Programme

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Monday

23-08-2010

08.45 Registration
09.15 Welcome by Roelof Kruize (chair Royal Dutch Waternetwork)
  and Cristine Oude Veldhuis ( CEO Nirov/ Dutch ass. on Environmental Planning )
09.20 Roelof Kruize (chair, CEO Waternet Amsterdam region)
  Waterchallenges in Amsterdam: climate proofing, urban transition
  and sustainability
09.40 Renske Peters ( Director Water, Ministry of Transport,
  Public Works and Watermanagement )
  Financing Waterchallenges of the future.
10.00 Climate proofing: examples of flood an heat resistent urban design
   
  Erik Pasche (Hamburg Hafencity, Germany)
  Flood proof urban design
  Dutch referent: Chris Zevenbergen (Dura Vermeer, NL)
   
  Baldiri Salcedo Rahola (TU Delft, NL)
  Heat and drougth resistent urban design in Spain.
  Dutch referent: Govert Verhoeven (Deltares, NL)
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Urban growth, redevelopment and decline: impact on waterchallenges
   
  Martin Skillbäck (Stockholm, Sweden)
  Redevelopment of a watercity
  Dutch referent: Ine van der Hurk (Tiel Oost, NL)
   
  Nobuyuki Tsuchiya ( Edogawa City, japan)
  Integration of water safety and urban land use in high density urban areas:
  “ Superlevee Tokyo-Endogawa ”
  Dutch referent: Cristine Oude Veldhuis (Nirov, NL)
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 To a sustainable city: opportunities with energy and reuse in the watercycle
   
  Lykke Leonardsen, Head of Strategy and Authority (City of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  Sustainable energy and water the Scandinavian way
  Dutch referent: Renée Hoogendoorn (The Hague, NL)
   
  To be confirmed (London, England)
  Sustainable water infrastructure
  Dutch referent: Marijn Kunst (Grontmij, NL)
14.30 Introduction to workshops
14.45 Tea break
15.00 Parallel workshops:
  - Urban flood design in Dordrecht and Rotterdam:
  Chris Zevenbergen ( Dura Vermeer/ Unesco-IHE, NL)
  - Coping with urban heat island effects in Rotterdam:
  Govert Verhoeven ( Deltares, NL )
  - Serious gaming about water (Tiel):
  Ine van der Hurk (Tiel, NL) & Arthur Tolsma ( Tygron, NL)
  - Discussion about the impact of population decline on water
  challenges in urban areas:
  Gijs Hoofs (Nirov, NL)
  - Erasmusveld gives you energy (The Hague):
  Hotze Hofstra ( The Hague, NL)
  - Decentralized sanitation:
  Marijn Kunst (Grontmij, NL)
  - Integrated waterchallenges of a deep urbanized polder (Amsterdam):
  Maarten Claassen (Waternet Amsterdam, NL)
17.00 Most promising initiative, drink
18.30 Transport to the conference dinner location
19.00–22.00 Congress dinner
   

Tuesday

24-08-2010

Excursion Fieldtrip in the Amsterdam metropolitan region by bus and boat:
 A Amsterdam, Almere, Heerhugowaard
Excursion Design workshop about water and climate challenges in a dynamic
 B urban area (Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam) Full day with an interactive
  process “research by design”: local stakeholders, professional designer(s)
  and experts. The number of participants of this workshop is limited.

 

 

 

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