The National Weather Association's (NWA) Research-Operations Nexus (RON) Meetup is an interactive meetup between research and operational meteorologists, modelers, hydrologists, students, social scientists, etc., from the Weather/Water/Climate Enterprise to discuss common interests that can lead to R2O and/or O2R opportunities. The goal is simple: To plant and water the seeds of collaboration between folks from the groups, which we hope will germinate during the meeting week and blossom beyond the conference itself.  

There will be ten tables and three rounds of interaction covering a wide variety of topics (Societal Response, Winter Weather, Severe Weather, AI/Machine Learning, High Resolution NWP, Probabilistic Forecasting etc.). A facilitator directs and moderates the discussion at the tables to ensure all perspectives are heard. 

The RON Meetup is an event created and operated by the National Weather Association. The name was inspired by the memory of Ron Przybylinski. Ron was a former Science and Operations Officer (SOO) at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in St. Louis, Missouri, and he left the legacy of his unending motivation to interconnect weather operations and research in strong, meaningful, and enduring ways.