Second PCP WISE Webstival

A European Innovation Festival on Climate-Resilient Water Management

📅 From May 2026

📍Online

🕙 Webinars: 10:00–11:30 or 15:00-16:30 (Paris Time)

Welcome to the second PCP WISE Webstival, a vibrant online series designed to kickstart the Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) journey of the PCP WISE project. Through six engaging webinars, this event brings together SMEs, startups, researchers, public buyers, investors, network and other supporting organisations across Europe to explore how space and digital technologies can drive smarter, climate-resilient water solutions through the PCP approach.

From early-stage networking and matchmaking to deep dives into procurement, funding, and technical innovation, the Webstival offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of water management in Europe.

Registrations are available through the PCP WISE Community Platform.

🧭 What to Expect

  • A guided walkthrough from PCP implementation to market deployment, covering technology foresight, end-user engagement, scaling and policy uptake

  • Live Q&A and networking opportunities with public buyers, suppliers, replicators and followers

  • Insights from selected consortia and lessons learned from the first Call for Tenders

  • Tailored sessions for suppliers, public buyers, replicators, followers, investors and policy makers

  • Insightful presentations from EU projects, innovation platforms and market players

📌Programme Overview

🚀 Webinar 1 | PCP WISE 2nd Webstival Kick-Off: From Procurement to Implementation

26 May 2026 | 10:00–11:30 (Paris Time)
Recap of PCP WISE objectives and key outcomes from the first Webstival, setting expectations for the PCP implementation phase.

🔹 Key Highlights

  • Shared understanding and continuity on PCP WISE’s strategic direction

  • Timelines, roles and expectations for PCP implementation

  • Mobilisation of the ecosystem: buyers, suppliers and followers ahead of implementation activities

  • Operational challenges driving innovation, presented by the leaders of the 5 use cases

  • Designing the call for tenders: OMC process, functional and performance-based specifications, joint procurement rationale

  • Market response and evaluation results: number and profile of bids received, the 5 selected consortia, technological maturity trends and lessons learned

  • PCP implementation roadmap: phases, timeline and operational expectations

▶️ Watch the recording of the webinar here and access the webinar presentation here

🔭 Webinar 2 | Technology Foresight for Climate-Resilient Water Management

17 September 2026 | 09:30–11:00 (Paris Time)
Exploring trends, drivers and emerging technologies relevant to PCP WISE challenges, and linking them with EU innovation ecosystems.

🔹 Key Highlights

  • Emerging technologies and trends shaping climate-resilient water management

  • Water Resilience Strategy and a foresight keynote on future technological paradigms for space, water and value (SWV) intelligence

  • Panel discussion: “Future Technologies for Climate-Resilient Water Management: From Foresight to Market Deployment,” with MIP4Adapt, Water4All, EuroGEO, the Innovation Procurement Platform and the EIC

  • Roadmap for the future of Copernicus for Water

  • Stronger links between PCP WISE and EU foresight initiatives, R&I projects and platforms such as MIP4Adapt

▶️ Watch the recording of the webinar here and access the webinar presentation here

🤝 Webinar 3 | PCP Implementation: How to Involve/Engage End-Users and Citizens

27 October 2026 | 13:30–15:00 (Paris Time)
Operational guidance for PCP implementation, focused on end-user and citizen engagement, and buyer–supplier alignment.

🔹 Key Highlights

  • The legal framework for user engagement in pre-commercial procurement (PCP), including key requirements and considerations.

  • PCP WISE’s co-production methodology, from identifying end-user needs to defining procurement requirements and developing innovative solutions.

  • Practical lessons from three Horizon Europe PCP projects — SHIELD PCP, SPACE4Cities and iProcureSecurity PCP — highlighting key challenges, effective approaches and success factors.

  • From co-production to adoption: how meaningful end-user and citizen engagement can build trust, improve usability and ensure solutions address real-world needs.

▶️ Watch the recording of the webinar here and access the webinar presentation here

📈 Webinar 4 | Buyers’ & Replicators’ Forum: Scaling PCP WISE Solutions and Methods

Date TBC | Time TBC
Focus on the adoption and replication of PCP WISE solutions, sharing lessons for transferability and scalability across contexts.

🔹 Key Highlights

  • Knowledge transfer on scalability and replication: PCP WISE approaches, tools and interim results

  • Enablers, barriers and resource requirements for replicating PCP-driven solutions

  • Strengthening the buyers’ community of practice among procurers, replicators and networks

  • Contributions from PCP WISE public buyers, replicators, procurement networks and regional/local authorities exploring PCP adoption

▶️ Registration is coming soon

🏛️ Webinar 5 | Policy & Market Uptake Lab

Date TBC | Time TBC
Engaging followers as multipliers, and discussing policy relevance, market uptake pathways and synergies with other EU projects and networks.

🔹 Key Highlights

  • Positioning followers as multipliers with policy-relevant insights from PCP WISE implementation

  • Market uptake pathways for PCP-developed solutions: regulatory, financing and demand-side considerations

  • Aligning PCP WISE outcomes with EU, national and regional policy agendas

  • Perspectives from policy makers, market and innovation uptake experts, and EU initiatives supporting deployment

▶️ Registration is coming soon

♻️Webinar 6 | Wrap-up: Legacy & Capitalisation

Date TBC | Time TBC
Reflecting on project impact and long-term ecosystem opportunities, and ensuring followers stay engaged in future scaling and advocacy.

Key Highlights

  • Summary of PCP WISE’s key results, lessons learned and added value

  • Legacy and capitalisation pathways: sustained collaboration, follow-up initiatives and long-term ecosystem building

  • Empowering followers and partners to advocate for PCP approaches and scale results going forward

▶️ Registration is coming soon

🤝 Join the PCP WISE Community

Whether you’re a startup, public buyer, EO expert, or part of a climate-focused EU project, the Webstival is your gateway into the PCP WISE community.
➡ Sign up on our PCP WISE Community Platform to access matchmaking, updates, and engagement tools.
➡ Submit your interest through the Suppliers’ Request For Information to help shape the call for tenders.

📬 Questions? Contact us at info@pcp-wise.eu

Let’s innovate water resilience together!