What's next for global flood and drought forecasting? Explore key SEED‑FD results:
WHEN
23 Nov 2026
14:00–17:00 CET
WHERE
Online
LANGUAGE
English
COST
Free of charge
REGISTRATION
Required
Explore new developments for improving global flood and drought forecasting – and how they can strengthen early warning, preparedness and operational decision-making. With SEED-FD now in its final months, this webinar puts the spotlight on results with strong potential for continued use beyond the project.
What the Webinar Covers
SEED-FD researchers present selected developments, each shown through real application examples from the project’s use cases.
Forecasting Floods & Droughts
New approaches to forecasting flash floods, flash droughts, seasonal hydrological droughts and seasonal agricultural droughts — supporting anticipatory action ahead of extreme events.
Real-time river monitoring
How compact micro-stations deliver continuous local river data to complement existing observation networks and feed hydrological models and forecasting systems.
Software to test innovations
Software to run selected SEED-FD developments on a chosen river catchment — on your own infrastructure, with your own data, switching individual developments on or off.
Who Should Attend
The webinar is particularly relevant for professionals working in early warning and natural hazard risk management:
Agenda
An overview of the webinar programme:
PART 1 · 20 MIN
Welcome & The Big Picture
A concise overview of SEED-FD’s main achievements and their contribution to improving global flood and drought forecasting.
PART 2 · 90 MIN
Key developments & applications
Three focused presentations on the results, each with real-world examples from the project’s use cases, followed by questions and discussion.
FORECASTING FLOODS & DROUGHTS
REAL-TIME RIVER MONITORING
SOFTWARE TO TEST INNOVATIONS
Break
PART 3 · 45 MIN
Panel discussion
Perspectives from project partners and invited stakeholders on operational applications, user needs, future uptake.
CLOSING · 15 MIN
Taking SEED-FD results forward
Outlook on how SEED-FD results and resources can continue to be accessed and used beyond the project.
From project results to future use
The developments presented have been created with potential integration into Copernicus Emergency Management Service tools such as GloFAS and GDO in mind, and may also support other forecasting and early warning systems.
The webinar therefore looks not only at results, but at how they can be taken forward — with room to discuss operational applications, user needs, future uptake and potential collaboration with project partners and invited stakeholders.