Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water
As Europe faces growing challenges from droughts, floods, and changing water quality, the Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water will bring together policy-makers, decision-makers, and service providers to explore how EO can help us better manage this vital resource.
Taking place in Brussels (Room CCAB 0.A in our Conference Centre Albert Borschette, 36 Rue Froissart, 1040 Bruxelles) and online, the workshop will highlight how Copernicus services - from the Copernicus C3S and CEMS to the CLMS and CMEMS -support evidence-based water management across Europe.
Learn more about Copernicus and its services for water.
(Registration for the onsite workshop will close on Friday, 21 November)
Agenda
8:30 – 9:30 Registration and coffee
Registration and networking for on-site attendees
09:30 – 09:45 Introduction and welcome remarks
Speakers: Mauro Facchini, Head of Unit Earth Observation at DG DEFIS and Claudia Olazabal, Head Unit Sustainable Freshwater Management at DG ENV
09:45 – 10:15 Session 1: Setting the scene
Format: Plenary presentations
Moderator: Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS
- Use of EO tools in support of the WFD | 10 min
Speaker: Jenny Attila, Finnish Environment Institute - Overview of existing projects | 10 min
Speaker: Bertrand Vallet, DG RTD - Water-ForCE roadmap | 10 min
Speaker: Carmen Cillero, Estonian University of Life Sciences
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 Session 2: User needs
Goal: Invite stakeholders to talk about the current use of water data.
Format: Presentation and questions/use cases
Moderator: Mark Dowell, EC JRC
- Policy needs | 10 min
Speaker: Yurena Lorenzo, EEA - National perspectives | 20 min
Speakers: (FR – Aurore Delahayes, DE – Bjorn Baschek) - Water resource management needs | 10 min
Speaker: M. Marwan Shamekh, OIEau - InSitu water data | 10 min
Speaker: Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, EEA - Interactive discussion including potential use case presentations | 25 min
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:40 Session 3: Copernicus water products
Aim: Allow participants to understand the offer from Copernicus Water services.
Format: Presentations
Moderator: Usue Donezar, EEA
- C3S Climate Services for Water - climate data for droughts, rainfall, water availability | 10 min
Speaker: Chiara Cagnazzo, ECMWF - CEMS Water products - Flood & Drought forecasting, monitoring, and emergency mapping | 10 min
Speaker: Peter Salamon, EC JRC - CLMS Water Products - Inland surface water layers and seasonal water dynamics | 10 min
Speaker: Lorenzo Solari, EEA - CMEMS Water Products - Improving the freshwater river inputs | 10 min
Speaker: Laurence Crosnier, Mercator Ocean International - ESA Water Products catalogue | 10 min
Speaker: Marc Paganini, ESA - Q&A | 20 min
14:40 – 15:10 Coffee break
15:10 – 16:10 Session 4: Creating opportunities
Aim: Drive a collective dialogue on how Earth Observation can be integrated into real-world water management, identifying practical opportunities.
Format: Interactive ideas generation session
Moderators: Noemi Marsico, Evenflow and Eduard Escalona Zorita, EUSPA
16:10 – 16:30 Closing remarks
Aim: Wrap up and next steps
Speakers: Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS and Joachim Maes, DG ENV