Wednesday 29 September

09.30-13.00

Plenary Opening
Opening addresses by Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
Opening speech by His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange
Wim Kuijken, Delta Programme Commissioner
Prof. Tran Thuc, Director General, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, Vietnam
Andy Kopplin, Chief Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer, New Orleans, USA
Prof. Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University, USA
Prof. Martin Parry, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Malcolm Smith, ARUP, United Kingdom 
Winning award ceremony Delta City of the Future
Moderator: Baroness Young of Old Scone, member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament

14.00-18.00

Parallel sessions
Sessions on Scientific programme Deltas in Depth convened a.o. by Miles Allen (Oxford), John Church (CSIRO), Hans von Storch (Institute for Coastal Research) and sessions on Policy programme Deltas in Practice which are hosted and organized by a variety of international stakeholders

09.00-19.30

18.00-19.30

Thursday 30 September

09.30-12.00

Parallel sessions
Session on Challanges and solutions in the world deltas
Sessions Policy programme Deltas in Practice

13.00-17.00

Parallel sessions
Sessions Scientific programme Deltas in Depth
Sessions Policy programme Deltas in Practice

17.00-18.00

Plenary Delta
Launch Delta Alliance with opening address by the Dutch Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Mrs. Tineke Huizinga and short presentations by a.o. Fauzi Bowo (Governor Jakarta, Indonesia), )

09.00-19.30

Exhibition

18.00-19.30

Friday 1 October

09.00-12.00

Parallel sessions
Sessions Scientific programme Deltas in Depth
Sessions Policy programme Deltas in Practice

09.00-12.00

Round tables
Financing adaptation
Business community in climate adaptation
Role of cities 

Plenary closure
Report Round Tables and closing address by prof.dr. Cees Veerman (chairman of the Dutch Delta Commission)
Award ceremony Best Young Delta Scientist  awards

Exhibition

Field trips