BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28417@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:What’s Our Water Future? DTSTAMP:20261009T004755Z DTSTART:20261117T130000Z DESCRIPTION:Water is perhaps the most unifying\, vulnerable\, international \, and personal of\nall elements. Yet water is under increasing pressure\, and the global water cycle\nis out of balance. How do we restore that bal ance? And how can science\ncontribute to the local and global challenges o f water pollution\, water\nscarcity\, and water security?\n\nPrior to Robe rt Macfarlane’s BBC Reith Lecture (“Water: The Geography of Hope”)\,\nthis afternoon is centered around the work of scientists studying water today: \nthe questions that drive their research\, the challenges they face\, and the\npossibilities they see for the future. Contributors will share their concerns\,\nideas\, and ambitions to build new partnerships around water. \n\nWater is a global common good\, and its future is a shared responsibil ity. This\nafternoon is an invitation to put water higher on the agenda: f or the city\, for\nthe Netherlands\, for Europe\, and for the world. It is an opportunity to bring\ndifferent perspectives into the same room\, ask difficult questions\, and begin\nconversations that can lead to new resear ch and new partnerships.\n\nSpeakers and performers will engage in short a cademic talks\, music\, visual\nstorytelling\, and conversation about the ways we understand\, use\, govern\, and\nlive with water. The contribution s will be woven together with visuals and live\nmusical interventions by c omposer and cellist Saartje van Camp and moderator\nTracy Metz.\n\nProgram me:\n\nA Bird’s eye perspective on the North Sea – Judy Shamoun-Baranes\n\ nSharing responsibility for international rivers – Andre Nollkaemper\n\nWh o owns our water? Global and just water futures – Joyeeta Gupta\n\nWater F utures Past – Peter van Dam\n\nRights of Water – Laura Burgers\n\nThe Unkn own Ocean. How do we protect the deep sea we barely understand? – Jasper\n de Goeij\n\nPanel: A Water Futures agenda. Together we prioritise next ste ps for water. Led\nby Tracy Metz.\n\nPlease note: this programme will take place in the Aula (Oude Lutherse Kerk)\nfrom 14:00 until 16:00. The doors open at 13:30.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nJudy Shamoun-Baranes is Professor of Anim al Movement Ecology at the University\nof Amsterdam. She pioneers the use of radar\, GPS tracking and predictive\nmodelling to understand bird migra tion. Her research translates ecology into\naction\, including forecasting mass migration to enable temporary offshore\nwind-turbine shutdowns\, com bining renewable energy development with biodiversity\nprotection.\n\nAndr é Nollkaemper is Scientific Director of SEVEN – Climate Institute and\nUni versity Professor of International Law and Sustainability at the Universit y\nof Amsterdam. He studies international law’s role in the climate transi tion\,\nincluding shared responsibility for environmental harm. He is a Me mber of the\nRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.\n\nJoyeeta Gu pta is full professor of environment and development in the global\nsouth at the University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water\nEducatio n. She won the 2023 Spinoza Prize (highest academic prize in the\nNetherla nds) and the 2025 Amsterdam Impact prize. She has been appointed by the\nU N Secretary General as co-chair of the Ten High-Level Representatives of C ivil\nSociety\, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote STI (20 24-2026). She\nwas c-chair of the Earth Commission (2019-2024) and Commiss ioner in the Global\nCommission on the Economics of Water.\n\nLaura Burger s is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam Centre for\nTransformative pr ivate law (ACT) of the University of Amsterdam. Her expertise\nis climate law\, climate litigation and rights of nature.\n\nPeter van Dam is Profess or of Dutch History at the University of Amsterdam\,\nstudying how people try to change their relationships with each other and the\nenvironment\, f ocusing on food\, water\, and energy. He coordinates the Environment\n& So ciety Network for Environmental Humanities and co-founded SEVEN\, UvA’s\nc limate institute.\n\nJasper de Goeij is associate professor of Marine Bent hic Ecology\, and he leads\nthe Freshwater and Marine Ecology department a t the University of Amsterdam. His\ngroundbreaking discovery of the “Spong e Loop” revealed how sponges are\nbiological engines that provide life in the ocean. His research inspires\ninnovative approaches to marine conserva tion\, blue biotechnology and\nnature-based solutions for healthier oceans .\n\nTracy Metz (moderator) is a Dutch-American journalist\, author\, pres enter and\nwater podcast maker. Co-author of Sweet & Salt: Water and the D utch\, she\nconnects climate\, landscapes and society. Through her podcast s\, she brings water\nstories to life. As our moderator\, she brings curio sity\, insight and energy to\nexploring our shared future. You can listen to the Waterproof podcast ‘Robert\nMacFarlane on Nature’s Legal Personhood ’ here\n[https://open.spotify.com/podcast-chapter/031DbrspTb9MAcz8jbF5J6?s i=4f48091ac64f4642]\nor here [https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/waterp roof/id1779687982].\n\n\nVISUAL NOTE TAKER\n\nSilvia Celiberti is an Amste rdam-based visual artist and concept-driven\neditorial illustrator\, train ed in Barcelona and New York. She is Co-founder of\nthe multidisciplinary studio Bomburo. Her work questions stereotypes\, challenges\nsocial norms and strives for fair representation.\n\n\nMUSICAL GUEST\n\nSaartje Van Cam p is a Belgian cellist\, composer\, singer\, and theatre maker based\nin A msterdam. Known for her longstanding collaboration with Spinvis\, she blen ds\nclassical and pop music\, poetry and experimental sounds. Her affinity with water\ninspires musical landscapes\, exploring the fluidity\, rhythm s and emotional\ndepths of our natural world. 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Water is perhaps the most unifying, vulnera ble, international, and personal of all elements. Yet water is under incre asing pressure, and the global water cycle is out of balance. How do we re store that balance? And how can science contribute to the local and global challenges of water pollution, water scarcity, and water security?

