Demystifying the New Weather Models: What They Are and How Industry Uses Them to be More Resilient

​Join us for an evening on the latest advances in weather data and how industry is putting them to work. Leading meteorologists and the people who use their forecasts will be in one room.

​📅 18 November 2026, 4:30pm
📍 Geovation, London

​Confirmed speakers

• ​Will Lang, Chief Meteorologist, Met Office

• ​Dr Julie Villinger (Pasquier), Head of Meteorology, Meteomatics

• ​Gerald van der Grijn, Senior Product Manager, Spire

• ​Oliver Lee, Managing Director, MetSwift

• ​Rachel Elliot, Director, Disaster Risk Institute

​Weather affects almost every operational decision across most industries, from when to work on site to how to plan maintenance, manage demand, assess risk or manage supply chain vulnerabilities. The range of weather models, data sources and forecasting methods available to support those decisions has never been broader, and it is evolving fast.

​This two-hour early evening session at the Geovation hub brings the landscape into focus. We will be covering the main approaches in use today, from physical numerical weather prediction and ensemble systems to the new generation of AI-based models, and the observational data that underpins them, including satellite, radar, drone and ground-based sources. A panel of practitioners from across industry will then share how they put these models and data to work, what has changed in their own decision-making, what they have learned along the way, and how forecasts for weather-related incidents have become a key part of supply chain resilience.

​With winter approaching in an El Niño year, it is a timely moment to take stock, compare notes and hear how others are preparing.