ARCADIS together with the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), the Netherlands Office for Science and Technology (NOST), Deltares, Alterra and Fugro, present the symposium "California and the Netherlands: A New Alliance for Climate Change Adaptation."

Date: On September 21, 2009, 10:00am - 4:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)
Venue: the Port of San Francisco Board Room in the Ferry Building

BCDC, together with a consortium of leading Dutch researchers and consultants - together making up the Delta Alliance - conducted a joint study on the impact of sea level rise on the San Francisco Bay. The results of the study and adaptation strategies for shoreline development will be presented at the symposium, and new ideas for future cooperation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the San Francisco Bay of California, and the Delta in the Netherlands will be explored.

ARCADIS speakers at the symposium are David van Raalten, Piet Dircke and local California Delta Alliance representative Peter Wijsman. The last hour of the event will include a discussion by Kees Slingerland, Chairman of the Delta Alliance, on "Proposals for Future Cooperation" and a panel discussion on the agenda for future collaboration, including high level representatives from California and the Netherlands.

This event will also be streamed via a live webcast, which can be viewed at the following link: http://eventcompressiongroup.com/clients/nost-sv/wm-player.htm

Click here to view the agenda.