Lunch

Connect with likeminded individuals within our community committed to positive change.

 

Opening Conference

- Aniek Moonen
Climate Activist

- Ruud Veltenaar
Bestselling Author

Workshops “Shaping a Resilient Future together”

Workshop: Unlock Your Potential as a Convergence Champion
If you're a complete beginner eager to dive into transdisciplinary waters, this workshop is your gateway! Join us to discover what transdisciplinarity is all about, how you can be part of our movement, and the exciting career prospects it opens up. Let this workshop be your first step towards a future filled with collaborative opportunities. Don't miss out—reserve your spot now!

Workshop: Forge the Future - Create Your Convergence Consortium
Ready to take your transdisciplinary skills to new heights? This workshop is designed for those who have dipped their toes into transdisciplinarity and now crave more. Gain practical tips, tools, and hear personal stories that will inspire you to create your own projects filled with experts from diverse fields. Ready to elevate your skills and turn your passion for collaboration into a concrete, impactful endeavor? Secure your spot now!

Workshop: Co-write a Convergence Future
"Come brainstorm with us, share what works well, and help shape plans for the future."

This workshop hosts five roundtables to deepen collaboration on five key resilience challenges for the City of Rotterdam. The challenges relate to: (1) climate resilience & weather extremes, (2) vital systems, (3) resilience risk analysis, (4) economical resilience under sea-level rise and (5) resilient communities. The roundtables facilitate an exchange of perspectives and running initiatives and work towards shared propositions to strengthen existing collaborations. This workshop has limited capacity and it is not possible to reserve for a specific table beforehand

Panel discussion

“Rotterdam of the future”
- Chantal Zeegers:
Alderman for Climate, Building and Housing at Municipality of Rotterdam

- Dr. Ted Veldkamp Msc:
Ted Veldkamp is Lector (Professor of Applied Science) at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. As Lector Ted works on climate and water-related issues on a global, national and local scale. Researching and working on climate-proof, water-robust and climate-just urban deltas is central to this.

- Prof Dr. Bregje van Eekelen
Professor of Design, Culture and Society at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering ar TU Delft and Senior Researcher History of Social and Human Sciences at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

Festive closing

Closing words by directors Hans de Voogd and Arjan van Timmeren

Comedy Set Alina Sharipova - Club Haug

Social Mixer

Interactive innovation market and performance by Rotterdam singer-songwriter Nana M. Rose