Workshop: Urban Metabolism

When? May 20, 2015

Where? AMS-KIT building, Mauritskade 62Amsterdam, the Netherlands

What? The research groups of Huub Rijnaarts (Environmental Technology, Wageningen UR) and Arjan van Timmeren (Environmental Technology and Design, TU Deflt) are organizing a workshop on Urban Metabolism. This workshop is intended to show the running research at Wageningen UR and TU Delft, to the audience of the AMS community and other interested parties.

Registration: send an email to amsworkshop@wur.nl



Program

12:30 – 13:15 Welcome (lunch)

13:15 – 13:30 Opening: Huub Rijnaarts (WUR)

13:30 – 14:30 Presentation session 1:
Closing the loop between (waste) nutrients and food -- Indra Firmansyah (WUR), Rosanne Wielemaker (WUR)

Modelling the city of the future -- Elvira Bozileva (WUR), Delaram Azari (WUR)

Role of stakeholders and institutions in urban systems -- Amineh Ghorbani (TUD), Tiemen Nanninga (LeAF)

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 16:00 Presentations session 2:
Green infrastructure -- Wiebke Klemm (WUR), Daniela Perrotti (WUR)

Circular metabolism: Redesigning the urban landscape -- Ilse Voskamp (WUR), Bob Geldermans (TUD)

Circular economy: A new architectural paradigm -- Arjan van Timmeren (TUD)

16:00 – 16:25 Discussion: How can AMS be boosted with running Urban Metabolism research at Wageningen UR and TU Delft?

16:25 – 16:30 Session closure

16:30 – 17:30 Drinks