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The Persian Gulf region is
contending with biodiversity
problems such as oil pollution,
invasive species and a fall in
fish numbers. The World Bank
has therefore commissioned
the Gulf Basin Diagnostic
Analysis project, in which
Deltares will collaborate with
CEDARE (Egypt), Five Oceans
Environmental Services LLC.
(Oman), and Environment
Arabia (Bahrain).
Deltares will be organising a
number of workshops in the
region to bring together the
relevant ministries, NGOs,
research institutes and
organisations from the private
sector. They will be attended
by leading members of the Gulf
Cooperation Council, which
consists of Bahrain, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
the United Arab Emirates. The
aim is to collaborate on a cross-
border diagnostic analysis
for the Persian Gulf region:
a scientific analysis of the
priorities for solutions to water
and biodiversity issues.
This analysis will be used as
a basis for a strategic plan of
action that will be signed off
at the highest levels of all the
governments concerned.
The project will run from April
2016 to February 2017.
Wind farms, fisheries, nature,
defence and shipping all use
the sparse space in the North
Sea. How can you properly
manage the multifunctional
use of the North Sea in a
sustainable way? This will be
the topic of the 2016 North
Sea Days.
Scientists, policy makers and
business will be attending to
discuss and devise solutions,
but above all to inspire each
other.
The North Sea Days are being
organised this year by Deltares
in partnership with TNO.
The event will be on 6 and
7 October in Scheveningen,
attracting approximately 200
participants from government,
business and research
institutes.
For more information:
Delft Software
Days: DSD-INT
2016
Delft really will be the place to be this autumn
for the best water models “From global to
local”, easy-to-use pre- and post-processing
tools and the latest about software develop-
ment and big data.
The Delft Software Days will be in weeks
44 and 45. The 12-day programme with
workshops, conferences and classes will kick
off on Monday, 24 October. More than thirty
events will describe a range of developments
and will address:
• Aqua Monitor - satellite observation of
changes in surface water
• Delft-FEWS - open forecasting platform
that is operational 24/7
• Delft3D Flexible Mesh Suite -
simulating water movements, waves,
water quality and morphology
• iMOD - modelling very large, high-resolu-
tion groundwater models
This annual event gives users and developers
the opportunity to catch up with the latest
knowledge and insights, products, tools
and open source software developed by
Deltares, Delft University of Technology and
UNESCO-IHE.
The Delft open source software community
already has more than 13,000 members and
it is getting bigger every day. The DSD-INT
are organised to support this community and
to improve contacts between universities,
research institutes, government and business.
The event is organised on the Deltares
campus in Delft.
For more information:
ANALYSIS OF WATER AND BIODIVERSITY
IN PERSIAN GULF REGION
NORTH SEA DAYS:
MANAGING THE BUSY
NORTH SEA PROPERLY