BONSAI Time Line

Here you can see what Bonsai is doing. 

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2029
Closing Conference

All results of Bonsai in one big conference at the end of project

2028
Disseminating results and solutions
2027
Finding solutions and results
Flood Academy at Akademie Biggesee 

14 - 16 September 2027, Three day Flood Academy at Akademie Biggesee  Bonsai Activities Flood Academy at Akademie Biggessee


Fielddays at Marnewaard V

April 2027, testing and experimenting at test site Marnewaard.

2026
Start of activities, experiments and more
Bonsai Partner Meeting - Paris

18-22 November 2026, The Bonsai Partnership meets in Paris.


Vlassenbroek Flood resilience exercise

17-18 November 2026, The Flemish Waterway will host a two-day exercise at test site Vlassenbroek, Belgium





Fielddays at Marnewaard IV

4-5 November 2026, testing and experimenting at test site Marnewaard.





Course on Emergency Management for Flood Defences at IHE Delft (NL)

2-  November 2026; Part 1 – General Concepts

9–13 November 2026; Part 2 – Operations in Practice 

Bonsai Activities Emergency management for Flood defences





Bonsai Partner Meeting - Groningen

19–21 May 2026 the Bonsai Partnership meets in Groningen. new-phase-new-energy-bonsai-partners-meet-in-groningen





Fielddays at Marnewaard III

15-16 April 2026, testing and experimenting at test site Marnewaard.  bonsai-puts-disaster-management-to-the-test-at-marnewaard-III





Wave Impact Testing at Vlassenbroek

23 March - 13 April 2026, Erosion and vegetation tests at test location Vlassenbroek.  Wave Impact Testing at Vlassenbroek




2025
Start of the Project and Planning
First test at the Meegroeidijk 
September 2025, first layer of sludge was applied on the levee at test location Meegroeidijk.  First Phases of the Meegroeidijk