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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Ministry of Tourism Updates
Speakers will include Max Mayfield, Bill Read, Dr. Bill Gray, Dr. Phil Klotzbach, Dr. Steve Lyons and more...
The 2009 Bahamas Weather Conference will attract 100 television meteorologists from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Many participants take advantage of the onsite satellite television facility provided to share insights from the conference with viewers at home. Millions in markets from Houston to Baton Rouge LA, Mobile AL, Tampa FL, Miami, Atlanta, Washington DC, New York and Boston have benefited from information relayed by their favorite local weather person from the sunny Bahamas. The Weather Channel and CBC Newsworld in Canada will broadcast highlights of the conference across North America.
Launched in 2006, the Bahamas Weather Conference VODcast Center, available at
www.bahamaswxconference.com, brings key messages from the conference to a whole new audience through video podcasts available on demand or via iTunes subscription. Throughout the conference expert speakers are interviewed and the short, informational interviews are made available for Internet usage or broadcast. This development has allowed The Bahamas to expand the reach of the conference to a far greater number than could ever attend.
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism was the first to address the topic of hurricanes directly, creating the Bahamas Weather Conference in 1997. With the GDP highly dependent upon tourism, accurate reporting on tropical storms is a critical factor in maintaining a healthy economy. The principal aim of the Conference has always been to educate attendees about the geography of the 700 island destination which covers 100,000 square miles of the Western Atlantic Ocean.
The value of the Bahamas Weather Conference has also been recognized by the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. Both professional organizations extend continuing education credit to their members who attend the conference.
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