maandag 03. juni

Energy Symposium 2013

Energy Symposium 2013

Challenges in Energy Supply

03 June 2013
Groningen Seaports, Nijlicht, Eemshaven

The Wadden Sea Forum (WSF), an independent platform of stakeholder organisations in the Wadden Sea Region (WSR) of Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands, was established in 2002, following a decision by the 9th Governmental Conference of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TWSC). The central goal of the WSF is to contribute to an advanced and sustainable development in the Wadden Sea Region. In particular, this means integrating specific cross-sectoral and transboundary strategies, actions and techniques which are environmentally sound, economically viable and socially acceptable.

Recently, the issue of climate change, CO2 reduction and energy transition came into the focus, first in politics but then also in the regions. The WSF was encouraged by the political Wadden Sea Board to implement an energy expert workshop and to elaborate advice regarding sustainable energy production, distribution and CO2 neutrality. This was based on § 24 Sylt declaration: "Support the global and national efforts to mitigate causes of climate change at the regional level, by calling especially upon local and regional competent authorities and stakeholders, to work towards developing the Wadden Sea Region into a CO2-neutral area by 2030 or before, putting the focus on the special threats for coastal zones by global warming and sea level rise."

Objectives
With regard to sustainable energy supply and distribution in the Wadden Sea Region, the workshop objectives will be laid on:
• The importance of energy transition for the WSR in terms of ecology and economy;
• A holistic energy concept with production, supply and storage and distribution and consumption;
• The definition of strengths and obstacles of the promoted energy transition and concept;
• Measures of working towards a climate friendly Wadden Sea Region;
• The delivery of advice and recommendations for the political level, particularly for the Wadden Sea Conference in 2014.

Please register at the WSF secretariat by 22 May 2013, more information at the website of the Wadden Sea Forum.

dinsdag 11. juni

Opening Onderzoekschool UCF

Op 11 juni 2013 wordt Onderzoekschool UCF - International Graduate and Research School op spectaculaire wijze officieel geopend. UCF nodigt jou uit om hierbij aanwezig te zijn.

UCF-promovendi
De eerste cohort van promovendi is inmiddels gestart. Om dit te vieren presenteren de UCF-promovendi zichzelf op 11 juni. Ook gaan zij het debat aan met topwetenschappers. Een van de topsprekers tijdens deze dag is professor dr. Hans van Ginkel, oud rector van de United Nations University in Tokio. Gespreksleider tijdens het evenement is Charles Groenhuijsen.

Kom ook
Deze feestelijke opening van Onderzoekschool UCF vind plaats op 11 juni 2013 in Post Plaza, Leeuwarden. Het start om 13:30 uur en duurt tot 17:30 uur. Wil je aanwezig zijn tijdens deze spectaculaire dag? Je kunt je tot 5 juni opgeven via info@ucf.nl.

woensdag 12. juni

KNAW-minisymposium Schaliegaswinning in Nederland

KNAW-minisymposium Schaliegaswinning in Nederland

Datum    12 juni 2013, 18.00 – 20.00 uur
Locatie    Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, 1011 JV Amsterdam

Schaliegas lijkt een van de oplossingen voor de oprakende conventionele gasvoorraden in Nederland. Maar het winnen van gas uit schalielagen is vanwege de compacte structuur lastig en heeft veel voeten in aarde.

Wat zegt de wetenschap over schaliegaswinning in Nederland? Hoe belangrijk is het voor ons land? Hoe past schaliegas in het hele energieplaatje? Is het alle moeite wel waard? Hoe wordt het gewonnen, wat zijn de risico's, welke technologische ontwikkelingen kunnen we nog verwachten?

Tijdens dit KNAW-minisymposium zullen vier wetenschappers ingaan op de geologische, de technische, de economische en de maatschappelijke aspecten van het winnen van schaliegas. Het is bedoeld voor iedereen die van de wetenschap de achtergronden en de belangrijke discussiepunten en onzekerheden over het onderwerp wil horen.

Programma
18.00 uur    Inleiding schaliegaswinning, prof. Rien Herber, hoogleraar geo-energie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
18.30 uur    De geologie van schaliegas, prof. Stefan Luthi, hoogleraar productiegeologie Technische Universiteit Delft.
19.00 uur    Winning van schaliegas, dr. ir. René Peters, directeur gastechnologie TNO
19.30 uur    Maatschappelijke acceptatie van schaliegas, prof. Linda Steg, hoogleraar omgevingspsychologie, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
20.00 uur    Afsluiting en receptie

U ben van harte welkom bij dit minisymposium. Meer over het programma en de sprekers vindt u op de website van de KNAW. Deelname is gratis maar aanmelding is verplicht. Dat kan met dit aanmeldformulier.

maandag 01. juli - woensdag 03. juli

International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies

Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies

1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

The Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies will be held 1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, hosted by the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. After the success of the first three conferences (in Lancaster, UK, 2002; Kingston, Canada, 2006; and Adelaide, Australia, 2010), this fourth conference provides a forum for a range of people from different disciplinary backgrounds as well as societal partners and artists to creatively explore the role of emotion in thinking about and experiencing space and society.

