The combined pressures of population growth, climate change, and geopolitical uncertainty are presenting historically unique challenges for sustainable and safe access to water. For both water supply and flood hazard mitigation, there is growing need for spatially explicit, time-appropriate and technologically integrated monitoring, modeling and forecasting frameworks that can scale from local to national operational needs across jurisdictional boundaries. Modernizing global hydrological prediction systems is urgent, and as a scientific community, we are well positioned to respond to these challenges. Building national frameworks, developing interoperable models, and ensuring that cutting-edge satellite data is fully integrated into operational systems are all within reach. At the same time, improving data accessibility, computational infrastructure, and knowledge mobilization will be critical to ensuring that remote sensing innovations make the leap from research to operations. This forum session will host talks that showcase the practical integration of remote sensing technologies within hydrological monitoring and decision-making frameworks, with a focus on snow, surface water, soil moisture, and groundwater. As satellite-based Earth observation becomes increasingly accessible and sophisticated, hydrologists are leveraging these tools to enhance the spatial and temporal resolution of water resource assessments. Presentations will cover the use of optical and microwave sensors for snow cover and snow water equivalent (SWE) estimation, radar and multispectral imagery for surface water mapping and flow estimation (i.e. SWOT), and active/passive microwave data for soil moisture monitoring. The session will also highlight advances in satellite gravimetry (e.g., GRACE-FO) for tracking groundwater storage changes. Emphasis will be placed on operational workflows, data assimilation techniques, integration with hydrological models, and the challenges of scaling from research to real-world applications. We invite contributions that demonstrate innovative methodologies, case studies, and cross-disciplinary and multi-sector collaborations that advance the operational use of remote sensing in water resources and hazards assessments. The forum session will follow the Speaker Session and focus on the broader challenge of modernizing Canada’s hydrological monitoring and forecasting frameworks and associated policy environment. Challenges of integrating remote sensing products with real time telemetered in situ monitoring within inter-provincial and international contexts will be discussed. The potential role of the Canadian Water Agency in enabling a more cooperative federalist approach to integrated remote sensing and hydrometric monitoring, as part of a national water management strategy will be explored. Panelists will be invited to represent key federal, provincial or territorial government agencies (e.g. ECCC, NRCan, CSA) to discuss challenges and opportunities. Participants in the forum will break out to brainstorm the challenges and report back with ideas for further discussion and action. The goal of the combined Session and Forum is to create and strengthen partnerships that will move us closer to the implementation of integrated remote sensing, monitoring and modeling-based frameworks that exploit the state of the art in science and technology to better forecast and manage our collective water resources.