Partners of the ENDURANCE project gathered in Dublin, Ireland, on 6–7 May 2026 for a two-day plenary meeting focused on collaboration, technical progress and planning for the next stages of the project.

Hosted by Carr Communications, the meeting brought together partners from across Europe to review ongoing work, discuss pilot activities and align on upcoming milestones supporting resilient and secure infrastructure systems.

Day 1 Highlights

The first day focused on updates across several work packages, including ongoing deliverables, milestones, risks and next steps.

Main topics discussed:

• WP2 updates, lessons learned and EU Workshop 2 (June 2026) priority discussions
• Review of Pilot Phase 1 use cases and future refinements
• WP4 scientific publications, dissemination and open-source activities
• WP6 and WP8 technical and operational progress updates
• WP9 and WP10 milestones and pilot-related activities
• WP11 communication, dissemination, exploitation and impact assessment
• WP12 coordination updates and Tools Tracker discussions
• Pilot activity updates across Slovenia, Greece, Italy and Romania

Day 2 Highlights

The second day focused on technical workshops, demonstrations and preparation for the upcoming project review meeting.

Key sessions included:

• KPI baseline impact assessment workshop
• Technical sessions covering:
  • Platform architecture and APIs
  • Dashboards and integrations
  • Threat ontology and stress tests
  • Knowledge Base onboarding
  • Data Space development
• Interactive demonstrations of:
  • Impact Assessment Tool for Natural Hazards
  • Threat Intelligence Tool for Cyber-physical Risks
  • Risk Platform
  • Digital Twin & Resilience Assessment Service
  • Training Management Chatbot
• End-user workshop focused on:
  • ENDURANCE framework industrialization
  • Pilot Cycle 1 outcomes
  • Planning and preparation for Pilot Cycle 2

The plenary highlighted the strong collaboration and shared expertise across the consortium as partners continue working towards innovative solutions that strengthen infrastructure resilience across Europe.

A sincere thank you to all project partners for their valuable contributions and collaboration throughout the event, and especially to Carr Communications for hosting the meeting.

The ENDURANCE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101168007. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.