The CENTAUR Horizon Europe project was present at the 2025 European Space Agency’s (ESA) Living Planet Symposium in Vienna. Several of our consortium partners, participated in the event and presented recent work and developments related to the project.
CENTAUR Featured at the European Commission’s EU Space Booth
At this edition of LPS, Horizon Europe projects related to space were showcased at the European Commission’s EU Space booth. It served as a central hub for highlighting Europe’s advancements in space research and innovation, with CENTAUR among the featured projects managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
CENTAUR showcased at the EU Space Booth at LPS 2025
Showcasing CENTAUR’s Research Through Posters and Presentations
Our Project Coordinator, Valerio Botteghelli from e-GEOS, participated with a poster titled “Towards a Resilient Future: CENTAUR’s Integrated Approach to Climate-Security and Early-Warning Systems”. The poster featured insights from two of our use cases:
- Urban flooding in Valencia, demonstrating how integrated indicators and indexes addressing factors such as extreme precipitation events and socioeconomic vulnerability support flood preparedness and impact assessment.
- Drought-induced crises in Somalia, illustrating how the Drought Conflict Prediction Index (DCPI) and Drought Displacement Prediction Index (DDPI), both developed within the CENTAUR activities, improve early warning systems in identifying regions at risk of food insecurity, conflict and displacement associated with drought.
Koen de Vos from VITO (left) and Valerio Botteghelli from e-GEOS (right) with the poster “Towards a Resilient Future: CENTAUR’s Integrated Approach to Climate-Security and Early-Warning Systems” at LPS 2025
In parallel, Koen de Vos from VITO, presented the poster “Forecasting Agricultural Drought Impact in Africa through Machine Learning and Earth Observation” which focused on the machine learning model developed within CENTAUR. It integrates Earth Observation data with meteorological forecasts to provide an estimate of vegetation conditions in 10 days, one month, and three months in advance. This framework was tested in three of our use cases (Mali, Mozambique, and Somalia) and it aims to support better decision-making by anticipating agricultural drought impacts.
Furthermore, our consortium representatives Jorge Pacios and Beatriz Revilla from GMV, showcased CENTAUR at their stand where they presented technical solutions developed within the project, discussed their applications, and engaged with attendees on the innovative work being done.
Expanding Visibility and Impact at LPS 2025
The participation of several CENTAUR team members at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025 allowed to increase the visibility of our work and share how our approach on integrating climate, environmental, and socio-economic data holds the potential to improving early warning systems and crisis response actions related to floods and water and food insecurity.
Find the poster “Towards a Resilient Future: CENTAUR’s Integrated Approach to Climate-Security and Early-Warning Systems” here.
Find the poster “Forecasting Agricultural Drought Impact in Africa through Machine Learning and Earth Observation” here.
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