21/05/2025
online, at 4pm (CEST)

EMS Webinar: askWMO: AI can help make weather, climate and water information more accessible

Brigitte Perrin and Ario Saeid Vaghefi

  • Date and time:
    Wednesday, 21 May 2025, at 4pm (CEST)
  • Location:
    online @Zoom Webinar: Register here

Abstract

Trained on WMO’s core documents and data, the askWMO AI tool currently developed by WMO aims at helping Members find the information they need in the extremely rich repositories of WMO documents. This tool could constitute the stepping stone of using AI  to fight mis- and disinformation.

This webinar will take you in the wings of AI, and explore opportunities to communicate about weather, climate, and water in a more accessible way.

Bios

Brigitte Perrin, of Switzerland, is the Head of Communication at the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations authoritative voice on weather, climate and water. A journalist by training and a political scientist by background, she dedicated her career to opening mindsets to scientific communication and driving change across the UN. Connecting science and people on the most pressing issues of our time, primarily climate change, is her passion. She is also a scholar, having worked for several years at the University of Geneva as a specialist in the digital transformation of research and academic teaching. She worked at the Swiss National Broadcasting Corporation for ten years as a journalist.

Ario Saeid Vaghefi: As an NLP Engineer at University of Zurich – Department of Banking and Finance, he applies machine learning, Python, and NLP skills to develop and deploy innovative solutions for sustainable finance. He has over 4 years of experience in data analysis, experiment design, model development, documentation, validation, implementation, and maintenance of machine learning products. He is also an Affiliated Researcher at Oxford Sustainable Finance Group.
Since December 2023 he is an AI and Climate consultant with WMO. He is passionate about applying his  expertise to tackle global challenges and create positive impacts.