Outstanding Poster Award EMS2024

The EMS 2024 outstanding poster award winner is Albert Aparicio Garcia with a poster presenting the work by him and his colleagues: Anna Rius, Laura Barbería, Anna Miró, Juan Carlos Peña, and Adrián Ruiz from the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC), Barcelona, Catalonia-Spain and the University of Barcelona.

The committee has unanimously selected the poster ‘Enhancing meteorological report access and response time: How the Meteorological Service of Catalonia addresses the rise in weather-related claims’.

“The eye-catching style of this poster strongly meets impact and innovation criteria for the poster award. The committee appreciated the novel, intuitive approach this service offers via a web-based application. This draws on a range of observations to automatically synthesize complex weather data into a simple response for users. In particular, the committee valued the societal value this service offers for weather-related insurance claim requests.”

The winner was announced during the closing ceremony of the EMS2024 on Friday 6 September in Barcelona. The prize includes one registration fee waiver for the EMS Annual Meeting 2025 in Ljubljana, where the winnng poster will also be on display.