2022 Next Generation Podium Eurodelta

Water Management and Climate Adaptation; Cross-border Mobility and Infrastructure; Smart Specialisation Strategies

As a pilot program ‘Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta’ was the first initiative in creating a platform of knowledge sharing and bringing in the ideas of the next generation. The first edition of the online symposium explored the sustainable development of the Eurodelta, through dialogue between experts practice and academia and from different generations of planners and designers. This program focused on including the young generation in the discussion towards the thinking and development of the spatial-economic vision for SURE-Eurodelta.

2022: The second edition focused on the themes of Water Management and Climate Adaptation; Cross-border Mobility and Infrastructure; Smart Specialisation Strategies. Once again the students developed stunning ideas for these 3 themes that are worthwhile to explore.

Day 1 – Water Management and Climate Adaptation
Interview: Cédric Fettouche, New European Bauhaus
Mayor’s Manual: Scipio Kok, City of Amsterdam
Blue Space-Blue Parc: Maarten Gheysen, KU Leuven
Infrastructures to space: Piotr Kalbarczyk, CITYFÖRSTER

Day 2 – Cross-border mobility and infrastructure
Cross border Mobility: Klaas van Staalduine, South Holland
International cooperation: Oliver Lah, Wuppertal Institute
Comprehensive Mobilities: Miechel De Paep, BUUR (Sweco)

Day 3 – Smart Specialisation
Presentation: Dmitri Domanski, Metropolitan Ruhr
Digital Cities: Daniel de Klein, Urban Development Initiative
Presentation: Ernst van Zuilen, SWECO Netherlands

Day 4 – Working conference
Welcome by Paul Gerretsen, VDM
Introduction by Helmut Thoele, SURE Network
Keynote: Sandra Pellegrom, UNSDG Coordinator, NL
Studio presentations
— Christian Nolf, WUR
— Qu Lei, TU Delft
Research pitch presentations
— Benjamin Vossen, RWTH Aachen
— Cecilia Chiappini, (Post doc) KU Leuven
— Halina Zarate (PhD researcher), TU Delft

Day 5 – Working Conference