EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2025

Lyon, France 15 - 19 September 2025

The 2025 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Lyon, France

The 2025 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Lyon, France on 15 - 19 September. EUMETSAT will be joined in the organisation and hosting of the event by Météo-France, the national weather and climate services provider in France.

Last Updated

17 October 2024

Published on

07 October 2024

Over the years, the EUMETSAT user conference has become a key annual event for the meteorological and scientific communities where participants from around the world can meet to share their experience and knowledge during plenary, poster and workshop sessions.

The overarching theme of the conference is “From Space to Safety: Earth Observation for Future Weather and Climate Preparedness”.

Further information about the scientific content will be made available with the first announcement in January 2025.

First announcement and call for papers: January 2025

Call for proposals

For our 2025 annual conference, we would like to invite you to actively shape discussions by submitting session topics and ideas for consideration by the conference programme committee, for inclusion in the conference programme.

What can you suggest?

With this call we encourage you to propose session topics, panel discussions, and lunchtime talks.

Submission guidelines:

Topic Relevance: Session topics, panel discussions, and lunchtime talks should be relevant to the themes of meteorology, satellite technology, climate change, and their applications.
Abstract: Provide a brief abstract (maximum 700 words) summarising your idea, the topic involved, and how it relates to the overall conference theme.
Suggested Chair Information: Include the name, affiliation, and contact information of the suggested Chair(s), and/or speakers.
Format: Indicate the preferred format for your session (e.g., panel discussion, presentations, lunch time talk).
Deadline: All submissions must be received by 15 November 2024.

Submission process:

Please submit your proposals via the online submission form.

Selection process:

All submissions will be evaluated by EUMETSAT’s conference programme committee, with particular attention to how well the suggestions align with the overall conference theme. Selected ideas will be contacted by 20 December 2024.

Venue

The venue for our conference is the Lyon Convention Centre, offering modern conference facilities and generous exhibition and foyer spaces. It is located in the heart of the Renzo Piano designed Cité Internationale, a quarter in the 6^th arrondissement of Lyon. The modern area offers a wide array of restaurants and entertainment opportunities, together with a direct access to the Parc de la Tête d'Or, Lyon’s biggest park.

Lyon is the third largest city in France situated at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône. The city is recognised for its cuisine and gastronomy, as well as historical and architectural landmarks; as such, the districts of Old Lyon, the Fourvière hill, the Presqu'île and the slopes of the Croix-Rousse are named on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk, and played a significant role in the history of cinema since Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematograph there.

In celebration of Lyon’s gastronomy and the city’s unique location, our networking events will be held respectively at the Abbaye de Collonges, founded by Paul Bocuse, Lyon’s most famous Chef, and at the Musée des Confluences, located at the southern tip of the Presqu'île where the Rhône and Saône meet.

Early Career Scientist Initiative

EUMETSAT believes in fostering the scientists of the future, and invite applications for our early career scientist initiative. Applications are open from anyone aged 32 or younger who have up to 24 months of job experience. Eligible papers should cover any use and application of EUMETSAT satellite data along the main themes of the conference.

The Scientific Programme Committee will select five papers that receive an award, consisting of travel funding and free conference participation for the EUMETSAT conference in 2025. The selected papers will be especially promoted during the conference.

Please note that winners of previous awards are not eligible to apply for the award again, though they remain welcome to present their papers at the conference. Previous winners attending a future conference may also be invited to participate in the Scientific Programme Committee.

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites is an intergovernmental organisation based in Darmstadt, Germany, currently with 30 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

EUMETSAT operates the geostationary satellites Meteosat-10 and -11 over Europe and Africa, and Meteosat-9 over the Indian Ocean. EUMETSAT also operates two Metop polar-orbiting satellites as part of the Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) shared with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In addition, EUMETSAT is a partner in the cooperative high precision ocean altimetry Jason missions involving Europe and the United States (Jason-3 and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich).

The data and products from EUMETSAT’s satellites are vital to weather forecasting and make a significant contribution to the monitoring of environment and climate change. The European Union has entrusted EUMETSAT with exploiting the four Sentinel missions (Sentinel-3, -4, -5 and -6) of the Copernicus space component dedicated to the monitoring of atmosphere, ocean and climate on its behalf. EUMETSAT will carry out these tasks in cooperation with ESA. EUMETSAT has established cooperation with operators of Earth observation satellites from Europe and China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

Although the history of meteorology goes back to antiquity, France has had a dedicated service since 1878 and the initial Central Meteorological Office underwent several changes, the last one established Météo-France as a public institution by decree in 1993. Météo-France is currently under the authority of the Ministry of Ecological Transition. It is headquartered in the Parisian region and structured around central departments, which are responsible for the main missions and themes of the institution, and a regional network, which is able to implement the major orientations at a local level. Météo-France monitors changes in the atmosphere, delivers expert forecasts and data, and issues warnings of meteorological events to ensure the safety of people and property. Its mission is also essential to the safety of air transport in France. Météo-France plays a role in defence, safety at sea and protection of the environment and air quality. Finally, the institution participates in the progress of research in meteorology and climate.

Météo-France develops and runs on its supercomputer system global and regional numerical prediction models, used in various applications such as marine, air quality, snow and climate. In this respect, reliable high-quality measurements and observations – especially from space – are essential.

Météo-France has a particularly strong international presence, and is the French representative at the World Meteorological Organization. Météo-France is a leading member of EUMETSAT, responsible for the procurement of European weather satellites. The institution is also a critical national weather service member of the ECMWF and hosts one of two major centres of the IFS numerical weather prediction model widely used worldwide.

Météo-France is very involved in activities of the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs). It leads the Ocean and Sea Ice SAF (OSI SAF) on behalf of the EUMETSAT Member States and is a member of the Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application Facility (LSA SAF), the Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting Satellite Application Facility (NWC SAF), the Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H SAF), and the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP SAF).

In addition, Météo-France is also involved in the implementation of operational services in the context of the EU Copernicus programme.