Programme Sustainability Conference 2016

28 October | 08:30 - 18:00 | Winkel van Sinkel | Utrecht

08:30 - 09:00 09:00 - 09:15 09:15 - 09:50 09:50 - 10:25 10:25 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00 12:00 - 13:30 13:30 - 14:30 14:30 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:35 15:35 - 16:10 16:10 - 16:45 16:45 - 17:00 17:00 - 18:00 Welcome and coffee

Plenary session

Welcome and introduction by Bert van der Zwaan and Sierd Cloetingh Robert-Jan Smits, director general Research & Innovation, European Commission Rick van der Ploeg, research director, Center for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford, UK Coffee break

Parallel sessions - morning

1. Water, Climate and Ecosystems | Water, Ice and Climate

Walter Immerzeel: Water and Ice in the Himalayas: observed changes, future projections and research challenges Rianne Giessen: The role of glaciers in the global hydrological cycle Michiel van den Broeke: How fast are the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland melting?

2. Future Energy and Resources | Geo-resources

Amir Raoof: How multidesciplinary research helps advance UU research on energy Damien Bonte: Deep Geothermal energy and its potential in a sustainable future Wen Liu: Geo-resources for thermal energy storage

3. Urban Sustainability and Environmental Security | Creating Sustainable Cities

Gert Jan Kramer “Energy and the Sustainable City: from Paris to Overvecht” (10 minutes) Carlijn Kamphuis “Healthy Cities, Healthy People” (10 minutes) Gideon Bolt “Cumulative social inequality in Overvecht” (10 minutes) Interactive Discussion (30 minutes)

Poster session & lunch

Parallel sessions - afternoon

1. Water, Climate and Ecosystems | Water, Nutrients and Ecosystems

George Kowalchuk: Ecological Solutions for Global Challenges Maarten Braakhekke: Global simulation of interactions between groundwater and terrestrial ecosystems Lauriane Vilmin: Process-based modelling of phosphorus transformations and retention in global rivers

2. Future Energy and Resources | Chemical approaches

Marc-Etienne Moret: New ligands for homogeneous catalysis with earth-abundant metals Florian Meirer: Multi-Scale Science in Catalysis: Imaging Catalyst Particles and their Dynamics Rosa Bulo: Understanding the role of water in biomass valorization processes: Advancements in molecular modeling

3. Urban Sustainability and Environmental Security | UU Urban Futures Studio introducing the “living lab”

Introduction: Jesse Hoffman & Peter Pelzer: “Living labs: Urban Experiments” (15 minutes) Interactive Discussion (45 minutes)

Coffee break

Plenary session

Derek Elsworth, Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids and Geohazards, Pennsylvania State University, USA Steve Evans, director of research, Center for Industrial Sustainability, University of Cambridge, UK Sybil Seitzinger, director Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria, Canada Poster prizes and closing Drinks & bites