Charles Huyck is speaking at the Human Planet Forum 2025 in Ispra, Italy

19 Nov 2025

Charlie Huyck of ImageCat is attending the Human Planet Forum 2025, held at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre site in Ispra, Italy, from November 19-21. The forum is being held by the European Commission and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). The aim of the gathering is to 1) present Human Planet’s latest data products, analytical methods and applications, and highlight this year’s advances, 2) strengthen and broaden the partnership for a stronger GEO Human Planet, 3) align with global policy agendas and their evolution, and 4) co-create the Human Planet work plan for 2025-2027.

Charles Huyck will be presenting GAIA: the Global Assessment of Infrastructure assets. An open building exposure data set for risk modelling under the section titled Open data integration and human settlement characterization. GAIA, funded by the NASA Disasters Program, addresses the critical need for consistent building exposure databases for risk assessment by providing actionable information to decision-makers in disaster management worldwide.

For more information or to live stream the forum, visit https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/events/human-planet-forum-2025-2025-11-19_en