Jørn Kristiansen is Director of Development Centre for Weather Forecasting at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The Centre performs research and development on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), operates the NWP production chain from novel observations to Yr.no, develops internal and external Met services like the Application Programming Interface (api.met.no), and develop and provide data, products and services in co-production with other public sector bodies. He holds a PhD in meteorology, and has a broad research experience ranging from climate studies to high-resolution EPS.