Meteo Schweiz

17. Sep 2025 13:00

Payerne

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The national weather and climate service MeteoSwiss has been contributing to security and prosperity in Switzerland for 160 years. The population, authorities, economy and science benefit from the weather and climate services provided by the 390 employees in Zurich, Geneva, Payerne and Locarno.

MeteoSwiss implements the tasks laid down in federal law: The federal office operates the national ground and radar measuring network, collects, manages and analyzes weather and climate data. It produces forecasts, provides information, warnings and advice. It is also involved in research and the development of services. In doing so, MeteoSwiss relies on artificial intelligence, cloud technologies and supercomputers - as well as on cooperation with national and international partners.

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Program

"Best Value through Collaboration – National & International Use Cases"

13.00	Participants arrive for the Best Practice Meeting at MeteoSwiss in Payerne
13.30	Welcome by Urs Ryffel, SMG Board Member, CEO, HUBER+SUHNER AG Welcome and presentation of MeteoSwiss by Christof Appenzeller, Director of MeteoSwiss: ‘MeteoSwiss in a Nutshell’ Presentation by Manuel Keller, Head of Planning and Customer Relations and Deputy Director of MeteoSwiss: ‘Best Value through Collaboration - National & International Use Cases’ Presentation by Mark Liniger, Head of Service and Development: ‘Machine Learning - Experiences in a data-driven organisation’ Questions and answers
15.00	Tour and inspection of the meteorological measurement infrastructure Introductory presentation by Petra Zimmermann, Head of Measurements and Data Guided tour and presentations at various stations by Yves-Alain Roulet, Head of Measurement Technology, representative of the Payerne Regional Centre, Benoît Crouzy, responsible for SwissPollen, and Philipp Bättig, Head of Operational Measurement Networks, on the topic: ‘Automation / digitalisation of the measurement infrastructure’
17.15	Summary and outlook by Urs Ryffel MeteoSwiss invites you to an aperitif
18.30	End of the event

Christof Appenzeller

Director MeteoSwiss

Prof Dr Christof Appenzeller is Director of the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. He studied environmental physics at ETH Zurich and holds a doctorate in environmental systems science. He has held various positions at MeteoSwiss since 1999 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 2014. Under his leadership, MeteoSwiss has focused more strongly on socially relevant climate services and strengthened data-driven weather forecasting in order to adapt to the rapid pace of digitalisation. At the same time, he is an adjunct professor at ETH Zurich and a member of numerous international committees; he is the Permanent Representative of Switzerland and a member of the Executive Board of the UN organisation WMO.

Manuel Keller

Head of Planning and Customer Relations, Deputy Director MeteoSwiss

Manuel Keller is Deputy Director of MeteoSwiss. He heads the Planning and Customer Relations division and is responsible, among other things, for managing international cooperation, further developing online channels such as the app and website, compliance management and key account management. He studied Political Science / International Relations at the University of St. Gallen, HSG, and has held various management positions in the Federal Administration and in Swiss associations.

Mark Liniger

Head of Service and Development

Dr Mark Liniger is currently Head of Service and Development at MeteoSwiss and has more than 22 years of experience in the fields of meteorology and climatology. He studied physics at ETH Zurich and holds a doctorate in environmental systems science. Mark Liniger has held various management positions at MeteoSwiss, including Head of Forecast Development, where he set up a new unit to create advanced weather forecasting methods and tools.

Petra Zimmermann

Head of Measurements and Data

Dr Petra Zimmermann is Head of Measurements and Data at MeteoSwiss, with offices in Payerne, Locarno and Zurich. She is a member of the Executive Board and is driving forward various digitalisation and data projects, e.g. the IoT measurement network, the digitalisation of weather observations at airports and the Weather & Climate data room. She studied physics in Karlsruhe, earned her doctorate at ETH Zurich and completed an EMBA at HSG. She then worked in various industries and companies.

Yves-Alain Roulet

Head of Metrology, Representative Regional Centre Payerne

Dr Yves-Alain Roulet has worked at the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, since 2005. He has headed the Measurement Technology Division since 2012 and has been a member of the Extended Executive Board since 2020. Prior to that, he was project manager for the development of MeteoSwiss's new automatic measuring network SwissMetNet. He studied earth sciences at ETHZ and holds a doctorate in technical sciences from EPFL. He also holds a certificate in Management and Finance from HEC UNIL. Dr Roulet is also active as an expert in international organisations such as the WMO and EUMETNET.

BenoÎt Crouzy

Responsible SwissPollen

Dr Benoît Crouzy led the project to automate pollen measurement: Switzerland was the first country to put an automated pollen monitoring network into operation at the beginning of 2023. Benoît Crouzy has a doctorate in theoretical physics and is still a lecturer in environmental sciences at EPF Lausanne. He is currently working on the further development of machine-learning-based aerosol identification, focussing on health and agriculture. As a board member of the International Association for Aerobiology, he is also well connected internationally.

Philipp Bättig

Head of operational measurement networks

Dr Philipp Bättig has been Head of Operational Monitoring Networks at MeteoSwiss since January 2024. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, FHNW, and at Imperial College London and holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from EPFL. Since joining MeteoSwiss in 2020, he initially worked as an expert responsible for remote sensing measurement systems and as a project manager in the field of remote sensing measurements for the EMER-MET network at the Payerne regional centre.

Urs Ryffel

Member of the Board SMG, CEO HUBER+SUHNER AG

Urs Ryffel has been Chief Executive Officer of HUBER+SUHNER since 2017. He studied mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich and graduated with a Master's degree in business and production science. Urs Ryffel has held various management positions in industry for over 30 years. He began his career at ABB and ALSTOM in Baden, followed by positions in the power plant business in Birr, Oerlikon, Lisbon and Paris. In 2002, he moved to HUBER+SUHNER, where he was responsible for the fibre optics division on the Executive Board for 10 years.

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Host:
MeteoSchweiz
Chemin de l’Aérologie 1
1530 Payerne
meteoschweiz.admin.ch

Organiser:
Schweizerische Management Gesellschaft
Zeltweg 48, 8032 Zürich
office@smg.ch, smg.ch
Telefon +41 44 202 23 2

Travelling by public transport:

The regional centre in Payerne is a 15-minute walk from Payerne railway station.

Travelling by car:

From the A1 motorway, take exit 27 (Payerne Fribourg) and follow the ring road towards Fribourg, following the signs for ‘GYB Gymnase intercantonal’ and finally the signs for ‘Station MétéoSuisse’.

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