23-26 March 2009 Scoping Meeting Invited Speaker

Francis Zwiers

Dr. Zwiers is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of climate change detection and attribution, the analysis of climate variability and extremes, and in climate modelling and analysis. Dr. Zwiers has recently been elected to the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organization with which he has been involved since its inception, including as a Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter "Understanding and Attributing Climate Change" in the most recent IPCC Assessment Report. Dr. Zwiers served, for a decade, as Chief of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, and since 2006, Dr. Zwiers has been the Director of the Climate Research Division within Environment Canada. Dr. Zwiers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received numerous awards and recognitions for scientific excellence and distinguished service.