On 25 January the inaugural lecture of Ton Hoitink as personal Professor in the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group will take place. The lecture will be preceded by a symposium.

12.00-15.00 Symposium (location Wageningen Campus, meeting room Gaia)

• Opening by Prof. Remko Uijlenhoet (Wageningen University)
• Presentations by:
  Dr. Bas van Maren (Deltares): Erosion in the Red River Delta: natural processes and human interventions
  Dr. Maarten van der Vegt (Utrecht University): Tides and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta
  Prof. Zheng Bing Wang (Deltares and TU Delft): The Yangtze Delta, a delta in transition
  Prof. Torbjorn Tornqvist (Tulane University): Large deltas and relative sea-level rise: An awkward relationship
  Dr. Liviu Giosan (Woodshole Oceanographic Institution): From waves to tides: Danube and Irrawaddy deltas

16.00-17.00: Inaugural lecture (location Wageningen Aula)