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Resilience and Critical Water Infrastructures

Thursday November 28, 2024 15:30 - 16:30 CET Main Stage

Lecturer: Nina-Sophie Giertz
Speakers: Dr. Ir. Jereon Langeveld, Dr. Rita Ugarelli, Frédéric Guyomard, Prof. Benjamin Russo, Prof. Dr. Timothy Moss
Moderator: Dr. Nicolas Caradot

Category: Panel, Main Stage

The panel explores strategies to enhance the resilience of vital water systems against both environmental and technological threats. Moderated by Nicolas Caradot this session addresses key questions around the nature of resilience in contrast to sustainability, the defining traits of resilient systems and various methods for understanding and simulating resilience. Panelists include Prof. Beniamino Russo from UPC (Spain), who will share experience on climate resilience for the water sector; Dr. Rita Ugarelli from SINTEF (Norway), focusing on protecting water networks against cyber and physical threats; Frédéric Guyomard from EDF (France), extending the debate with a focus on cybersecurity in the electricity sector; and Dr. Jeroen Langeveld from TU Delft (The Netherlands), discussing challenges in integrated multi-infrastructure asset management.

Lecturers

Nina-Sophie Giertz Lecturer

BWB

Dr. Ir. Jereon Langeveld Speaker

TU Delft/Partners4urbanwater

Dr. Rita Ugarelli Speaker

Chief Scientist
SINTEF AS

Frédéric Guyomard Speaker

Électricité de France

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Prof. Benjamin Russo Speaker

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC)

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Prof. Dr. Timothy Moss Speaker

Senior Researcher
IRI THESys, Humboldt University of Berlin

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Dr. Nicolas Caradot Moderator

Group leader smart city and infrastructure
Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (KWB)