Launching Event of ‘Bangladesh Academy for Climate Services (BACS)’

Launching Event of ‘Bangladesh Academy for Climate Services (BACS)’
Venue: Auditorium, 5th Floor, Main Building, Bangladesh Meteorological Department,

Meteorological Complex, E-24, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207

Time: 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm
Date: Sunday, August 05, 2018

The launch event will be the occasion to raise awareness and present the objectives of the Bangladesh Academy for Climate Services. The vision of
the academy is to create awareness around the need for better use and understanding of climate and weather information in Bangladesh, which
BACS aims to respond to. The launch will serve as a networking opportunity for various stakeholders involved in BACS as well as in the creation,
translation, dissemination and use of weather and climate information.

Organized by

International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
and The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)

The event will be chaired by

Mr. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Director, Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The academy will be presented by

Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD);

Mélody Braun, Research Staff Associate, Project lead of ACToday Bangladesh, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth

Institute at Columbia University; and

Dr. Timothy J. Krupnik, Senior Scientist and Systems Agronomist, International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Please RSVP to Tasfia Tasnim (tasfia2507@gmail.com) and Anne-Laure Pilat (annelaure.pilat@gmail.com)