Almost 200 participants gathered online to participate in the 3rd CEMS Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting that was held on 5 and 6 March 2024.

The event featured presentations about CEMS GloFAS and GFM products and services highlighting the recent developments. Furthermore,  this year's annual meeting included three keynotes presented on day two that focused on the potential that GloFAS and GFM products have in large scale projects, for example the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System or the Use of GloFAS products for food security assessment. The third keynote on Water depth estimate and flood extent enhancement using GFM presented a very interesting further development of the flood extent derived within GFM.

As in the previous meetings, there was also a broad spectrum of user applications presented in ignite talks and during the poster session. These contributions are inspiring for both other users and the developers of the service.

All the presentations and posters are available for download from the event page [link].

The 2nd CEMS Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting was held online on 8 and 9 February, from 13 to 17 UTC. More than 300 participants attended the event over the two days. 

The meeting was highly interactive, with presentations on the latest developments of the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), of the Global Flood Monitoring (GFM), and of the GloFAS and GFM data access and documentation. Keynotes and IGNITE talks provided the opportunity for 16 representatives of related initiatives to introduce their developments, use cases, and experiences using GloFAS and/or GFM data. A panel discussion was organized to share views on the actions required to support the United Nations #EarlyWarning4All initiative.

The first Copernicus Emergency Service (CEMS) Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting was held online on 28 October, from 13 to 16 UTC, as part of the 2021 CEMS Week. 117 participants joined the event.

The main topics discussion topics were: GloFAS highlights from the last year and planned developments, the announcement of the foreseen operational release of the Global Flood Monitoring, the hydrological in-situ data collection, and the presentation of user cases.