< p>Prior to Robert Macfarlane’s BBC Reith Lecture (“Water: The Geography of Hope”), this afternoon is centered around the work of scientists studying water today: the questions that drive their research, the challenges they face, and the possibilities they see for the future. Contributors will sh are their concerns, ideas, and ambitions to build new partnerships around water.

Water is a global common good, and its future is a shared re sponsibility. This afternoon is an invitation to put water higher on the a genda: for the city, for the Netherlands, for Europe, and for the world. I t is an opportunity to bring different perspectives into the same room, as k difficult questions, and begin conversations that can lead to new resear ch and new partnerships.

Speakers and performers will engage in sho rt academic talks, music, visual storytelling, and conversation about the ways we understand, use, govern, and live with water. The contributions wi ll be woven together with visuals and live musical interventions by compos er and cellist Saartje van Camp and moderator Tracy Metz.

Programme:

A Bird’s eye perspective on the Nor th Sea – Judy Shamoun-Baranes

Sharing responsibility for i nternational rivers – Andre Nollkaemper

Who owns our water ? Global and just water futures – Joyeeta Gupta

Water Futu res Past – Peter van Dam

Rights of Water – Laura Burg ers

The Unknown Ocean. How do we protect the deep sea we barely understand? – Jasper de Goeij

Panel: A Water Futures agen da. Together we prioritise next steps for water. Led by Tracy Metz.

Please note: this programme will take place in the Aula (Oude Lu therse Kerk) from 14:00 until 16:00. The doors open at 13:30.

Speakers

Judy Shamoun-Baranes is Professor of Animal Movement Ecology at the University of Amste rdam. She pioneers the use of radar, GPS tracking and predictive modelling to understand bird migration. Her research translates ecology into action , including forecasting mass migration to enable temporary offshore wind-t urbine shutdowns, combining renewable energy development with biodiversity protection.

André Nollkaemper is Scienti fic Director of SEVEN – Climate Institute and University Professor of Inte rnational Law and Sustainability at the University of Amsterdam. He studie s international law’s role in the climate transition, including shared res ponsibility for environmental harm. He is a Member of the Royal Netherland s Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Joyeeta Gupta< /em> is full professor of environment and development in the global south at the University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education . She won the 2023 Spinoza Prize (highest academic prize in the Netherland s) and the 2025 Amsterdam Impact prize. She has been appointed by the UN S ecretary General as co-chair of the Ten High-Level Representatives of Civi l Society, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote STI (2024-20 26). She was c-chair of the Earth Commission (2019-2024) and Commissioner in the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.

Lau ra Burgers is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative private law (ACT) of the University of Amsterdam. Her expertise is climate law, climate litigation and rights of nature.

Peter van Dam is Professor of Dutch History at t he University of Amsterdam, studying how people try to change their relati onships with each other and the environment, focusing on food, water, and energy. He coordinates the Environment & Society Network for Environme ntal Humanities and co-founded SEVEN, UvA’s climate institute.

Jasper de Goeij is associate professor of Marine Ben thic Ecology, and he leads the Freshwater and Marine Ecology department at the University of Amsterdam. His groundbreaking discovery of the “Sponge Loop” revealed how sponges are biological engines that provide life in the ocean. His research inspires innovative approaches to marine conservation , blue biotechnology and nature-based solutions for healthier oceans.

Tracy Metz (moderator) is a Dutch-American jo urnalist, author, presenter and water podcast maker. Co-author of Swee t & Salt: Water and the Dutch, she connects climate, landscapes a nd society. Through her podcasts, she brings water stories to life. As our moderator, she brings curiosity, insight and energy to exploring our shar ed future. You can listen to the Waterproof podcast ‘Robert MacFarlane on Nature’s Legal Personhood’ he re or here.

Visual Note Taker

Silvia Celiberti is an Amsterdam-based visual artist and concep t-driven editorial illustrator, trained in Barcelona and New York. She is Co-founder of the multidisciplinary studio Bomburo. Her work questions ste reotypes, challenges social norms and strives for fair representation.

Musical guest

Saartje Van Camp is a Belgian cellist, composer, singer, and theatre maker based in Amsterdam. Known for her longstanding collaboration with Spinvis, she blends classical and pop music, poetry and experimental sounds. Her affinity with water inspires m usical landscapes, exploring the fluidity, rhythms and emotional depths of our natural world.

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