1. A computer-implemented method within an event processing network (EPN) including a plurality of event processing agents (EPAs), comprising: adding, to the EPN, a first EPA of a statically-configured type EPA that is not subject to being reconfigured at EPN runtime; adding, to the EPN, a second EPA of a dynamically-configurable type EPA that is subject to being reconfigured at EPN runtime; starting EPN runtime; dynamically configuring, subsequent to starting EPN runtime, the second EPA; receiving, subsequent to starting EPN runtime, an event data set including information indicative of an event to be processed by the EPN; and processing the event by: processing at least a portion of the event data set by the first EPA, and processing at least a portion of the event data set by the second EPA.