EU Science for Preparedness Conference

What’s next? How science can help prepare for Europe’s crises?

From 4 to 6 November 2025 experts from scientific, policy, and crisis response communities will meet in Turin (Italy) to learn, share and explore how science can help better anticipate and prepare for future crises.

Originally published on the European Commission’s JRC website.

Organised by the Joint Research Centre’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service and the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre, this conference will provide opportunities for exchanging knowledge, testing new tools, and connecting with others committed to advancing science-based crisis preparedness and response.

The programme – which will soon be released – includes keynote speeches, panel discussions, poster sessions, and interactive workshops. These formats will host discussions on topics such as early-warning systems for natural and man-made disasters, risk and impact modelling, exposure mapping, foresight and resilience planning, the EU Preparedness Union Strategy, among others.

Organiser

The Joint Research Centre

Date

4-6 November 2025

venue

NH Torino Lingotto Congress Turin, Italy

format

face to face

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Programme

Day 1 Nov 4 2025

14:00-14:30 Opening

14:30-15:30 Panel discussion 1: Status of Science for the Preparedness Union and the user needs

15:30-16:30 Coffe break and poster exhibition (tbc) 16:30-17:30 Panel discussions 2: Innovation: the last mile to operations

18:00-20:00 Apéro and poster session (tbc)

Day 2 5 Nov 2025

9:00-10:30 Session 1a: Solutions to reduce hazard impacts Session 1b: Multi-hazard early warning systems: current status and future

10:30-11:30 Coffe break and poster exhibition (tbc) 11:30-13:00 Session 2a: Comprehensive risk and threat assessment framework Session 2b: International outreach: LAC, Africa, Asia

13:00-14:30 Lunch and poster exhibition (tbc) 14:30-16:00 Session 3a: Artificial Intelligence for Disaster risk management Session 3b: Capacity building and uptake

16:00-16:30 Coffe break

16:30-17:30 Closing

Day 3 6 Nov 2025

Parallel thematic sessions freely accessible upon registration:

Meeting of the Drought In The Anthropocene network and meeting of the network of European Drought Observatories & Drought Experts.
The Exposure mapping component of Copernicus. This session provides an opportunity to discuss the exposure mapping component – through the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) – with the science-policy community of the different thematic domains relevant for GHSL. We will: – present the latest development of the GHSL portfolio – showcase different application domains, in which GHSL can provide relevant policy support – discuss future directions for the evolution of the GHSL and the exposure mapping component
CEMS user meetings: 20th EFAS Annual Meeting (by invitation only) On-demand mapping annual conference (by invitation only) Meeting of the Expert Group on Forest Fires (by invitation only)