News & Events
2008/12/19
PREVIEW Final review
The PREVIEW final review took place on december 16th/17th in Toulouse. It was the conclusion of 45 months of work and a great opportunity for the partners to present the project outcomes to the EC project officer, the EC experts and the end users who attended the event. Some demos of the PREVIEW services (as well as the RISKEOS services) were also performed on Wednesday 17th afternoon. The ...
2008/12/10
PREVIEW 2008 Yearly Review
The 2008 yearly review took place at FMI premises in Helsinki - Finland on June 17th/18th. This meeting was focused on the progress of the project at the middle of the phase 2. The following topics were discussed: Service portfolio and engineering review Consolidated service portfolio & catalog. EU applicability and sustainability. Iteration assessment results. Training ...
2007/12/05
PREVIEW Progress meeting
The last Progess Meeting took place at TELESPAZIO premises in ROMA (IT) on December 5th/6th. Around 55 people attended the two days event. This meeting was scheduled roughly at the middle of the second phase of the project that will end December 2008. It was a good opportunity to provide the EC with a comprehensive status of the project achievements. As per EC recommendations made during ...
2007/10/16
PREVIEW Training session
The first session of the PREVIEW Training Course, addressed to the Civil Protection of the European Member-States, has been held on DDSC (French Ministry of Interior, Civil Defence and Security) and ENSOSP (High Academy of French Fire-Fighters Officers) premises in Aix-en-Provence (France) on September 16th-17th. All participants of the PREVIEW Training Course have received the PREVIEW ...
2007/10/18
PREVIEW & Risk-EOS EUG meeting
Following this training session, the 5th EURORISK User Group (EUG) meeting was held at DDSC and ENSOSP on September 18th. During this special EUG Meeting, DDSC and the EUG members have consolidated an assessment on PREVIEW services based on the PREVIEW Training Course and on the PREVIEW Services Catalogue describing technical features of the services. Moreover experts will use the ...
2007/07/19
PREVIEW contribution to Valtellina exercise
On the 19th , 20th and 21st of July 2007 a field and table top exercise regarding landslide risk took place in Valtellina, Lombardia Region, Italy, organized by the Italian National Department of Civil Protection and the Civil Protection of the Lombardia Region. The Landslides Platform of the PREVIEW Project was strongly involved in the Ruinon landslide scenario, which regarded a ...
2007/06/05
PHASE 1 REVIEW
The review took place at METEOFFICE premises in EXETER (UK) on June 5th-6th. The PHASE 1 REVIEW was a major milestone of the projet because is at the cross-road of the PREVIEW PHASE1, the PHASE 2 and the FP7 evaluation proposal. About 55 people attended the meeting. The objective was to give to EC a full visibility of the actual situation of the project in terms of schedule, ...
2007/04/05
Coordination meeting
A coordination meeting took place in Roma at Telespazio premises aiming at: Preparing the yearly reporting Finalizing the documentation delivery package Preparing the PHASE 1 review meeting The PHASE 1 REVIEW is a major milestone of the project. The objectives are: To asses the results, 24 months after the kick off, in terms of products developed and ...
2007/04/04
EUG meeting No 3 EURORISK USER GROUP, ITALY, Roma,TELESPAZIO premises, April 3, 2007
The coordination of both PREVIEW and RISK-EOS end-users through the Eurorisk User Group (EUG) is going on. During the third EUG plenary session, concrete results and products of the Geophysical cluster (Earthquakes, Landslides, Volcanoes), windstorms, and Man made have been presented to risk management communities, including Civil Protections, of the European Union. The mixing of both ...
2007/03/27
PREVIEW contribution to the MED2007 exercise
Contributions of PREVIEW to the Euro-Mediterranean Exercise MED2007, including the 27 Civil Protections of the European Union, plus 10 Civil Protections of the Mediterranean countries, organised in the frame of the intermediary programme EUROMED (Bridge Project 2005-2007) have been detailed to the Eurorisk User Group in the following domains: 2 simulations of earthquake followed by a ...
2006/11/29
PREVIEW Progress Meeting #4
The fourth PREVIEW meeting was held in Toulouse (France) for 2 days to present the first set of delivered or ready-to-be-delivered products.
2006/10/17
User Task Force Meeting #2
Users from 10 countries joined the second UTF meeting in Valabre (France) for a presentation of the PREVIEW and RISKEOS preliminary results.
2006/06/13
PREVIEW Annual Review # 1 was held in Ispra, Italy
Experts from European Commission, the Scientific Advisory Board and the Core Team partners met at JRC premises for the first annual review of the project. This was a successful meeting thanks to the quality of the presentations given by the platform and cluster coordinators, and to the work carried out by the partners since the User Needs Review in Rome, following the recommendations ...
2006/03/15
PREVIEW Core Team Meeting was held in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Core Team met at Critical Software in Lisbon on March 15th and 16th. The objectives were to have a global project meeting after one year of activities and dedicated sessions on specific themes following the recomendations expressed by the EC experts. The Portuguese end-users have shown a real involvement in the project and performed three presentations: the activities of the ...
2006/03/03
Coordination Meeting was held in Brussels, at the EC premises, Breydel Building, with the Core Team Partners.
A coordination meeting was held at EC on March 3rd, gathering EC officer and experts and the PREVIEW coordination group. The general aim of this meeting was for PREVIEW leaders to present the main lines of the 18-months plan, taking into account the feedbacks from the EC and experts, and the to prepare the annual review.
2005/12/13
The User Needs Review was held at the Italian National Civil Protection (DPC), in Roma.
The first day was dedicated to a project status and updates on GMES, presentation of the Scientific Advisory Board, detailed presentations of the PREVIEW Service Portfolio by the Partners. DPC organised a very interesting visit of their Operation Centre. The second day allowed to present the User Needs per Test Sites (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Sweden) and the ...