This Conference, organised by the STARS4Water project will bring together river basin authorities, policy makers, scientific institutions, and European actors to reflect on advancing climate-resilient water management across Europe.

The Conference will focus on the implementation of the EU Water Resilience Strategy, looking into the practical challenges countries and basins face in strengthening preparedness, reducing vulnerability, and building adaptive capacity. A core focus will be on co-creation with stakeholders – demonstrating how linking advanced scientific methods with local knowledge bridges the persistent gap between research communities and basin practitioners. Sessions will illustrate how scientific tools, modelling frameworks, and scenario analyses can be tailored to stakeholder needs through an iterative process, embedded into basin-level decision processes, and used directly by water managers.