We are facing spatial and social transformations as a result of climate change, financial crises, geopolitical instabilities and digital revolutions, which evoke emotional responses. These events led Vermeulen and Van den Akker (2010) to introduce the concept of metamoderism; a “spacetime that is … neither ordered nor disordered” (p.12) and that is characterized by the oscillation “between a modern enthusiasm and a postmodern irony, between hope and melancholy, between naïveté and knowingness, empathy and apathy, unity and plurality, totality and fragmentation, purity and ambiguity” (p.5-6).

We seek papers that investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life, representing an inclusive range of theoretical and methodological engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon. Themes include but are not limited to: migration, landscapes, development, governance, arts, ageing, embodiment, cities, population decline, ruralities, wellbeing, real estate, non-human actors, memory, entrepreneurship, methods.
Key note speakers:

maandag 01. juli - vrijdag 12. juli

NCK Summerschool

Van 1 tot en met 12 juli 2013 organiseert het Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK) de Summerschool op Texel. Deze tweejaarlijkse Summerschool heeft als doel jonge Nederlandse ingenieurs en wetenschappers, gespecialiseerd in kust- en estuariaonderzoek, door middel van theorie en praktijk (case studies) te voorzien van de nodige kennis.

Aanmelden kan tot 5 april 2013.

Meer informatie en registratie op de site van de Stichting Post Academisch onderwijs.

donderdag 10. oktober - vrijdag 11. oktober

Noordzeedagen 2013

De Noordzeedagen 2013 worden op 10 en 11 oktober gehouden bij het Koninklijke instituut voor de Marine (KIM), Het Nieuwe Diep 8, Den Helder.

Het thema 2013 is “De Maritieme Noordzee - Maritieme activiteiten in een ecologische duurzame Noordzee”.

IMARES Wageningen UR, Maritieme Campus Nederland (MCN) en de Koninklijke Marine organiseren deze dagen.

Informatie over programma en registratie volgen nog.

woensdag 24. september - vrijdag 26. september

Deltas in Times of Climate Change II

Where rivers flow into the sea, where lowlands encounter bays and oceans, people have settled since times immemorial. The land is fertile and easy to work; it is easy to transport people and goods over long distances. Living in deltas brings many advantages. But the coin has another side: dangers from flooding and from salt intrusion in times of drought. Climate change worsens the dangers and intensive use makes deltas more vulnerable to those threats.
       
Deltas have problems in common. They can learn from each other. They can cooperate in research and find common innovative solutions. Some deltas and delta cities already work closely together. Such cooperation can rapidly advance problem-solving. Connecting Delta Cities and the Delta Alliance, are both good examples of such fruitful cooperation.

To foster cooperation and the sharing of knowledge and experience, the city of Rotterdam, the Dutch research programme Knowledge for Climate and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment wish to invite you to the second international Delta conference in the Netherlands:

Deltas in Times of Climate Change II
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

24 - 26 September 2014

The conference will be held in Rotterdam, a city that has worked hard to make itself climate resilient, a city that searches permanently for innovative ways to turn threats of climate change into opportunities for the city.
Politicians, scientists, policy makers, practitioners, entrepreneurs --  all those wishing to know how deltas can adapt to climate change are invited to contribute. We expect internationally known scientists, senior government officials, mayors of big delta cities and CEO’s of big companies to present and share their views, innovations and practices in the field of adaptation to climate change.

The conference pursues three main goals:

    Exchange of up-to-date top science on climate change and delta planning
    Exploring and strengthening the links between science, policy and practice
    Strengthening of international cooperation between deltas and delta cities

The accent of the conference is on planning and investment in times of climate change. Themes to be discussed are: flood risk management, salt intrusion and fresh water supply, adaptation in rural areas, climate proofing of cities, infrastructure and networks, climate projections, governance, decision support tools and cooperation.
The call for papers will be sent out in November 2013.

We hope to see you in Rotterdam in September 2014, so please mark the dates in your calendar.

All information can be found on the conference website: www.climatedeltaconference2014.org