Climate Event 2025

The Climate Centre of the University of Twente will organize its second annual Climate Event on Wednesday, 5 November 2025 in the Technohal on the campus of the University of Twente. At the Climate Event, you will connect with researchers, professionals, policy makers and students who want to collaborate to address climate change. Join us and let’s work together on solutions to the world's climate challenge!

About the Climate Event

The Climate Event offers a varied and inspiring programme, combined with plenty of networking opportunities. Listen to inspiring keynote speakers, leaders in the field of climate challenges. Join thematic parallel sessions about energy, weather extremes, or smart sustainable industry, and discover the pioneering research that takes place at University of Twente. Meet researchers & professionals to find opportunities for collaboration at the poster presentation market.

Keynotes

We are proud to present our Keynote speakers at the Climate Event 2025: Reint Jan Renes, Professor of Psychology for Sustainable Cities at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), and Bart van den Hurk, Scientific Director of Deltares and Professor in the field of Interaction between Climate and the Socio-ecological system at VU University Amsterdam.

Keynote speakers

Reint Jan Renes

Behavorial scientist Reint Jan Renes is Professor of Psychology for Sustainable Cities at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). In addition, Reint Jan is Chair of the NWO Review Committee on Climate and Nature, a member of the NWO Advisory Board, and part of the scientific working group supporting the Dutch National Climate Citizens’ Assembly. In 2023, Reint Jan was awarded the Deltapremie, a prestigious national research prize, recognizing the societal impact of leading professors at universities of applied sciences.

Bart van den Hurk

Prof Bart van den Hurk is an expert in the field of weather and climate information and Scientific Director of Deltares. Prior to his affiliation to Deltares he spent ~23 years at the Dutch Meteorological Institute. He is Professor in the field of Interaction between Climate and the Socio-ecological system at VU University Amsterdam, and lead author of the 6^th Assessment report of IPCC. For the next (7th) report he has been elected co-chair of Working Group II, which focuses on the impact of climate change, adaptation, and vulnerability.

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