Day 2: Wednesday 22 October 2025

Registration (Patio)

08:00-9:00 AM: Registration & coffee/tea

Plenary session (Aula)

09:00-09:10 AM: Welcome and opening remarks, by project leader Island(er)s at the Helm Professor Ellen van Bueren (Delft University of Technology). Read more

09:10-09:50 AM: Keynote lecture On architectural ethnography: A research tool for multisensory narratives of socio-spatial practices in dwelling communities, by Dr. Nelson Mota (Delft University of Technology). Read more

09:50-10:20 AM: Presentation The chattel, the glass House, and la casita: Intertwining flows of symbolic architectures of aspiration and resilience, by Island(er)s at the Helm researcher Aga Kus, MSc (KITLV / Delft University of Technology). Read more 

Break (Patio)

10:20-10:35 AM: Coffee/tea break 

Plenary session (Aula)

10:35-11:05 AM: Presentation Past vegetation and climate on Bonaire, by Island(er)s at the Helm researcher Dr. Kees Nooren (KITLV / Utrecht University). Read more

11:05-12:00 PM: Panel discussion Co-creative approaches to island climate adaptation in the past, present and future and Q&A with Dr. Timo Kelder (Climate Adaptation Services), Dr. Kasper Lendering (AWA-Consult), Michael A. Newton, Pedzi Flores-Girigori, MSc (Meteorological Service Curaçao), and Corina Regales, MSc (Algemeen Pensioenfonds van Curaçao), moderated by Professor Ellen van Bueren. Read more

Break (Restaurant)

12:00-13:00 PM: Lunch break

Parallel session (Room Q2-01 )

13:00-14:30 PM: Workshop How to get under a policymaker’s skin: Using animation to achieve Caribbean-centered climate adaptation, by Dr. Simon Richter (University of Pennsylvania). Read more

Break (Q-building downstairs)

14:30-15:00 PM: Coffee/tea break 

Parallel session (Rooi Catootje)

14.30-17:30 PM: Site visit to Rooi Catootje. This site visit to Rooi Catootje addresses Curaçao’s historic water systems and their relevance to today’s climate challenges. Max. 25 persons. Read more

Parallel session (Room Q2-01 )

15:00-16:30 PM: Workshop Regenerating Aruba’s schoolyards: The story of how a community project took root and keeps growing, by Drs. Jantine de Groot (Instituto Pedagogico Arubano) and Rose Barros (Living Soil Aruba). Read more

Plenary session (Aula)

16:30-17:30 PM: Wrap up with Professor Francio Guadeloupe, Professor Ellen van Bueren, Dr. Simon Richter, Drs. Jantine de Groot and Rose Barros