Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water
As Europe faces growing challenges from droughts, floods, and changing water quality, the Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water brought together policy-makers, decision-makers, and service providers who explored how EO can help us better manage this vital resource.
The workshop highlighted 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.
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Presentations
Agenda
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
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
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
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
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
Closing remarks
Aim: Wrap up and next steps
Speakers: Tobias Biermann, DG DEFIS and Joachim Maes, DG ENV