- 25 February 2026 | 9:00 – 17:00 CET
- HaDEA’s premises (Place Charles Rogier 16, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels) & Online
- In-person Registration: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/CENTAURworkshop25feb
- Online Registration: Microsoft Teams Meeting
On 25 February, the CENTAUR project will hold its second workshop in Brussels, marking an important milestone and the culmination of three years of research, development, and operational validation at the crossroads of Earth Observation, AI, and crisis management. The event will bring together experts and decision-makers from European institutions, implementing agencies, research organisations, and industry to assess CENTAUR’s results and their significance for the future evolution of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and the Copernicus Security Service in Support of EU External and Security Actions (SESA).
CENTAUR innovation lies in transforming vast streams of EO data into actionable early-warning indicators addressing two of today’s most pressing and worldwide challenges: urban flood risk and food and water insecurity. Through monitoring of densely populated areas and predictive indicators of resource scarcity, CENTAUR enables earlier intervention, before hazards escalate into full-scale crises.
The upcoming workshop is not only a presentation of final results, but a chance to connect innovation with real-world application. The programme moves from a high-level policy and strategic panel, examining how EO and AI strengthen EU climate resilience and security, to practical demonstrations of the CENTAUR platform and its architecture.
Participants will gain first-hand insight into how CENTAUR’s outputs integrate within the wider Copernicus ecosystem and contribute to the Earth Observation Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). Crucially, the workshop marks the point at which CENTAUR’s validated concepts are placed in the hands of those who need them most: civil protection authorities, emergency managers, and humanitarian actors working in increasingly complex risk environments.
As the project approaches the end of its current lifecycle, the Brussels workshop also looks ahead. By convening scientific experts, industry leaders, and policymakers, CENTAUR wants to catalyse discussion on the long-term uptake and scaling of its innovations, ensuring that the progress achieved over the past three years becomes a lasting component of Europe’s crisis management and early-warning capabilities.
Agenda & Registration
The workshop will take place in hybrid mode on 25 February, from 09:00 to 17:00 CET, in-person at the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), Place Charles Rogier 16, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels. The agenda is available here below.
Agenda:
09:30 – 09:45 Opening Remarks – HaDEA
09:45 – 10:00 Keynote Address – DG DEFIS
10:00 – 10:15 Keynote Address – DG JRC
10:15 – 11:45 Panel – Operationalising EO & AI for Early Warning
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 CENTAUR Overview
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Use Cases Overview and Hands-On Platform Demo
16:00 – 17:00 Networking Opportunity
Participation is aimed at professionals working in EO, AI, climate security, civil protection, and emergency and humanitarian response.
Registration is mandatory. For in-person participation register no later than 16 February.