Raleigh Lecture

25th February 2025

Drapers Hall

I managed to join the final, main session of the Entrepreneurs Raleigh Lecture, given by Professor Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist of the UK Met Office.

It was a most interesting discourse on how the Met office collects an enormous amount of data and processes it to come up with the latest weather forecasts. Everything from planes in flight across the world, satellites and other sources, all knitted together in a way that is ahead of any one else in the world.

It led to a discussion about how information should be presented to the public to ensure that the correct action should be taken - eg how far ahead do you advise the public of an impending tornado? This of course is completely relevant to the subject of climate change and why people and governments do not necessarily want to believe in it!

Finally there was a panel discussion on this lecture and the earlier sessions, with many questions coming from school pupils looking at possible future careers.

Thanks to the Entrepreneurs and their Trust for putting on the event at Drapers Hall.