Dr. Ir. Francien van Soest
Francien van Soest has been keynote speaker in the 2024 conference with the theme ‘Raising Roofs Planting Roots’. She is specialised in spatial quality and landscapes: as a former professor at the faculty of spatial sciences, she has now put her knowledge to use as a leading architecture and landscape expert at the province of Groningen. She is in charge of a team of spatial designers that advise the province on large spatial issues.