Singapore International Water Week 2021

Held virtually from 21 June to 2 July, SIWW2021 Online saw global leaders, experts and practitioners connect, share and learn from each other. The virtual event also featured close to 100 keynotes, thematic webinars, workshops on best practices and solutions spanning the urban water cycle and a virtual expo featuring some 100 exhibitors with the latest cutting-edge solutions and technologies, product and technology showcases.

Recap on NWP's contribution to SIWW Online 2021

The Singapore International Water Week 2021 hosted in its Innovation to Practice (I2P) series, a session co-organised by NWP and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Singapore on the 30th of June 2021. This session, called 'Adaptation in South East Asian Cities: Solutions for Heat Stress, Flooding & Planning an Integrated Vision for the Future' brought together resilience expertise in the Netherlands and southeast Asia in a joint exchange of solutions. The event was kicked off by a high-level panel of representatives from Singapore and the Netherlands, with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb from the City of Rotterdam, Michael Toh from Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB), and Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Netherlands.

The session showcased climate-resilient solutions and lessons learned for two of the most pressing challenges for the future of climate resilience in cities: flooding and heat stress. Additionally, this event took a closer look at the role of resilient and integrative urban planning and innovative climate adaptation solutions for urban development in coastal cities, sharing strategies on long term visions.

The innovation 2 practice SIWW technical presentations in these sessions included:

Matthijs Bouw, Director of One Architecture, a firm part of Eco Shape | download presentation
Laura Vonhögen-Peeters, Associate Director Singapore Operations of Deltares and NUS Deltares | download presentation

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Part 1 - The power of building with nature to mitigate and adapt to flooding

Dr. Winston Chow, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society of Singapore Management University | download presentation
Stephanie Erwin, Landscape Architect and Urban Designer of KuiperCompagnons | download presentation

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Part 2 - Adapting to urban heat stress

Kristina Knauf, Associate I Architect, MVRDV | download presentation
Sander den Blanken, Managing Director, Delta Marine Consultants | download presentation
Dr. Rutger de Graaf, Director, Blue21 | download presentation

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Part 3 - Coastal cities adaptation as the next frontier

Interested in hosting one of our events on climate resilience?

Interested in hosting an activity to bring together Dutch and local resilience expertise in your region? Please contact the Dutch Resilience Hub at resilience@nwp.nl. We look forward to exploring the possibilities for partnering up with you.