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29 King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima launched the Smart Scanner for Water-Resilient Cities in Australia in November. The launch was during the Dutch trade mission to Australia and New Zealand. The Smart Scanner uses open street map data that are freely available on the net. Linking this information to models in D-HYDRO Suite makes it possible to run 3D simulations of any city or district. This can be done relatively cheaply and quickly within a few days. As a result, this tool is an affordable launching pad for organisations that have to do something with water and the climate, even when it is still unclear what. Deltares produced this tool with the intention of establishing a dialogue about climate adaptation with cities in the Netherlands and internationally. Deltares also presented a range of instruments in New Zealand, including the nitrate app (see page 5), for testing water availability and water quality. Deltares ACADEMY DOCTORATES Deltares ORGANISATION King and Queen launch Smart Scanner Deltares has a wide range of courses on offer. We can also organise them to cater to your specific require- ments and on location. A selection of our courses in 2017: Designing and testing foundations Designing and testing of jacked piles, tensile piles and foundations on steel Settlement calculations Modelling earth bodies and calculating settlement rates Construction and infrastructure on soft soil Construction using backfill, and reducing or eliminating settlement Basic knowledge of flood defences Technical and policy aspects of flood-defence management For more information: www.deltares.nl/academy/ academy@deltares.nl KATHRYN ROSCOE received her doctorate on 17 February 2017 at Delft University of Technology. Subject: Bayesian networks for levee system reliability: reliability updating andmodel verification. Supervisors: Han Vrijling and Ton Vrouwenvelder. TANJA DE BOER received her doctorate on 10 January 2017 at Delft University of Technology. Subject: Added value of distribution in rainfall-runoffmodels for the Meuse basin. Supervisors: Huub Savenije, Markus Hrachowitz (co-supervisor) and Hessel Winsemius.