Dutch Dubai event 1 November: 'Two Extremes: Flooding and Heatwaves'

Programme and presentations

The event consisted of a high level opening and closing ceremony moderated by Bianca Nijhof, Managing Director of the Netherlands Water Partnership and valued contributions of:

• Ahmed Aboutaleb - Mayor of the City of Rotterdam
• Peter Potman - Deputy Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
• Henk Ovink - Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands,
• Gerben Wigmans - Director General Urban Management, City of Rotterdam
• Lianne Dalziel - Mayor of the City of Christchurch, New Zealand
• Talib Adbulkareem Mohammed Julfar - Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Services Sector, City of Dubai
• Kyle R. Overly - Disaster Risk Reduction Director, Maryland Department of Emergency Management
• Silvia Chávez Cereceda - International Cooperation Manager, Mexican National Water Commission
• Claudio Orrego Larraín - Regional Governor, Regional Government of Metropolitan Santiago
• Erion Veliaj - Mayor of the City of Tirana

During the day three technical session touched upon the topics Heat Stress, Flooding and Resilient Coastal Systems.

Technical Session Heat Stress - Resilience Challenges and Solutions

Combating the lack of water and heat waves in the city. With presentations by Dutch representatives from Dutch firms with local representatives and a live Q&A at the Netherlands Pavilion

Moderator: Jeroen Trimpe Burger - Young Expert Programme (YEP)

• Johan Verlinde - Program Manager Rotterdam Climate Adaptation Plan, City of Rotterdam | Download presentation
• Stephanie Erwin - Landscape Architect and Urban Designer, KuiperCompagnons | Download presentation
• Kristina Knauf - Associate Architect, MVRDV | Download presentation
• Klaasjan Raat - Senior Scientific Researcher and Project Manager Geohydrology Team, KWR | Download presentation
• Louise Bleach – Desolenator | Download presentation

Technical Session Flooding – Resilience Challenges and Solutions

The city as a sponge, future-proof cities adapt to reduce flooding risk.

Moderator: Loay Alatrash - Young Expert Programme (YEP)

• Johan Verlinde - Program Manager Rotterdam Climate Adaptation Plan, City of Rotterdam | Download presentation
• Floris Boogaard - Senior Consultant, Deltares | Download presentation
• Martin Knuijt - Director OKRA Landscape Architecture | Download presentation
• Jaap Klein - Team Leader Urban Climate Adaptation, Witteveen+Bos | Download presentation
• Vicky Lin - Blue 21 | Download presentation

Technical Session Resilient Coastal Systems – Resilience Challenges and Solutions

Climate adaptation for thriving coastal communities.

Moderator: Loay Alatrash - Young Expert Programme (YEP)

• Robin Morelissen - Deltares | Download presentation
• Rosh Ranasinghe - IHE Delft | Download presentation
• Reinout Viersma - Programme Manager Climate Adaptation, Van Oord | Download presentation
• Louis Braam - Rebel Group | Download presentation
• Pieter Bakker - Senior Design Manager / Global Manager Xbloc, BAM InfraConsult | Download presentation
• Sid Vollebregt - Elemental Water Makers | Download presentation

About the event

NWP’s Dutch Water Sector website www.dutchwatersector.com covered the event with several interesting articles and news items:

• Cities and Water: Learning by Doing
• Resilient cities need to join forces
• EXPO Dubai | Urban & Rural Development Week at the Netherlands Pavilion

Recordings and trailer

The events have been recorded within the virtual platform of www.dutchdubai.com. Watch the recordings via www.virtual.dutchdubai.com