This year, Fathom’s team of academics return in force to the cobblestone streets (and beer halls) of Vienna. The annual European Geosciences Union (EGU) general assembly is a chance for academics from around the world to present their research and learn.
As global leaders in flood risk intelligence and advocates for full transparency and the scientific integrity of our work, being an active participant in the academic community is integral to our ethos as a business.
The team at Fathom comprises hydrologists, coastal engineers, oceanographers, climate change specialists and software developers. A number of the team are presenting their latest research at the conference, you can watch their presentations on demand below following the event.

Fathom’s research presentations at EGU2023
A modular Pan-European Flood Catastrophe model
Christopher Sampson, Hessel Winsemius, Oliver Wing, Remi Meynadier, Hugo Rakotoarimanga, Mark Hegnauer, Hélène Boisgontier, and Andy Smith.
A 30 m resolution global fluvial–pluvial–coastal flood inundation model for any climate scenario
Oliver Wing, Niall Quinn, Pete Uhe, James Savage, Chris Sampson, Nans Addor, Natalie Lord, Tom Collings, Simbi Hatchard, Jannis Hoch, Andy Smith, Anthony Cooper, Joe Bates, Hamish Wilkinson, Sam Himsworth, Izzy Probyn, Ivan Haigh, Jeff Neal, and Paul Bates.
Drivers of present and future residential flood risk in Britain
Conor Lamb, Maria Pregnolato, Francesca Pianosi, and Paul Bates.
Use of hydrological models in global stochastic flood modelling
Gaia Olcese, Paul Bates, Jeffrey Neal, Christopher Sampson, Oliver Wing, and Niall Quinn.
A catastrophe risk model for current and future flooding in the UK
Paul Bates, James Savage, Ollie Wing, Niall Quinn, Christopher Sampson, Andrew Smith, and Jeff Neal.
Global IDF curves created from local observations using machine learning
Jannis Hoch, Izzy Probyn, Joe Bates, Oliver Wing, and Christopher Sampson.
Contrasting changes in extreme rainfall and river flow as global mean temperature increases
Nans Addor, Natalie Lord, Pete Uhe, Niall Quinn, Oliver Wing, and Chris Sampson.
A new framework for building global flood models for the present day and future climates
James Savage, Pete Uhe, Ollie Wing, Chris Sampson, Andy Smith, Natalie Lord, Nans Addor, Simbi Hatchard, Jannis Hoch, Joe Bates, Niall Quinn, Tom Collings, Izzy Probyn, Ivan Haigh, Joshua Green, Anthony Cooper, Hamish Wilkinson, and Sam Himsworth.
Application of a global coastal regional frequency analysis
Thomas Collings, Niall Quinn, Ivan Haigh, Joshua Green, Izzy Probyn, and Hamish Wilkinson.
A global synthetic multi-peril flood event set
Niall Quinn, Callum Murphy-Barltrop, and Izzy Probyn.
Fathom continues to research this area and publishes our findings in peer-reviewed journals
What is EGU?
EGU is the European Geosciences Union, a non-profit organization headquartered in Munich and was founded in 2002. As the leading organization for earth, planetary, and space research in Europe, EGU has over 18,000 members from 135 countries. Each year EGU holds a General Assembly which is a yearly conference for geoscientists to share work and ideas with experts on an international scale.
You can catch up on Fathom’s presentations from last year at EGU22, watch Dr Ollie Wing’s presentation on UK flood risk in a changing climate.