MAY 19, 2017
Having a blast at this year’s 19th annual Weather Risk Management Association meeting. It’s being held in downtown Chicago – my first time in Illinois since 2005! Really exposing me to a world tying weather, business, and economy. Fascinated to learn about insurance information, agricultural interests in weather, and catastrophe bonds.
I presented on the second day of the conference and my work was well received. At the end of the talk, I discussed potential for extending severe weather forecasts to 6 months based on preliminary new research I had been conducting…I expect that by next year’s conference I’ll have much more to share in that regard. In the meantime, here’s a few pics from the conference…