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** SPECIAL NOTE:  The 59th Congress was an in-person and virtual (hybrid) event held jointly with the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU).  Photos are a mix from on-site Congress photographers and screen captures and include mostly CMOS people.  Photos of many award winners are linked from Part 3, below.  Recordings of many presentations may be found on the CMOS YouTube Channel

photos credits:  Craig Smith, Qing Liao and Chris Marsh

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Part 1 - Welcome, Public Lecture and Icebreaker - 25 May

1. Serge Desjardins (CMOS) and Claire Oswald (CGU) 2. Joseph Naytowhow - Indigenous Welcome 3. View of Salons B, C and D

4.  Public speaker - Corinne Schuster Wallace 5.  View of Icebreaker area 6.  Entertainers at Icebreaker - Emmanuel de Gala & Clarenz Salvador

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Part 2 - Plenary Speakers & Panels

Day 1 - 26 May 2025 1 Craig Smith, LAC co-chair CMOS, opens Congress 2 Andrew Ireson, President CGU, opens Congress 3 Serge Desjardins, CMOS President 4 Colin McCarter & Kelly Biagio introduce plenary speaker 5 Plenary speaker - Joseph Shea 6 Floor question for Joe Shea 7 Menu for lunch, provided by City of Saskatoon 8 Jim Abraham & Julie Thériault; foreground Daniel Nadeau & Serge Desjardins (PICO-F)

Day 2 - 27 May 2026 Plenary speaker - Catherine Robin View of Plenary room 1 Poster Session 2 Poster Session 3 Poster Session 4 Poster Session 5 Charmaine Hrynkiw and Terri Lang 6 Bruce Davison & Charmaine Hrynkiw 7 Charmaine Htynkiw, Jim Abraham, Bruce Davison, Terri Lang

Day 3 - 28 May 2025 Plenary speaker (CMOS) - Rachel Chang Plenary speaker (CGU) - Genevieve Ali (Woo Lecture) Weather Preparedness Collaboration Panel led by Jim Abraham  l to r: Scott Kehler, Peter Quinlan, Doris Fortin and Julie Thériault

Day 4 - 28 May 2025 Plenary Speaker (CMOS) - Doug Degensteirn Plenary Speaker (CGU) - Helen Baulch

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Part 3 - Banquet - 28 May 2025

Banquet Photos 0  Banquet Poster 1  Gordon Griffith and Serge Desjardins preparing to announce / present awards 2. View of some awards to be presented 3. View of Banquet Hall 4.  Serge Desjardins receives Presidential Medal from Gordon Griffith 5.  Gordon Griffith, Serge Desjardins and incoming President Pat McCarthy 6.  Serge Desjardins speaking at banquent closing

Banquet Tables (left to right clockwise around each table) Click here to view all the tables or scroll by number to any table of your choice.

Prizes and Awards Please use link below to see winners who were available to accept either in-person at the banquet or virtually. Prizewinners An audio recording of some awards presented at the CMOS Banquet may also be found on the   CMOS YouTube Channel James Whiteway after receiving Patterson Medal Pat McCarthy after receiving Hornstein Medal

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Part 4 - Photos of Some Session Speakers by Day
(from available photos)

Day 1 - 26 May 2025

Day 2 - 27 May 2026 Nicole Loeb, Chris Marsh, Caroline Aubry-Wake

Day 3 - 28 May 2025 Phil Marsh & Chris Marsh Erik de Groot

Day 4 - 28 May 2025

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Part 5 - Other

Exhibitor / Sponsor Booths Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) Global Water Futures Observatories (GFWO) Campbell Scientific Hoskin Scientific Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)

Miscellaneous Jim Abraham & Ron Hopkinson Niesa Silza Golfers ?, ?

Student Career Fair - 27 May 2025 Mentor List View of Career Fair Lunch area Table of students (l to r around the table): ?, ?, ?, ?, ? Jim Abraham with two students Jim Abraham with two other students

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