Thank you to all the partners that contributed to SECLI-FIRM, including the project leader: University of East Anglia (UEA), the project contributors: Enel, Enea, Eurac, Alperia, UL, Met Office, Meteo-France, WEMC and KNMI, and the case study users: National Grid, TenneT, Shell, Thames Water and Celsia. Our thanks also go to the European Union for their funding support for the project. Further thanks go to all who took part in the final conference online and via our live streams.

The final conference showcased the highlights from the four-year SECLI-FIRM project and featured an interactive workshop.

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Final Conference Recordings and Documents

Click on the following days to watch the lecture recordings and view the presentations for each lecture.

Day 1 - 13 October 2021

The SECLI-FIRM framework and the science of seasonal forecasts: Challenges, results and lessons learnt

Welcome and Introduction (Watch here) Alberto Troccoli (UEA/WEMC) Access the PDF here
SECLI-FIRM co-design, co-development and co-evaluation: the value of seasonal forecasts (Watch here) Clare Goodess (UEA) Access the PDF here
Introduction to scientific seasonal forecasts, challenges tackled by SECLI-FIRM (Watch here) José Vidal (UL) Access the PDF here
Seasonal forecast multi-model comibinations (Watch here) Folmer Krikken (KNMI) Access the PDF here
An assessment of seasonal forecast extremes (Watch here) Marcello Petitta (ENEA) Access the PDF here
Weather regimes and downscaling (Watch here) Christian Viel (MÉTÉO FRANCE) Access the PDF here
Weather regimes (Watch here) Phil Bett (MET Office) Access the PDF here
Key scientific lessons learnt and how challenges were resolved (Watch here) José Vidal (UL) Access the PDF here
Wrap up (Watch here) Alberto Troccoli (UEA/WEMC) Access the PDF here
Day 2 - 14 October 2021

How climate services have benefitted the energy industry: SECLI-FIRM case study challenges, results and lessons learnt

Case Study: Severe drought in southern Europe
Scene Setting – Part 1 (Watch here) Marco Formenton (ENEL) Access the PDF here 
Results in terms of value add – Part 1 (Watch here) Marco Formenton (ENEL) Access the PDF here 
Scene Setting – Part 2 (Watch here) Valentina Cavedon (Alperia) Access the PDF here 
Science/key findings (Watch here) Mattia Callegari and Alice Crespi (EURAC) Access the PDF here 
Results in terms of value add – Part 2 (Watch here) Valentina Cavedon (Alperia) Access the PDF here 
Trial climate service and summary (Watch here) Marco Formenton (ENEL) Access the PDF here 
 

Case Studies: North Sea wind and wave impact on maintenance planning and logistics. Energy logistics: wind and wave conditions
Scene Setting (Watch here) Ed Steele and Hannah Brown (MET Office), Jon Upton (Shell), Bojana Mihic (TenneT), Folmer Krikken and Gertie Geertsema (KNMI) Access the PDF here
Science/key findings (Watch here) Access the PDF here 
Results in terms of value add (Watch here) Access the PDF here 
Trial climate service and summary (Watch here) Access the PDF here
Day 3 - 19 October 2021

How SECLI-FIRM has helped advance climate services together with other EU projects: highlights, lessons learnt and outlook

Welcome Address – The journey of the project through EU eyes (Watch here) Alessia Pietrosanti (CINEA) Access the PDF here
Sharing personal experiences: The importance of climate services for energy and water sectors (Watch here) Ian Savage (Thames Water), Marco Formenton (ENEL), Marcello Petitta (ENEA) and Hazel Thornton (MET Office)
SECLI-FIRM trial climate services: Teal tool and CS9 Water Management (Watch here) Penny Boorman (WEMC) and Ian Savage (Thames Water) Access Penny’s PDF here, and Ian’s PDF here
Panel discussion: seasonal forecasting (Watch here) Alberto Troccoli (UEA/WEMC), Laurent Dubus (RTE), Anca Brookshaw (ECMWF), Pascal Mailier (Belgian MET service), Andrea Alessandri (CNR) and Marco Formenton (ENEL)
The value add of seasonal forecasts and climate services – Lessons learnt from SECLI-FIRM and other EU projects (Watch here) Shanti Majithia (Ex UK National Grid), Clare Goodess (UEA), Joe Osborn (Industry consultancy manager), Adriaan Perrels (FMI), Sofia Simões (LNEG), and Albert Soret Miravet (BSC) Access the PDF here
Exploitation of SECLI-FIRM output (Watch here) Alberto Troccoli (UEA/WEMC) Access the PDF here
Wrap up and farewell (Watch here)

“Close engagement with stakeholders, in an iterative process, is critical in transferring knowledge and instilling confidence in seasonal climate products” Alberto Troccoli, UEA/WEMC.