http://www.floodcontrol2015.comZaterdag 5 december is er in Bellingwolde een einde gekomen aan de vierde en laatste proef van het pipingexperiment van de Stichting IJkdijk./news/item/11181/einde-pipingexperiment-luisterbuis-kan-piping-stoppen-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11181/einde-pipingexperiment-luisterbuis-kan-piping-stoppen-dutchTue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTSymposium Intelligente Sensornetwerken ISN2010Intelligente sensornetwerken kunnen een oplossing bieden voor verschillende maatschappelijke uitdagingen, zoals coöperatief rijden en beveiliging van de openbare ruimte. De ontwikkeling van efficiënte en grootschalige intelligente sensornetwerken gaat steeds sneller en gemakkelijker door massaproductie van sensoren, miniaturisering, cloud computing, artificial intelligence en tal van andere nieuwe technologieën. Dit creëert tal van nieuwe uitdagingen en mogelijkheden.   Op 1 november 2010 hoort u er alles over tijdens het symposium Intelligente Sensornetwerken ISN2010, een gezamenlijk initiatief van TNO en IIP SN. Het symposium vindt plaats in het Regardz Airport Hotel Rotterdam. Ook innovaties uit de IJkdijk, partner in Flood Control 2015, zullen hierbij aan bod komen, gepresenteerd door Henk van 't Land, dijkgraaf van waterschap Noorderzijlvest. Het programma (onder voorbehoud) kunt u vinden op de website van IIP SN: www.iipsn.nl/Agenda/ISN1020/. Deelname is gratis! /news/item/11743/symposium-intelligente-sensornetwerken-isn2010http://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11743/symposium-intelligente-sensornetwerken-isn2010Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn recent months, floods in Poland, China, Pakistan and many other countries have caused tremendous loss of life and property. Is this the result of climate change? And how can a country like Pakistan ever be properly protected against floods? These questions were asked of Piet Dircke by the Dutch media for national, prime-time TV. Piet Dircke works as Program Manager Water for ARCADIS and is the president of Flood Control 2015./news/item/11742/pakistan-needs-smart-flood-control-solutionshttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11742/pakistan-needs-smart-flood-control-solutionsTue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTOn June 24th, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Maria van der Hoeven, gave a keynote speech on innovation, and more specifically on the results of three years of public-private partnership for innovation in key areas for a thriving, sustainable Dutch society. And the results are good; many innovations have been realised and, perhaps more importantly, many active interdisciplinary networks have been formed. The current strategic innovation agendas will continue up to 2013, and new funding has been approved. Flood Control 2015 was named as an example of succesful innovation with high societal impact./news/item/11732/minister-van-der-hoeven-about-flood-control-2015http://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11732/minister-van-der-hoeven-about-flood-control-2015Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTDelta's in times of climate changeDeltas offer abundance. Their soils are rich and well-watered. They link rivers and inland waters to the oceans. They are the centre of economic and cultural activity, and home to more than half the world’s population (see map for a selection of delta regions). Yet climate change poses severe challenges for deltas. As land subsides, sea levels rise, and populations grow, deltas and their cities are becoming more vulnerable. Increased incidence of floods, salt water intrusion and heatwaves threaten the economic vitality and attractiveness of deltas worldwide. Dealing with subsidence and adapting to climate change have become imperative. The need to address these challenges calls for cooperation of deltas worldwide.At this conference, researchers will exchange the latest scientific insights on topics such as flood risk management, salt water intrusion and governance. In addition, sessions will be organised by and for policy makers, senior political officials, the business community and practitioners. Panels of leading figures from the political and business communities will discuss subjects such as international cooperation and financing mechanisms for adaptation.Two networks are central to this conference. The first is the Delta Alliance, an international alliance promoting effective cooperation among deltas worldwide. During the conference this new network will be launched. The second network is Connecting Delta Cities. It aims to share best practices between delta cities. Celebrating its second anniversary, it will organise sessions to plan for further cooperation together with the C40 (a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change). These networks will link scientists, experts and policymakers, strengthen international cooperation