The 12th UFM meeting will take place at the University of Birmingham. Attendance to the meeting is free as always. Please register here.
Below you will find the programme. We will upload copies of the presentations after the meeting.
12th UFM meeting - Urban Fluid Mechanics in a Changing Climate
April 28 2025, In-person at the University of Birmingham, Building Y3, Room G34
PROGRAMME
10.00 Arrival
10.25 Welcome (M. van Reeuwijk and A. Quinn)
10.30 - 11:15 Keynote (Chair: A. Quinn)
Maria Athanassiadou (Met Office, UK). Applied science within the Met Office.
11.15 - 12:15 Invited talks (Chair: M. Placidi)
Daniel Hackett (RWDI, UK). WES update on wind in a changing climate.
Xiaoxiong Xie (University of Plymouth, UK). Indoor and urban thermal resilience in a changing climate.
Guneet Hawley (ARUP, UK). UHeat - An Urban Heat Island Assessment Tool.
Benoît Vannière (ECMWF, Germany) [online]. The Climate Adaptation and Weather-Induced Extremes Digital Twins of Destination Earth.
12.15 - 12:30 Flash talks for posters (Chair: J. Barlow)
12.30 - 14:00 Lunch (& posters)
14.00 - 15:00 Invited talks (Chair: H. Lean)
ChangChang Wang (University of Southampton, UK). Dispersion and urban heterogeneity.
Salvatore Iacoletti (Axa, UK) [online]. Catastrophe modelling and urban environments: The (Re)Insurance Industry Perspective and Needs
Tirtha Banerjee (University of California Irvine, USA) [online]. Forest Fires.
Ben Kuchta (National Grid, UK). Resilience within the national grid.
15.00 - 16:00 The UFM’s challenge areas - 8 years later (Chair: M. van Reeuwijk)
16.00 - 17:00 Feedback session & group conversation (Chair: C. Vanderwel)
17.00 – 17:10 Closing Remarks
18.30 – 20:45 Dinner/Drinks. The Botanist, Temple Street (map)