International Hellenic University’s Hybrid Awareness Event: "Global Catastrophic Risks"

Thursday 3 and Friday 4 April 2025, 09:00-18:00 CEST

IHU Serres Campus & Online

The International Hellenic University (IHU) and the Department of Civil and Emergency Planning (PSEA) are hosting the hybrid Awareness Event titled "Global Catastrophic Risks", taking place at the IHU’s Serres Campus, on 3-4 April 2025.

Background

The event brings together experts, decision-makers, and academics to discuss the latest challenges and solutions in security, disaster management, and emergency response. This special event is held in collaboration with the European Standardisation Technical Committee on Societal and Citizen Security (CEN/TC 391, WG2 and WG3). Keynote speakers and panelists will address how emerging technologies, standards, and standardisation practices are being leveraged to tackle both natural and man-made disasters.

Programme highlights

Over the two-day hybrid event, participants will learn more about a wide range of topics, including:

Crisis Management and Civil Protection Standardisation
Information Management for Action
Good Practices for Security and Protection of Public Spaces
Smart City Digital Twin Platforms
Safety Culture in Civil Protection Operations for Wildfires
Virtual Reality in Disaster Management

The event will kick off with a welcome address by Dr. Aikaterini Poustourli, Head of IHU’s PSEA Department and HSbooster.eu Expert.

All speeches, interventions, and discussions will be held in English.

HSBooster at the event

Representing HSbooster.eu, Maria Giuffrida, Deputy Project Coordinator, will take the stage during the second session on Thursday, 3 April, from 12:15 to 12:30 (CEST). Her presentation, titled "Strengthening Standardisation through the Horizon Project HSbooster.eu", will highlight the project’s contributions to the European standardisation landscape.

Maria will highlight how HSbooster.eu has supported projects tackling critical resilience challenges, such as strengthening supply chains (including energy and natural gas distribution, transportation, and infrastructure), enhancing risk management, and developing hybrid civil/defense responses for crisis preparation and emergency management. Among the initiatives, HSbooster.eu provided support to projects like Holozcan and Pantheon, with Pantheon also contributing to the event with the presentation of their "Community-Based Smart City Digital Twin Platform for Optimised DRM operations and Enhanced Community Disaster Resilience".

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