HMEI WEBINAR: TCO-Calculator – Why Total Cost of Ownership Matters
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 3:00 PM CET
Speakers: Dr. David Rogers, Senior Consultant Business of Weather & Brian Day, former HMEI Chair and Chair Emeritus.
Procurement decisions based on initial price alone consistently underestimate real costs – and leave operators, customers and suppliers without a shared framework for sustainable investment. The TCO Calculator gives you and your customers a shared, transparent framework for understanding the full cost of observation network investment – from procurement through to end-of-life. To promote the release of the “HMEI Tools Hub”, HMEI is hosting a 60-minute webinar expert session via Teams to give members the opportunity to learn more about the “HMEI Tools Hub” and to provide you a platform to share first experiences with the tool and answer questions.
Global problem
Never has it been more important for decision makers across business, politics and society, to make use of weather intelligence to save lives and livelihoods, to increase the resilience of critical infrastructure, and to reduce the risks and seize the economic opportunities.
In 2025, insured losses from natural catastrophes surpassed the USD 100 billion mark for the sixth consecutive year, according to Swiss Re. The bulk of these losses resulted from the impact of weather-related extremes ranging from flood to drought, and hurricanes to heatwaves.
Bespoke solutions
Weather intelligence is information that can significantly improve your decision making about the impact of weather and climate events on your organisation or activity.
It can greatly increase your resilience, improve your overall efficiency and – if you’re a business – your profitability.
The key issue is just how relevant is weather intelligence to your activity, and how can it be applied effectively in practice?
Expert partner
Our team has extensive experience of providing advisory services – to weather intelligence providers in the public, private and academic sectors, to national meteorological services, international agencies such as WMO and the World Bank, and to leaders across government, business and society who must increasingly incorporate weather intelligence into their decisions.
Through our extensive international networks, we bring together the expertise able to deliver diverse projects involving flood, drought, investment, commerce, health, tourism, policy-making and other weather-impacted areas.
