Alumni are invited to a special event in Berlin on Thursday November 14th during a year marking the 10th anniversary since Twente, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and Wageningen University first began organizing shared international alumni activities. The ‘4TU.Alumni’ network today spans 10 countries including Germany which represents one of our largest concentrations of alumni outside of the Netherlands.
This gathering, hosted at the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, will be an opportunity to explore the global impact of local alumni through short talks related to sports architecture and wildlife conservation. See below for more details about the speakers WUR alumna Viktoriia Radchuk (Senior Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife) and TUD alumnus Sander Troost (Associate Partner, GMP Architects). Following the talks there will also be short updates from last year's speakers Gigi Laan (Tesla) and Andrew Shamu (NeoCarbon) about their interesting jobs in electric vehicle manufacturing and carbon capture.
The evening programme will also include updates from both the Embassy as well as our universities.
Meet fellow alumni not only from Twente but also TU Delft, TU Eindhoven & Wageningen University. With over 1500 TU graduates living in the Berlin region we are sure to have a great cross selection of participants from different companies, sectors and roles! And the closing reception/borrel will maximize your networking opportunities.
Date: Thursday, November 14th
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
Location: Netherlands Embassy Berlin (Klosterstraße 50, 10179 Berlin)
Programme:
17:30 to 18:00, Doors open
18:00 to 19:15, Formal Programme
- Welcome by the Dutch Embassy
- University Updates
- Alumni Talks by Viktoriia Radchuk & Sander Troost
- Chat with last year's speakers Gigi Laan (Tesla) & Andrew Shamu (NeoCarbon)
19:15 to 21:00 Networking with fingerfood and drinks.
>> This event is free for alumni from the Dutch Technical Universities but for logistical reasons, prior registration is required via this link <<
Speakers:
Sander Troost, Associate Partner - GMP Architects (TU Delft alumnus) | Sander Troost is an architect and associate partner working in the Berlin office of gmp - von Gerkan, Marg und Partner Architects. Born in Zeeland, the Netherlands, he entered the Faculty of Architecture of the TUDelft in 1998. With inspiring exchanges at the EPFL in Lausanne and the USP in São Paulo, he graduated cum laude in Delft in 2005. After spending a brief period in Amsterdam, he moved back to Brazil where he developed a passion for sports architecture. He lived for 2 years in Manaus for the construction of the FIFA 2014 WorldCup stadium and then moved to Rio de Janeiro to lead the design team for the tennis complex and swimming stadium for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. After the Olympics, Sander moved with his family to Germany where he continues to work on sports projects and other large-scale buildings worldwide. His current projects include the redesign and renovation of Real Madrid’s stadium Santiago Bernabeu, a new roof for the 1976 Olympic stadium in Montreal and a stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the 2034 WorldCup. His role of leading large multinational design teams of architects, engineers and specialists allows him to combine work with a passion for traveling and a personal interest in languages and cultures. |
Viktoriia Radchuk, Senior Scientist - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (WUR alumna) | Viktoriia Radchuk is a quantitative ecologist interested in how wildlife responds to changing environments. To assess biological responses to global change she uses advanced statistical tools and simulation models, with the ultimate goal of providing conservation advice for mitigating possible negative impacts. She is a senior scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW, Berlin). After obtaining her MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University (The Netherlands) in 2008 (MATRA Scholarship for Eastern-European countries) she was granted a PhD fellowhip from FRIA at Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). Her PhD Thesis focused on population viability of two butterfly species under climate change. In her subsequent post-doc fellowships at Hedmark University College (Norway) and iDiv (German Centre for Integrative biodiversity Research, Leipzig) she broadened the focus from single species to multi-species, community perspectives. |
