52Broadcast Call for Papers

The 52nd Conference on Broadcast and Digital Meteorology and 21st Conference on Mesoscale Processes sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, is headed to the Northwest!

The Broadcast Conference will be held at the Boise Centre in Boise, ID and Online  June 24-26, 2025. This location serves as the conference meeting destination. The designated hotel accommodations will be available soon on the Location and Accommodations Page. The Centre and hotels are located right in the heart of downtown! It's four miles from the Boise Airport. 

As with every year, presentations will focus on recent weather events that are unique to the host region as well as what's happening in your city, too!  As TV meteorologists, we encourage broadcaster presentations, showcasing how science is communicated across the country. Below are some suggested areas that will be highlighted during our 2025 conference:

Session Topics Include:

  • Communicating Fire Weather Hazards to the Public;

  • Communication and Impacts of Mesoscale Hazards (Joint session with 21Meso);

  • Covering the Big Storms;

  • Digital Weather;

  • Effective & Normalized Climate Change Communication;

  • Station Scientist Session;

  • Television Weather Graphics - Before and after the transition to computers;

  • The Early Career Advice You MUST Have;

  • The Evolution of Communicating Extreme Heat Hazards;

  • The Future of Broadcasting: What Does a Career in Digital Look Like?;

  • Training the Next Wave of Broadcast and Digital Meteorologists;

  • Other Topics in Broadcast and Digital Meteorology

Presentations in other genres, including connections with social science, oceanography, aviation, agriculture, astronomy and space weather are also encouraged.

The deadline for abstracts is January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET. An abstract fee of $120 (payable by credit card or purchase order) is charged at the time of submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted). The $120 abstract fee includes the submission of your abstract, the posting of your extended abstract and the uploading and recording of your presentation that will be archived on the AMS website. Authors of accepted presentations are notified via e-mail mid-March 2025. Instructions for formatting abstracts are on the AMS webpage at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/meetings-events/abstract-author-and-presenter

All abstracts and conference presentations will be made available on the AMS website.

 

Are you submitting an abstract for the first time or curious to know how your abstract will be evaluated? The Board on Broadcast Meteorology has provided a rubric and tips on how to write a good abstract. Check them out below!

Abstract Rubric    |    Tips and Guidelines

Weather and media vendors are encouraged to participate in the conference by purchasing AMS exhibit booth space to showcase their latest products and advancements. Exhibitors will also participate in the conference by presenting during the conference sessions.

If you have suggestions for or questions about the conference content, please contact the 52nd Conference on Broadcast and Digital Meteorology Meteorology Chairs, Joe Puma ([email protected]) and Kara James ([email protected]).

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