Delta Competition 2008
What: Delta Competition 2008
Where: Laurenskerk in The Hague
When: 18 November 2008
More info: www.deltacompetition.com
On 18 November an international panel of judges (chaired by Julian Hunt, professor of Climate Modelling at University College London) will announce the winner of the second Delta Competition. As the initiator of this international competition Royal Haskoning is asking the future generation to come up with ideas in the search for sustainable solutions for the problems—and opportunities—that climate change brings with it in densely populated delta areas. This year Royal Haskoning is holding this competition for the second time in order to encourage students to think up innovative ideas and daring strategies in the light of climate change in delta areas anywhere in the world. An international panel of judges will reward the best individual paper (€ 5000) and team paper (€ 10,000). The best papers will be published.
There is also huge international interest in the second Delta Competition from B.A., M.A. and Ph. D students. Of the 64 applications there are 33 individual and 31 team registrations from a total of 14 countries. In 2006 the prize went to a team from Delft University of Technology who came up with a model of ‘The Floating City’. A plan that not only scooped the award in the very first Delta Competition, but in the same year also proved the winner during the Dutch broadcaster NCRV’s Climate Show. Jan Bout, CEO of Royal Haskoning said, The Floating City won because of its originality, a good and scientifically worked-out basis and a practical, implementable and well-thought-out design. This year’s entries show that we can again count on a winning design which will produce a daring solution for the increased flooding resulting from climate changes.’
During the Adapting the Deltas of the World to Climate Change: ‘Inspiration from the Next Generation’ symposium that will be held in Rotterdam on 18 November Cees Veerman will talk about his Delta advice and we and the nominated students will be talking to him about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands and other countries.
A special Range Focus in November will be devoted to climate change in delta areas. In it we will discuss the problems – and opportunities – that climate changes bring with them and examine the solutions Royal Haskoning are involved in.
