Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Climate Risks for Insurance and Finance
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Save the Date for the upcoming Copernicus Thematic Workshop focusing on climate risks for insurance and finance. The event is hybrid and will take place in Brussels at Albert Borschette Congress Center and online on 1 June 2026 from 09:30 to 17:15 CET.
Registrations are closed
Agenda
Master of Ceremony: Leila Ajjabou, EUSPA
8:30 - 9:30 | Registration and coffee
Registration and networking for on-site attendees. EUSPA and selected service providers stands (tbc)
09:30 – 10:40 | Setting the Policy & Regulatory Context
- 09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome Remarks
Mauro Facchini, DG DEFIS, European Commission - 09:40 – 09:50 | EU Framework for Climate Resilience
Elena Saggioro, DG CLIMA, European Commission - 09:50 – 10:00 | Embedding Adaptation and Resilience in Sustainable Finance
Marleen Och, DG FISMA, European Commission - 10:00 – 10:10 | Strengthening Catastrophe Risk Supervision through Earth Observation
Marie Scholer, EIOPA - 10:10 – 10:20 | Key Expectation for Physical Risk Management by EU Banks
Fabien Le Tennier, EBA - 10:20 – 10:40 | Q&A
10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break
11:10 – 12:00 | Long-term risk modelling and planning
- 11:10 – 11:15 | Introduction on EO for Long-term risk modelling and planning
Bernardo Brum, EUSPA - 11:15 – 11:25 | Long-term Risk & the Climate Viewer
Roman Roehrl, EIB - 11:25 – 11:35 | Asset Exposure & Vulnerability (CLMS)
Usue Donezar, EEA - 11:35 – 11:45 | Physical Risks Assessment – Banking Practices
Joseph Moorhouse, BNP Paribas
Nicola Wagner-Rundell, ING - 11:45 – 12:00 | Q&A
12:00 – 13:00 | Interactive Discussion
User Needs & Requirements breakouts - Focus on long-term risk modelling, exposure data, vulnerability and underwriting needs
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:15 | Event footprint evaluation
- 14:30 – 14:35 | Introduction on EO for event footprint evaluation
Branimir Radun, Evenflow - 14:35 – 14:45 | Post-Event Context
Chiara Cagnazzo, ECMWF - 14:45 – 14:55 | CEMS: Claims & Crisis Response
Andrea Toreti, JRC - 14:55 – 15:05 | GIS and EO tools for flood assessment: the case of Mapfre Re
Adrián Fernández Sánchez, Mapfre Re - 15:05 – 15:15 | Q&A
15:15 – 16:15 | Interactive Discussion
User Needs & Requirements breakouts – Focus on event mapping and monitoring, damage assessment, and parametric risk transfer
16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:30 | Wrap-Up & Roadmap
- 16:45 – 17:15 | Reporting of Priorities & Needs
- 17:00 – 17:15 | Convincing our sectors to look up
Fani Kallianou de Jong, EBRD - 17:15– 17:30 | Closing Remarks & Next Steps
Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS, European Commission