About this session
The focus is on setting up an all-hazards EU-framework that supports Member States in their national efforts to ensure that critical entities can prevent, resist, absorb and recover from disruptive incidents, no matter if they are caused by natural hazards, accidents, terrorism, insider threats, or public health emergencies. The novelty of the directive is that it extends the scope of its predecessor to ten sectors, namely energy, transport, banking, financial market, health, drinking water, wastewater, digital infrastructure, public administration and space.
The fifth thematic session of the “Space 4 Critical Infrastructures” series focuses on health. In recent years, with the advent of COVID-19 and the regulation in some European countries of telemedicine, the healthcare sector is rather exposed to multiple potential risks. Identifying and ensuring the resilience of the sector through a coordinated approach and protecting national data and infrastructure takes on a different relevance today. During the session, the invited speakers will discover how satellite technology offers to health operators the opportunity to make this sector more resilient and to better manage potential risks to protect health infrastructures.