Huge floods at the rivers Elbe and Oder in 2002 caused high damage of property in Germany and affected great parts of the population. Experiences in the past have shown that preventive flood protection measures are crucial for the mitigation of damages.  Therefore it is of great importance to install an efficient, reactive and coordinated emergency management for flood response. details

SPOT (Service-based and Process-oriented Orchestration Technology) is a project that is run by the Fraunhofer Institute and that targets at the development of advanced ICT solutions for flexible processes and services management. The concepts and technologies developed in the SPOT project specifically address requirements from logistics and healthcare. details