Event

Surf the waves of land and water management and engineering

DATE
12 Mar 2015

Are you a Climate-KIC PhD, MSc, Alumni, Pioneer or a project lead? Are you interested in the climate smart Agro and Water world? 

Then dive with us into the ongoing challenges of the Climate-KIC Land and Water Management and Engineering platform, its projects, flagships and business potentials.

We present you the latest developments of:

  • Climate Smart Agriculture
  • Urgency for cities to adapt to extreme events
  • Financing adaptation measures

This is a free, ‘go-to’ network event with front running knowledge for policy specialists, low carbon practitioners, academics and business. You will have the special opportunity to be inspired by leading speakers, meet experts and business partners and get involved by giving your own inputs and perspectives on the current agenda of the platform.

Top Speakers

Alexander (Sandy) Bisaro works on climate change vulnerability and adaptation, with a particular focus on governance of natural resources and coastal zone management, at the Global Climate Forum in the Adaptation and Social Learning Research Process. He is currently working in the EU FP7-funded project MEDIATION (Methodology for Effective Decision-making on Impacts and AdaptaTION).

Peter Kuikman is an experienced researcher and consultant on agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions and land use change at Alterra, Wageningen UR. He is leading projects that are defining and assessing sustainability issues in agriculture, biobased economy and climate change mitigation and UNFCCC reporting systems for greenhouse gases and soil carbon.

More speakers to be announced soon.

Details

Venue: Climate KIC office in Brussels, Avenue d’Auderghem 22-28, floor 6. B-1040, Brussels.

Time and date: 09:00 until 16:30 on 12 March 2015

Please reserve your place via education@climate-kic.org.

We looking forward to seeing you in Brussels!

 
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