TU Delft | CaSS Launch Event​​

Towards a Climate Safe & Secure Future​

16 April 2026, 13:30 - 17:30 | Spui Campus, The Hague

We are pleased to invite you to the Launch Event of TU Delft’s Climate Safety & Security centre (CaSS) on Thursday, 16 April 2026.

This event marks our recent move to the new Spui Campus in The Hague and offers a unique opportunity to introduce our growing research centre and foster collaboration with partners across science and policy.

 

Programme Highlights

Panel 1 - Water-Food-Human Security Nexus in a Changing Climate (chair: Edo Abraham (TUD | CaSS)

  • Keynote: Henk Ovink (Global Commission on the Economics of Water)
  • Panel: Juliane Schillinger (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre), Lotte Asveld (TUD | CaSS), Jasper Verschuur (TUD | CaSS)

Panel 2 - Energy and materials security in times of global uncertainty (chair: Kevin Rossi, TUD | CaSS)

  • Keynote: Louise van Schaik (Clingendael Institute, Raad voor Energie)
  • Panel Members: Joost Nuijten (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate), Shoshan Abrahami (TUD | CaSS)

CaSS Research Expo & Network Drinks

 

Practical Information

📅 Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026
🕒 Time: 13:30 – 17:30
📍 Location: TU Delft Campus Den Haag, Spui Campus, Spui 5, 4th Floor (room 4C.30), The Hague

 

About CaSS

CaSS conducts research on fair access to fundamental human needs - water, food, and energy - and their crucial enablers: infrastructures and materials. Our goal is to contribute to a safe and secure future by connecting insights from engineering, design, and governance. More information: www.tudelft.nl/cass

We look forward to welcoming you and explore together how we can contribute to a climate-safe and secure future.

Photography

Please note that photographs will be taken throughout the event. These can be used by the organizing committee for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media or in any third party publication. Please contact one of the organizers if you have any concerns or if you wish to be exempted from this activity