OVERWATCH DEMO in Warsaw, Poland | UCP Knowledge Network

The event featured presentations on the OVERWATCH project’s activities and results, as well as an interactive demonstration that allowed participants to experience the developed solutions first-hand. Through engaging discussions, attendees exchanged insights on how modern technologies can strengthen threat monitoring, operational decision-making, and crisis response.

Two dedicated panel sessions focused respectively on the development of a potential flood management solution for the Polish crisis management system and on experiences from Portugal’s CINAMIL (Centro de Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Inovação da Academia Militar – Research, Development and Innovation Center of the Military Academy) and ANEPC (Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil) in tackling forest fires.

A guest speech by the COLLARIS Network addressed the social acceptability of drone-based solutions, while additional sessions presented the project’s achievements, implementation potential, and future dissemination opportunities.

The main panel discussion gathered representatives from various environmental initiatives to share perspectives on leveraging geospatial data for more effective, data-driven emergency management.

By combining cutting edge data processing, drone analytics, and augmented reality tools, the OVERWATCH platform demonstrated its ability to enhance situational awareness, support real-time coordination, and promote proactive crisis response across Europe.

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👉 Panel Discussion: Forest Fire Management

Moderator: José Borges CINAMIL

Deputy João Pitacas, ANEPC;
Maciej Lipka, Regional Directorate of State Forests in Szczecin;
Artur Bernaziuk, CIK CBK PAN expert, Coordinator of Aerial Operations

👉 Panel discussion: Useful and desired functionalities shaping the final solution. How can Earth observation data support flood response and planning?

Moderator: Jakub Ryzenko, the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Brigadier General Błażej Chamier Cieminski,
Deputy Pomeranian Provincial Commander of the State Fire Service (PSP),
Jacek Kuskowski, expert in geoinformation for civil security;
Stefan Ostrowski, Provincial Headquarters of the State Fire Service (KW PSP) in Białystok;
Edoardo Arnaudo, LINKS Foundation, OVERWATCH Project;
Anna Foks-Ryznar, Crisis Information Center, CBK PAN;
Emil Kowalczyk, Orange Innovation Poland