177th Dies Natalis
Academic Ceremony
Climate Action
Date: | Friday 11 January 2019 |
Time: | 15:00 – 17:00 |
Venue: | Aula Conference Centre Mekelweg 5 2628 CC Delft |

Opening speech ‘Universities 4.0: grand challenges in
a digital society’ by Professor Tim van der Hagen,
Rector Magnificus/President
Reflections on the symposium by Dr. Stef Lhermitte,
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Foundation Day Lecture ‘Forewarned is Forearmed:
Coping with our changing Climate’
by Professor Pier Siebesma, Faculty of Civil
Engineering and Geosciences
Musical Interlude
Honorary doctorates for:
Søren Hermansen, Adjunct prof. Aalborg University,
Denmark (Energiakademi Samsø) Honorary promotor:
Professor Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Faculty of
Architecture and the Built Environment
Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Honorary promotor:
Professor Paulien Herder, Faculty of Mechanical,
Maritime and Materials Engineering
Speech ‘Climate action in practice’ by Gerrit Hiemstra, Meteorologist - Weather presenter NOS News and co-owner Weather Impact BV
Closing by Professor Tim van der Hagen,
Rector Magnificus/President
Reception
The celebration of the 177th Dies Natalis takes place at the TU Delft Aula Conference Centre and starts at 15:00. You are kindly requested to take your seats in the auditorium by 14:45. The event will be held in English.
You can register until 10 January 2019
Symposium
Climate Action
Date: Friday 11 January 2019
Time: 10:00-14:00
Venue: Aula Conference Centre, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft
Screening of the film
Atmospheric Feedback Loops
Time: 14.30
Venue: Auditorium, Aula Conference Centre, Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft
For Vertical Cinema & Sonic Acts, London based artist and researcher Susan Schuppli made an 18 minute vertical film about the large (and high) atmosphere research lab CESAR (Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research): ‘an open-air laboratory tuning into the atmospheric frequencies of nature, separating the signal of climate change from the noise of cyclical variability’. We will be screening the horizontal version of this fascinating film.