Symposium: Sea level rise in the Flemish-Dutch Delta Region

In het kader van een grensoverschrijdende samenwerking organiseren Campus Zeeland en de Universiteit Gent (UGent), samen met hun partners NIOZ en VLIZ, het symposium 'Sea level rise in the Flemish-Dutch delta region: State-of-the-art impact and opportunities'. Het symposium behandelt de Vlaams-Nederlandse kijk op de zeespiegelstijging en zal doorgaan op 25 juni 2019 (vanaf 9u30) in de gebouwen van Greenbridge (UGent Campus Oostende).

Programma

09:15 - 10:00     Reception & registration
10:00 - 10:15     Opening of the conference  -  Representatives of UGent and Campus Zeeland
10:15 - 10:30     Setting the scene - Context of sea level rise in the Flemish-Dutch Delta-region: overview of scenarios, impacts and outstanding questions  -  tbc (UGent)

State of the art, impact and opportunities: part I
10:30 - 10:45     Flood risk calculation  -  Philippe De Maeyer (UGent)
10:45 - 11:00     Bringing sea level change to the coast  -  Aimée Slangen (NIOZ-Yerseke)

State of the art, impact and opportunities: part II
11:00 - 11:15     Ecosystem-based coastal defense in the Scheldt Estuary  -  Tom Maris (UAntwerpen)
11:15 - 11:30     Dutch nature-based flood defense initiatives  -  Tjeerd Bouma (NIOZ-Yerseke HZ Vlissingen & U.Utrecht)
11:30 - 11:45     Questions and interaction

11:45 - 13:30     Lunch & networking - Posters & demos

State of the art, impact and opportunities: part III
13:30 - 13:45     Modelling of coastal processes - State of the art of  the CREST-project  -  Dries Van den Eynde (KBIN)
13:45 - 14:00     Land-level rise in the Flemish-Dutch waterscape  -  Maarten Kleinhans (U.Utrecht)

State of the art, impact and opportunities: part IV
14:00 - 14:15     Ecological functioning of dunes and their role in coastal defense  -  Dries Bonte (UGent)
14:15 - 14:30     Automated mapping of intertidal area for ecotope classification  -  Elisabeth Addink (U.Utrecht)
14:30 - 14:45     Questions and interaction

14:45 - 15:15     Coffee break & networking  - Posters & demos

Policy and way forward
15:15 - 15:30     A policy perspective on coastal protection in the Flemish-Duch Delta-region  -  Peter Van Besien (Afdeling Kust, Flemish Government)
15:30 - 15:45     How a shared problem may unite us: delta governance and sea-level rise  -  Bert van den Brink (UCR)
15:45 - 16:15     Panel discussion: industry, government and academia
                        Panel: Peter Van Besien (Afdeling Kust, Flemish Government), Bert van den Brink (UCR), Frank Verschraegen (DEME),
                        Bernard Malherbe (Jan De Nul), Mark Dierikx (ABDTOPConsult)  -  Moderator: tbc
                             - Opportunities for the Blue Economy in relation to coastal protection
                             - The way forward in the Flemish-Dutch Delta-region
16:15 - 16:30     Closing remarks & farewell to Gedeputeerde Ben de Reu  -  Jan Mees (VLIZ) & tbc

16:30                Networking reception
 

Registratie

Deelname aan het symposium is gratis. Registratie is verplicht en kan tot en met 18 juni op registration.vliz.be/sealevelrise

Poster presentation

Wenst u een poster mee te brengen? Registreer dan de titel van uw poster op registration.vliz.be/sealevelrise-poster, uiterlijk op 18 juni.

Locatie
GreenBridge
Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende
Bereikbaarheid: www.greenbridge.be/en/contact

(c) Afbeelding, Tineke Seys