and offer opportunities to develop innovative delta management techniques.More information: http://www.climatedeltaconference.org/news/item/11693/delta-s-in-times-of-climate-changehttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11693/delta-s-in-times-of-climate-changeThu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTNo matter if you are a civilian or a flood manager, you need accurate information at the earliest moment in order to adequately prepare for a flood. Preferably days before the flood actually occurs. But as anybody knows who has ever been caught off guard by a rainstorm, weather forecasts can be inaccurate. The same is true for the models that predict where the rain will end up and how it will affect flood levels. Researchers in the Flood Control program are developing different methods to increase the accuracy of these forecasts. They are developed alongside a common framework for uncertainty reduction in operational flood forecasting systems./news/item/11681/new-framework-to-work-towards-more-accurate-flood-forecastshttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11681/new-framework-to-work-towards-more-accurate-flood-forecastsWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn case of a disaster, first responders will not be able to help everybody. Citizens will, therefore, have to improve their ability to help themselves, to be able to take care of themselves and of those around them. In a recent project, Hester Stubbé studied the way in which Serious Gaming can help citizens to increase their preparedness for disasters. A pilot game showed such good results that a full version is now under development./news/item/11678/serious-game-helps-citizens-prepare-for-disastershttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11678/serious-game-helps-citizens-prepare-for-disastersMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTESA’s Living Planet SymposiumThe media are invited to ESA's largest scientific event of the year: the Living Planet Symposium, in Bergen, Norway. The symposium covers all areas of Earth observation, highlighting the results and ESA’s planned missions, as well as bringing together the key scientists and decision-makers worldwide.At this conference, Rogier Westerhoff will present the research on Rapid Flood Mapping carried out in the Flood Control 2015 programme.More information on the Living Planet Symposium: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMXYXQVEAG_index_0.htmlMore information on Rapid Flood Mapping can be found on the Flood Control 2015 website/news/item/11677/esa-s-living-planet-symposiumhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11677/esa-s-living-planet-symposiumFri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTDikes and levees are used in many areas around the world for flood protection. But in the Sacramento Delta in California, USA, they have an additional use: without the dikes the supply and the quality of the drinking water would be endangered. Current dikes give protection for the 100 year flood. Upgrades are being prepared, but will take many years to complete. Two students of the University of California, Berkeley investigated the possible application of smart sensor systems to prevent catastrophic damages due to unexpected levee failure./news/item/11634/can-smart-levees-protect-the-sacramento-deltahttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11634/can-smart-levees-protect-the-sacramento-deltaMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTOn May 27th, the World Congress on Information Technology , where CEO's, CIO's and professionals both in and outside of the IT sector were challenged to change their field using advances in IT, was brought to its conclusion. In the water pavillion, IBM and Deltares created a demonstrator flood control room, to show how IT standardisation and integration of information systems can significantly improve the efficiency of flood risk management./news/item/11622/demonstrator-flood-control-room-at-wcit-2010http://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11622/demonstrator-flood-control-room-at-wcit-2010Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTInternational Delft-FEWS user DaysThe 6th edition of the International Delft-FEWS User Days will be held on the 3rd and 4th of November 2010 in the Deltares Office in Delft, the Netherlands. This meeting is the yearly opportunity to meet and discuss with the Delft-FEWS user and developer community. Besides presentations about Operational (Warning/Forecasting) Systems from users all around the world, the latest developments within Delft-FEWS will be shown. In break-out sessions detailed discussions and demonstrations will take place. Please put a reservation for these dates in your agenda and we will keep you posted about the programme later this year./news/item/11575/international-delft-fews-user-dayshttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11575/international-delft-fews-user-daysFri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTInternational