Workshop Programme

The Workshop will be held at Room 208, Level 2, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Signages will be put up to guide you to the venue.

Final Workshop Programme as at 16 Jun 2010

Time Programme Possible Topics and Speakers
0900 – 0905 Welcome Address by Chairperson Dr Vladan Babovic
Director, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance
0905 – 0915 Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour Tan Yong Soon
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
0915 – 1040 Session 1
Integrated Management of River Basins
1. Integrated Management of Mississippi River: Building a Collaborative Approach
Prof Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland Institute of Water Resources

2. Integrated Management of Yellow River

Prof Shang Hongqi, Director-General, Yellow River Conservancy Commission

3. Integrated Management of Danube River
Mitja Bricelj, President, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

4. Management of the Murray-Darling Basin: Scientific, Environmental, Social and Political Challenges
Prof Michael Barber, Vice-Chancellor and President, Flinders University
1040 – 1055 Teabreak  
1055 – 1120 Special Lecture Delta Programme: Adaptation to Climate Change
Mr Wim Kuijken, Government Commissioner for the Delta Programme
1120 – 1220 Session 2
Climate Proofing Cities
1. Singapore
Tan Nguan Sen, Director, Catchment & Waterways, PUB

2. Masdar
Ameena Al Kulaib,
Water Department Manager, Masdar City

3. Rotterdam

Arnoud Molenaar, Programme Manager, Rotterdam Climate Proof Programme
1220 – 1300 Panel Discussion Co-chair: Wouter Lincklaen Arriens
Vice Secretary-General, Network of Asian River Basin Organisations

Panelists:
1300 – 1305 Launch of report 6. Launch of “Himalayan Challenge – Water Security in Emerging Asia” Report
Mr Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group
1305 – 1400 Lunch  
1400 – 1520 Session 3
Water Governance  
1. Delta Water Governance
Prof Theo Toonen, Delft University of Technology

2. Transboundary Governance of Mekong River
HE Watt Botkosal, Deputy Secretary General, Cambodia National Mekong Committee

3. UK River Basins and the Water Framework Directive
Mr Simon Spooner, Principal Consultant, EU-China River Basin Management Programme

4. Perspective on Water Governance to Changing Environment
Prof Xia Jun, President, International Water Resources Association
1520 - 1535 Teabreak  
1535 - 1635 Session 4
River Restoration & Rehabilitation
1. Restoration of Rivers in USA
Laurens Van der Tak, Deputy Global Service Leader for Water Resources and Ecosystems Management, CH2M Hill

2. Restoration of Rivers and Urban Catchments in Germany and Singapore

Herbert Dreiseitl, Partner & Founder, Atelier Dreiseitl

3. Restoration of Taihu Basin
Ye Jianchun, Director-General, Taihu Basin Authority
1635 – 1715 Panel Discussion Co-chair: Mrs Renske Peters, Director of Water Affairs, Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management, Netherlands

Panelists: