

Salvatore Iacoletti · Axa, UK (online)

Forest Fires slides ↗

Tirtha Banerjee · University of California Irvine, USA (online)

Resilience within the national grid slides ↗

Ben Kuchta · National Grid, UK

15:00-16:00

UFM's challenge areas - 8 years later (Panel Discussion)

16:00-17:00

Feedback session & group conversation

17:00-17:10

Closing Remarks

18:30-20:45

Dinner/Drinks (The Botanist, Temple Street, Birmingham)

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