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Workshops, meetings and milestones from the Solution Lab Rur Erft.
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First SLRE Stakeholder Workshop, Bergheim
25 people came together in Bergheim for the first SLRE Stakeholder Workshop, hosted by the Erftverband: 12 from the four partner centres (FZJ, GFZ/RIFS, KIT and UFZ) and 13 from water boards, state agencies, agriculture and municipalities. The first part belonged to the demonstrator. In small groups, the participants put the current version of the Interactive Solution Room through its paces, with members of the project team alongside to note questions and observations.
Input talks from the Erftverband and the Wasserverband Eifel-Rur, and a roundtable with the other stakeholders, opened up the concrete challenges. Three parallel groups then worked the same five guiding questions on drought and groundwater, drought and agriculture, and flood. The results of the day are being brought together in a synthesis, which has gone to the participants for comment.
What comes next:
- comments from the participants on the synthesis of the day;
- the first full version of the drought and flood demonstrators in the cloud;
- bilateral and subgroup conversations along the agreed storylines;
- a follow-up workshop to narrow down the project storylines.
Stakeholder Kick-off
We are excited that the co-design section of the Solution Lab also officially launched with a successful stakeholder kick-off meeting. Representatives from all relevant Stakeholder agencies, ministries, and water management authorities gathered to provide feedback, discuss project goals, and identify early challenges. The meeting resulted in a clear collaboration strategy, a timeline for further upcoming in-person workshops, and common expectations. This productive session ensured that everyone is aligned and ready to move forward together. Each participating organization sent representatives that will now distribute the information about SLRE internally and delegate tasks working towards the first in-person SLRE Stakeholder Workshop on September 29th.
SLRE Kickoff in Leipzig
The SLRE partners (teams from FZJ, UFZ, GFZ and KIT) met in Leipzig for the first time to officially kick-off the project. The heart of the meeting was to establish a common understanding of the project goals and objectives. Beyond that, the team worked together to already define key demo Storylines and minimum requirements for the first digital twin prototype, which will be developed over the next few months. A particular focus of the discussions is how to integrate innovative ways of interactions, such as AI chats and Agent-based frameworks into SLRE. In the end, the meeting was a great motivation to start working on the project and to bring the SLRE vision to life.
