Exhibition
Commercial exhibition
Non commercial exhibitions
Commercial exhibition
Commerce and industry will have an especially important role in demonstrating existing and emerging technologies and services in the area of climate change to a wide audience of decision makers and opinion leaders.
A major exhibition is therefore planned during the Conference. It will form an integral part of WCC-3, intended to maximize information for, and dialogue between, all participants. Excellent exhibition facilities in close proximity to the session halls will be available at the Geneva International Conference Centre. Exhibitors are encouraged to provide welcome facilities within the exhibition to enhance participants’ attendance. Poster displays will be set-up next to the exhibition.
WCC-3 Exhibition and sponsorship prospectus
Sponsors
- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- UK MetOffice
Sponsorship & exhibition sales
For all information, please contact:
José Rocha
Viajes Iberia Congresos
Tel.: +34 954 22 40 95
Fax: +34 954 21 02 15
Non commercial Exhibitions
Our Polar Heritage – Scientists at work in the polar regions
2nd floor, CICG
Our planet is changing at an unprecedented pace. Knowledge about the polar regions is of crucial importance for understanding our present and future climate and for helping us adapt to change.
Our Polar Heritage is a unique photographic testimony of the International Polar Year 2007-08: one of the most ambitious internationally coordinated interdisciplinary research campaigns ever attempted.
Thousands of scientists, from more than 60 countries and a wide range of research disciplines, were involved in over 160 projects. Through this research we have gained new understanding about the role of the polar regions in the Earth System as a whole. The International Polar Year 2007-08 was a joint initiative of the International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization.
Join us for this celebration of polar research and photography, on display throughout WCC-3.
Twelve O’Clock in London
CICG, Floor -1
'Twelve O'Clock in London' is a multi-channel video installation that celebrates the work of scientists around the world in collecting weather and climate data as a uniquely inter-governmental collaboration. The project, by Nin Brudermann, fuses together science and art in a unique way. It realizes a global observation as all world nations simultaneously release meteorological data balloons, traversing countries and cultures, daily at UTC 12:00 and 00:00. With the assistance of WMO, this art project has enlisted National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to become active historians of their own work. Following specific guidelines, they videotaped the process of the launch of their meteorological balloons and subsequently sent the tapes of their actions to the artist. The international network of ‘Twelve O’Clock in London’ is infiltrated by Brudermann herself, with the UTC 12:00 and 00:00 launch of specially-equipped balloons transmitting video images from the upper atmosphere, showing breathtaking views not commonly seen. The artist's launch of these video-equipped balloons took her to meteorological stations around the globe, sometimes joining months-long scientific expeditions to reach the most remote locations, such as Antarctica.
Given the climate focus of the international agenda, 'Twelve O'Clock in London' will be displayed at major events, including the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. An international museum tour 2010/2011 will be spearheaded by Kunsthalle Krems (A). At WCC-3, for the first time this one of a kind, unprecedented collaboration of all world governments through the U.N. system is manifested in a preview of the multi-channel video installation that will show over 150 video submissions from around the globe in simultaneity. A live video-equipped balloon launch by Meteo Suisse is planned from Payerne, Switzerland.
‘Twelve O’Clock in London’ is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts with funding provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and by the Greenwall Foundation New York and was made possible at WCC-3 through the support of BMUKK Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, as well as Meteo Suisse and other WMO Members. More information is available at: http://www.12oclockinlondon.com
A Philatelic Journey
CICG, Ground floor
This philatelic journey brings together an impressive array of stamps and other philatelic material that touch on weather and climate themes from countries from all regions. It is a joint publication of WMO and the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
These postage stamps cover diverse meteorological themes such as the melting polar ice caps, the ozone layer, climate extremes and greenhouse gas emissions, and instruments used to measure atmospheric pollution. The postage stamp is a critical witness of world history and this collection plays a special role in making citizens aware of the importance of climate and weather in their daily lives.
The collection on display during WCC-3 includes new climate-related stamps, as well as a selection of stamps that feature in the joint WMO-UPU publication, From Weather Gods to Modern Meteorology.
Skies and Oceans
Throughout the CICG
Today’s youth will one day be shaping policies that will affect the way in which future generations will be dealing with the environment. Thus, their perspectives, from a wide array of social and cultural backgrounds, hold an insightful key to tomorrow’s vision of the planet.
Recognizing the intrinsic value of this window into the future, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Ocean Institute jointly organized in 2006 an international art competition for children and young people up to age 16. The theme of the competition was weather, climate and water.
Thousands of young people from all regions participated in the art contest. This exhibition, on display throughout WCC-3, offers a glimpse of their drawings, displayed also in the online WMO art gallery at the following address: http://www.wmo.int/artgallery/.
Altering Landscapes
CICG grounds
A contemporary art project, Altering Landscapes, is exploring the relationship between climate and society. This special project is combining the works of students in Geneva, Switzerland, with international artists.
On display will be paintings developed at a workshop with teenage students held in Geneva in July. The students discussed the issues of climate and climate change and used visual techniques to explore their own vision of a world of climate threats and opportunities.
In addition, the students, assisted by a group of young adults attending the conference, will paint a mural on the CUCG grounds as permanent memento of the event and will invite other conference participants to contribute words or images to this “wall”.
Another component of the project is an installation art exhibition, which is aimed at the youth of Geneva. This will take place from 28 August to 6 September in the vicinity of Bâtiment des Forces Motrices.
Altering landscapes is supported by the Health and Climate Foundation, the Global Humanitarian Forum, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the International Association of Broadcast Meteorology. More information about Altering Landscapes is available at: http://www.alteringlandscapes.org.
Poetic Climate (ephemeral installation) by Andrea Mastrovito
Geneva Town Hall (2 Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville), daily from 8 am to 10 pm
The Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva with the support of the Swiss Confederation and the World Meteorological Organization is pleased to invite WCC-3 participants to the exhibition Poetic Climate, ephemeral installation by artist Andrea Mastrovito.
The exhibition will be held till 2 September and will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the courtyard of Town Hall, right in the historical heart of Geneva. TPG - Geneva Public Transport lines 36 - K - L - 12 - 16 - 17 – 5.
The exhibition consists of an installation and investigates the links between culture and nature. The artist created paper flowers out of garden plant encyclopaedias, as a symbolical act of giving back to nature, which provides us our paper and books. The flowers are set on the floor, in perfect harmony with the place that is hosting them, and organized as typologies of gardens. The installation produces a striking visual effect.
The artist, born in Italy in 1978, develops in his work a very personal and instantly recognizable style. He is considered as one of the most promising talents of the contemporary art scene.
For more information, visit: http://www.analix-forever.com
