Conference: Redesigning Deltas

We are at crossroads. Our deltas face unprecedented stressors, such as an ever-increasing sea level threat, a major task to renew aging infrastructure, and disruptive transitions. We need to radically change our current practice of delta management in the Netherlands and beyond. There is still too much emphasis on short-term solutions, while it is more important than ever to collectively build long-term pathways to sustainable deltas. Interactions between design, critical design thinking, inter- and transdisciplinarity studies offer an approach for questioning, understanding and changing socio-ecological relations shaping delta futures. 

The conference program will address the current status and future challenges of our deltas, centered on design and design-based approaches to jointly identify these pathways. Convergence Alliance-Resilient Delta, The City of Rotterdam, TU Delft, Deltares, IHE Delft, The Delta Alliance, Wageningen University & Research, the Delta commissioner, and the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency will co-host the conference.

Programme

The program includes plenary and hybrid parallel sessions, roundtables, excursions, design exhibition and side events. 
Visit the conference website for the full programme and further information about the conference.

Registration

In person attendance of the conference at the Kunsthal and TU Delft venues are by invitation only.
A public online livestream is available without invitation. If you would like to receive the livestream link, please register here.