The BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues on November 28th, 2024 explored how blue, green, and grey infrastructure can be integrated to create cities that are resilient in the face of climate change.
- Segment I – Urban planning
- Segment II – Infrastructure and Digitalization
Find video recordings of the sessions below.
Welcoming Remarks
- Dr. Pascale Rouault, Managing Director, Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (KWB)
- Boris Greifeneder, Managing Director, German Water Partnership e.V. (GWP)
- Dr. Severin Fischer, State Secretary, Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises
Segment I: Urban planning
Introductory Keynote | Sponge Cities – A shared responsibility!
Dr. Carlo W. Becker, bgmr Landschaftsarchitekten
Presentation Segment
Henning Larsen (Landscape.Water.Sustainability)
- Gerhard Hauber, Executive Partner at Henning Larsen (Landscape.Water.Sustainability)
Wasser Hannover GmbH
- Chiyan Peng, Managing Director at Wasser Hannover GmbH
Panel Discussion | UrbanWater 2030: Water Solutions for Resilient Cities Facing Climate Change
Moderator
- Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan, Hochschule Hof, University of Applied Science
Guests
- Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Vetter, German Environment Agency (UBA), section KomPass – Climate Impacts and Adaptation
- Cecilia Correira, Senior Water Solutions Manager at Bentley Systems
- Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Grünig, General Manager at HST Systemtechnik
- Gerhard Hauber, Executive Partner at Henning Larsen (Landscape.Water.Sustainability)
- Dr. Scott Jeffers, Water Resource Engineer at Sempergreen USA
Networking Break
Segment II: Infrastructure and Digitalization
Introductory Keynote | Resilience and infrastructure: Can we learn from the past?
Will Sarni, Founder and General Partner at Water Foundry,
Practice Lead, Water and Nature at Earth Finance, Inc.
Presentation Segment
University Innsbruck
- Resilient Urban Flood Management, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer, Professor of Sustainable Urban Water Infrastructure at University Innsbruck
Xylem
- Climate Resilient Drinking Water Supply in Rhineland-Platinate, Gunnar Brüggmann, Business Development Director at Xylem
Panel Discussion | Resilience and Critical Water Infrastructures
Moderator
- Dr. Nicolas Caradot, KWB
Guests
- Beniamino Russo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Tech – UPC
- Dr. Rita Ugarelli, Chief Scientist at SINTEF AS
- Nina-Sophie Giertz, Business Continuity Manager at Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB)
- Prof. Dr. Timothy Moss, Senior Researcher at IRI THESys, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Frédéric Guyomard, Research Engineer at Électricité de France
- Dr. Ir. Jereon Langeveld, Associate Professor Urban Drainage and Director Urban Drainage Knowledge Program at TU Delft
Closing Keynote
Aklilu Fikresilassie (PhD), Director of Cities for Africa at World Resources Institute (WRI)
Closing Remarks
- Boris Greifeneder, GWP
- Dr. Pascale Rouault, KWB
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