Description:

This proposed topic reflects the AMS Centennial Initiative that led to the creation of a new Partnering Committee in January 2020 to establish and maintain an overall partnering strategy including:

• Solidifying core partnerships like those with the American Geophysical Union and the National Weather Association;
• Building partnerships with professional societies in the social and ecological sciences;
• Building partnerships with new and emerging core users of AMS science and services; and
• Expanding private-sector partnerships in weather, water and climate decision support, with a special focus on emerging small businesses.

The 9^th Annual Conference on the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise provides the most appropriate venue to bring the broad public-private-academic Enterprise into focused discussions on these important areas of partnering to achieving the AMS goals for our second century.

Specific Sessions under this topic could include:

• A Town Hall to elicit input from a wide spectrum of Enterprise interests on an overall partnering strategy;
• Panel discussions of each of the four focus areas above;
• Joint sessions with other Conferences reflecting their specific interests in and commitment to partnerships in their areas of focus;
• Possible special events acknowledging the work of AMS Members who have carried the torch of partnership forward (e.g., Kelly Redmond).