The 7th Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) Annual Seminar, organised in the framework of the Science pillar of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network, will move beyond alarming statements on disasters severity, climate extremes and the future disaster scenarios and will shift the attention to action and knowledge that would help advance the EU resilience agenda, including the Union disaster resilience goals. The event wants to reach a wide audience from governmental experts and advisors to private businesses and interested citizen.