CREST final conference
Programme
09:30-10:00 Registration | Welcome coffee
10:00-10:10 Welcome
Noémie Wouters, CEO GreenBridge
10:10-11:00 CREST - General overview [presentation] [video]
Jaak Monbaliu, Project Coordinator
11:00-12:45 Pitch presentations: CREST take home messages
- THEME 1: climate change including morphological evolution on long time scale (decades) for the Belgian coast as a whole [presentation]
- THEME 2: morphodynamics on time scale of days (storms) to years (lifetime of nourishments) for the two pilot areas [presentation]
- THEME 3: physical processes and innovation in modelling [presentation]
- THEME 4: prediction of wave impact (overtopping and loads) on the dike during storms [presentation]
12:45-14:15 Lunch with poster exhibition & demo session of monitoring techniques
14:15-14:45 Keynote presentation - Wave-driven and Aeolian sand transport: Dutch experiences [presentation]
Gerben Ruessink, Utrecht University (NL)
14:45-15:45 Panel discussion: evaluation & foresight exercise
The panel members are Annelies Bolle (IMDC), Krien Hansen (Natuurpunt), Bernard Malherbe (Jan De Nul Group), Gerben Ruessink (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Tomas Sterckx (Dredging International nv), Peter Van Besien (Flemish Government, Coastal Division)
15:45-16:00 Closing speech [presentation]
Jaak Monbaliu, Project Coordinator
16:00-17:00 Visit to the Coastal & Ocean wave Basin (COB) and Towing Tank
17:00-18:30 Network reception with the support of DEME
Practical information
Location
GreenBridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
Date
Thursday, September 26th, from 9:30 until 18:30
Media gallery
Pictures of the conference are available at the following link.
Posters of the conference are available at the following link.