Hello, Willy Wonka fans.
What, you might be thinking, does Willy Wonka have to do with FPAW? Well, the tours of the WJHTC labs and demonstrations that took place in those spaces were, for the in-person FPAW participants today, like being kids in Wily Wonka's Chocolate Factory. What neat stuff they have at the WJHTC, and what neat (and important) stuff they're working on.
But wait, as Ron Popeil used to say, there's more!
Tomorrow morning, the pre-meeting tours will involve large objects pressing down very hard on pavement surfaces, and setting things on fire! What could be better?
After we get back in the Building 300 Auditorium, we'll be covering all things AI. The morning will be focused on how AI is being used to improve weather forecasts. After lunch, we'll learn about how AI is in the process of transforming ATM decision making in the face of weather impacts.
By the time the day ends, our heads will be over-full of new ideas and concepts, and we'll be trying to figure out how to turn back time, so that we can spend another couple of decades working in this most interesting of spaces.
See you tomorrow!
Matt Fronzak and Matthias Steiner
FPAW Co-Chairs
P.S. We can't and won't promise that this will happen every time, but ALL the Day 1 presentations are already loaded on the FPAW web site. You're welcome.