Workshop on Data Assimilation for Operational Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Resources ManagementThis 2.5-day workshop at Deltares in Delft, the Netherlands, on Nov 1-3, 2010, aims at bringing together expert scientists, engineers, operational forecasters and water managers to share experience, ideas, techniques and tools in the broad area of data assimilation (DA) for operational hydrologic forecasting and water resources management. The goal of the workshop is to develop and foster community-based efforts for collaborative research, development and synthesis of techniques and tools, and cost-effective science-to-operations transition of them. This workshop is co-organized by Deltares and the NOAA National Weather Service Office of Hydrologic Development and co-sponsored by the Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Experiment ( HEPEX) and the Flood Control 2015 innovation programme ( http://www.floodcontrol2015.com). Please visit the dedicated workshop webpage for further information: ( http://www.floodcontrol2015.com/daworkshop2010). /news/item/11570/international-workshop-on-data-assimilation-for-operational-hydrologic-forecastihttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11570/international-workshop-on-data-assimilation-for-operational-hydrologic-forecastiFri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT1e Deltares kennisgebruikersdag (Dutch)Kennis krijgt pas waarde als die wordt uitgewisseld, verspreid en toegepast. Deltares ontwikkelt kennisen kennisproducten die deltagebieden veiliger en leefbaarder maken. Veel van die kennis is klaar voor gebruik. Precies die ‘pareltjes’ presenteren we op 14 september aanstaande. Aan marktpartijen en aan overheden, om gezamenlijk vast te stellen of dit inderdaad bijdraagt aan hun activiteiten en het realiseren van een duurzaam gebruik van deltagebieden.Het programma Flood Control 2015, waarin Deltares samen met partners uit het bedrijfsleven en overheden bruikbare innovaties ontwikkelt voor de bescherming tegen hoogwater, zal tijdens deze dag uiteraard aan bod komen.Thema: waterveiligheidHet rivierengebied is kwetsbaar, en de klimaatverandering doet de eisen aan de veiligheid toenemen. Het rivierengebied wordt met de programma’s Ruimte voor de Rivier en Maaswerken gereedgemaakt voor bescherming tot zeer hoge afvoeren. Met de Toetsing op Veiligheid houden we de vinger aan de pols, en krijgen nieuwe inzichten een plaats zoals die in het faalmechanisme piping. Het programma Flood Control 2015verbetert de informatievoorziening bij dreigend hoogwater. We blijven nadenken over ons beschermingssysteem, over effecten en efficiëntie van maatregelen.We blijven dus kennis ontwikkelen. In deze sessie willen wij u door de opgedane kennis te delen verder inspireren.. De sessie vindt plaats van 11.20-12.20 uur. Onderwerpen in deze sessie zullen zijn:meerlaagsveiligheidrivierdijken toetsenomgaan met onzekerheden tijdens operationele voorspellingen (dit onderwerp wordt door Flood Control 2015 ingevuld)Programma en inschrijvenHet complete programma komt over enkele dagen beschikbaar op de website van Deltares. Noteer 14 september 2010 dus alvast in uw agenda, of geef u direct op via kennisgebruikersdag@deltares.nl. /news/item/11555/1e-deltares-kennisgebruikersdag-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11555/1e-deltares-kennisgebruikersdag-dutchMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTFlood Control 2015 develops integrated solutions for crisis management during flooding. But who will develop the next generation of innovative solutions? How can we attract young talents to a career in the water sector? For this, the programme cooperates with the Rotterdam University and its students. Their first task: develop a Serious Game for the water management curriculum. /news/item/11553/students-build-rotterdam-flood-management-gamehttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11553/students-build-rotterdam-flood-management-gameMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTJurjen Wagemaker has been a part of Flood Control 2015 since the very beginning. Recently he moved to Jakarta as a representative of HKV in South East Asia. For Flood Control 2015 this is another great opportunity to gauge the international interest in our innovative approaches. His conclusion: Indonesia is ready for a modern approach to operational flood information systems. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Indonesia uses the Flood Control Dashboard even before we do in The Netherlands”. /news/item/11554/a-flood-control-dashboard-for-jakartahttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11554/a-flood-control-dashboard-for-jakartaMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTA lack of information significantly hampers the crisis management efforts. The Rapid Flood Mapping project has been studying the feasibility of building an operational system that uses satellite data for quick and continuous mapping of flood prone areas. Project manager Rogier Westerhoff explains: "Such a system could be very useful to water managers as it enables them to make more accurate flood forecasts and therefore more timely measures can be taken."