Rambøll challenge
City Scale Planning & Operations:
How to help new urban districts, like “Gowanus Canal” in New York City, to become highly attractive, sustainable and liveable urban areas, with a significantly reduced flood-risk despite climate change and the expected sea-level rise?
| Mexico | Denmark | Kenya | India | South Korea |
| 07:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 17:30 | 21:00 |
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Semi-finals Program
| 13:45 CEST | ONBOARDING | The video conference is open. | ||
| 14:00 CEST | WELCOME & INTRODUCTION | Short introduction to the program of the Semi-Final by the NGWA Team | ||
| 14:10 CEST | PARTNER WELCOME | Welcome by semifinal’s challenge owner Rambøll | ||
14:20 CEST | PITCH SESSION | Video Pitches of the 4 student teams will be shown, each followed by a 30 sec live pitch and 4 min. Q&A with the jury. – Team Kenya – Team Mexico 1 – Team Denmark – Team Mexico 2 | ||
15:00 CEST | CLOSING REMARKS | Closing remarks by semifinal’s challenge owner Rambøll and outlining of next steps by NGWA Team | ||
15:05 CEST | OPEN NETWORK SESSION | You are invited to stay on the platform to network & connect with our student teams during an open network session! Join a team’s breakout room to have an unfacilitated & informal conversation with the team! | ||
15:30 CEST | END OF PROGRAM | Semi-final ends. You are invited to watch the next semifinal (Grundfos challenge) starting at 15:30 (can be viewed here). |
Jury
Emory Lee
Representative of Rambøll, Climate Adaptation & Resilience Lead
Julie Conroy
Representative of Rambøll, Lead Planner
Francisca Braga
Representative of IWA Young Water Professionals
Research Assistant at VIA University College
Linda Weiß
DTU Skylab,
Sustainability Project Manager
Viggo Aaberg Kærn
Representative of DTU Sustain, Head of Innovation
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