• the International Asian Monsoon Year 08 (AMY08) Science Steering Committee;
• the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Joint Science Committee (JSC) Monsoon Oversight Group (JMOG);
• the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project (CEOP);
• Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI);

The First event is the second international “Asian Monsoon Year 2008 (AMY08)” workshop that will be conducted on September 3-4, 2007. This workshop followed the resolution of the First International Workshop on AMY08 at Beijing, on last April 22-25 2007. This is jointly hosted by CLIVAR and GEWEX. The major objectives of this workshop are to discuss and finalize the Science and Implementation Plan for the AMY08. The AMY08 is an integrated observation and modeling of Asian monsoon variability and ocean-land-atmosphere interaction in year 2008-2009. It aims at improvement of physical parameterization schemes in numerical models, development and enhancement of data assimilation of the ocean-atmosphere-land system, and better understanding of the monsoon predictability on intraseasonal-to-interannual time scales. These objectives will be fulfilled through coordination of the ongoing and planned field experiments and modeling projects in Asian monsoon regions. The concept of AMY 08 has been endorsed by WCRP (World Climate Research Program)/JSC, CLIVAR, and GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiments) and it has gained grassroots supports by many national projects, operational centers and monsoon scientists.

The second event is the PAN-WCRP (World Climate Research Programme) Monsoon Scoping Meeting that will take date on September 5, 2007. This one-day meeting aims to scope scientific issues surrounding the concept of a 5 year International Monsoon Study (IMS) 2007-2011 and to discuss a preliminary draft of a strategic plan for such an activity. The IMS will provide a framework for monsoon research across Asia/Australian, African and American regions and will address the role of the monsoons in the global climate system and the responses to, and the interactions of monsoons with, climate change. The scoping meeting will, in particular, follow-up the discussion and decisions made at the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP at Zanzibar in March 2007.

A key part of the agenda for the Bali International Meeting should be to scope the scientific issues and to create the strawman "concept paper" for the IMS strategic plan. The fact that the meeting will be held in conjunction with the AMY and CEOP meetings will provide us with a good opportunity to resolve any coordination issues that may exist with these projects.

The Third event is The Seventh CEOP International Implementation Planning Meeting that will be conducted on September, 6 – 8, 2007 and followed by The Fourth event at the end day meeting on September 9, 2007 for the GEOSS/AWCI International Coordination Group (ICG). These two meetings are invited by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) and the Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project (CEOP).

Phase 1 of CEOP was successfully completed in 2005. At the 2007 meeting of the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group the merger of the GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel (GHP) and CEOP was approved, resulting in a new project called the “Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP).” The “new” CEOP will function as a GEWEX panel. A CEOP International Implementation Planning Meeting was held in Washington DC in March 2007, where agreement was reached on the overall science objectives and structure for the “new” CEOP. A task team is now working on a draft implementation plan. This work is being carried out in cooperation with the lead scientists in each component of CEOP. A draft implementation plan will be circulated one month before the Bali meeting. The plan will be finalized in Bali and the new CEOP Science Advisory Group (SAG) will lead discussions at the meeting on how to gain the interest of other international organizations, including the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

Meanwhile, the objectives for the Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) is to move forward and implement the baseline idea approved at the 2nd Asian Water Cycle Symposium held in Tokyo, 9 – 10 January 2007. International Coordination Group (ICG) will discuss a draft implementation plan through coordination of related activities.

The material programs and tentative agenda for all series workshop and meeting during the Bali International Meeting 2007 will be provided soon by the representative host meeting/workshop.

The venue of Bali International Meeting will be held at the Ramada Bintang Bali Resort, Bali. Ramada Bintang Bali Resort sets in more than six hectares of tropical gardens extending down to the beachfront of South Kuta coast referred as Tuban, conveniently located just ten minutes drive from Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport and within walking distance to the biggest Kuta's Shopping Center. (see the map for details).