/news/item/11552/satellites-used-succesfully-for-rapid-flood-mappinghttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11552/satellites-used-succesfully-for-rapid-flood-mappingMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTInterCEPt conferenceHosted by the Aston Centre for Research into Safety and Security (CRISIS), the International Conference on Emergency Preparedness (InterCEPt) aims to facilitate the exchange of academic research, innovations and best operational practices in the management of emergency preparedness. InterCEPt provides a unique opportunity for academics, practitioners and policy makers to share lessons, plans, approaches and methods to prepare governments for when disaster strikes, as well as to identify promising new approaches to prepare the public to respond to major incidents. More information: http://www.astoncrisis.com/crisiscms/InterCEPtSeveral project participants from the Flood Control 2015 program will attend this conference and the possibilities of a dedicated flood evacuation track are investigated./news/item/11431/intercept-conferencehttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11431/intercept-conferenceTue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTOp 20 januari vond in Fort Voordop het eerste Flood Control 2015 symposium plaats. Van deze dag zijn nu verslagen, presentaties, reacties en foto's beschikbaar./news/item/11343/verslag-flood-control-symposiumhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11343/verslag-flood-control-symposiumMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTInnovatie rondom de inspectie van waterkeringen komt in een stroomversnelling. Regelmatig zijn er doorbraken bij de IJkdijk die leiden tot nieuwe inzichten. Nu komt ook de LiveDijk-Eemshaven met een primeur die de voortgang van innovaties in en om waterkeringen tastbaar maakt: online data van sensoren in dijken is nu real-time te volgen op de website www.inspectiewaterkeringen.nl. /news/item/11329/livedijk-eemshaven-dashboard-primeur-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11329/livedijk-eemshaven-dashboard-primeur-dutchTue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn het programma Flood Control 2015 is door HKV het model EvacuAid ontwikkeld. EvacuAid is een prototype van een instrument dat op basis van de kennis van onzekerheden een verwachtingswaarde opstelt voor het resultaat van een evacuatiestrategie./news/item/11322/evacuaid-helpt-bij-het-opstellen-van-evacuatiestrategieen-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11322/evacuaid-helpt-bij-het-opstellen-van-evacuatiestrategieen-dutchFri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTHet eerste Flood Control 2015 symposium mag zichzelf feliciteren: met een ruime opkomst van 160 bezoekers was het een zeer goed bezochte dag. En bijzonder informatief, volgens de bezoekers. Wie op zoek was naar de state-of-the-art van waterveiligheid, kwam hier ruimschoots aan zijn trekken./news/item/11191/eerste-flood-control-symposium-succesvol-verlopen-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11191/eerste-flood-control-symposium-succesvol-verlopen-dutchThu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTDelft, 21 januari. Onderzoekers binnen het innovatieprogramma Flood Control 2015 hebben een testsysteem gebouwd dat meerdere dijkmonitor systemen integreert om daarmee de sterkte van dijken en de kans op een overstroming continu te berekenen. Dit wordt gedaan met gegevens uit sensoren. Het robuuste netwerk kan de informatievoorziening zelfs bij uitval van deelsystemen voortzetten. Het ontwerp is geschikt als een overkoepelend platform voor digitale dijkbewaking./news/item/11190/doorbraak-in-digitale-dijkbewaking-dutchhttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11190/doorbraak-in-digitale-dijkbewaking-dutchThu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTHKV CONSULTANTS will open an office in Jakarta (Indonesia) on February 1, 2010. The office will increase our activities on the Southeast Asian region, where deltas face a considerable flood risk. The Dutch government, in its ‘National Waterplan’, intends to cooperate on a long-term basis with authorities in the Mekong, Ganges/Brahmaputra and delta areas in Indonesia. HKV CONSULTANTS is involved in a number of projects in the region related to flood risk management, amongst other the Jakarta Flood Management Initiative from Partners for Water. /news/item/11173/hkv-opens-southeast-asian-office-in-jakartahttp://www.floodcontrol2015.com/news/item/11173/hkv-opens-southeast-asian-office-in-jakartaThu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT