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FINAL PROGRAM

 

 

   

16 May 2006     17.00 – 19.30 Registration at UNESCO-IHE

 

  

17 May 2006      08.00 –           Registration at UNESCO-IHE

 

 Plenary opening session       Room A1

09.00-09.10

Welcome speech by Prof Dr Richard A. Meganck, Director UNESCO-IHE, Delft

09.10-09.20

Welcome speech by Prof Dr Ir Hubert N. van Lier, Chairman organizing committee, ISOMUL, Wageningen University .

09.20-09.30

Welcome speech by Prof Ir W Segeren, Chairman of the scientific committee

09.30-10.20

Keynote by Prof Dr Ir Bart Schultz, Directorate General of Public Works and Water Management, UNESCO-IHE

Opportunities and threats for lowland development: Concepts for water management, flood protection and multifunctional land-use.

10.20-10.50     Coffee break

10.50-11.40

Keynote by Ir Dirk Sijmons, Director H+N+S Landscape Architects Utrecht, Dutch National Landscape Advisor.

Challenges for new multifunctional land-use concepts in lowlands and deltas.

Session  1: Room A1

Session 2: Room A2

11.45-12.10

Transition and future of agriculture in the Dutch Delta - L. Stuyt (the Netherlands )

11.45-12.10

Protection of hill lakes placed in area with dominant agriculture land use, through erosion control works - G. Purnavel ( Romania ) 

12.10-12.35

Multifunctional landscapes and greenhouses in the coastal plains of Spain : towards new planning criteria - A. Matarán Ruiz ( Spain )

12.10-12.35

Subsurface irrigation to diminish subsidence of peat soil  - J. van den Akker (the Netherlands )

12.35 – 13.45   Lunch

Session 3:  Room A1

13.45-14.10

Conflicting claims on water resources in a tropical lowland peat swamp - C. Siderius (the Netherlands )

14.10-14.35

Potentials and constraints of water management measures for tidal lowlands in South Sumatra - F.X. Suryadi (the Netherlands )

13.45-14.10

Urban consumption of water in touristic areas, the Guadalfeo region case - M.I. Rodríguez Rojas ( Spain )

14.10-14.35

Water Poverty in Egypt ; using GIS in tracking the relation between water poverty & development indices -  R. Ramadan ( Egypt )

15.25-16.00    Coffee Break

Session 4:  Room A1

16.00-16.25

Social systems, culture and ecology in the Danube delta - K. v. Assche ( USA )

16.25-16.50

Dutch innovative cases and their implications  for the future of spatial planning in the Netherlands -  C. Zevenbergen (the Netherlands )  

16.00-16.25   Nutrient emission quantification tools for support of decision-making on land and water management in lowlands -  P. Groenendijk (the Netherlands )  
16.25-16.50   Flood monitoring using MODIS imagery. Case study: Romania , Timis river catchments - G. Stancalie ( Romania ) 

17.45-18.30     Welcome drink at UNESCO-IHE

18.30-20.00     Welcome diner at UNESCO-IHE

 

  

18 May 2006      08.00 –           Registration at UNESCO-IHE

 

Plenary session          Room A1

09.00-09.50

Keynote by Prof Dr Pavel Kabat, Centre for Water and Climate, Wageningen University and Research Centre

Climate changes Spatial Planning: How to incorporate climate variability and climate change into land and water management.

09.50-10.40

Keynote by Prof. Richard Ashley, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK

The future for water and flood risk management in highly susceptible urban areas.

10.40-11.10     Coffee break

 

Session 5: Room A1

11.10-11.35

Finding Space for Water in the Netherlands - F. van Lent (the Netherlands )

11.35-12.00

Anthropological and Climate Change Effects in the Hydrology of Po Valley - M. Greppi ( Italy )

12.00-12.25

Climate Change and sea level rise: Bangladesh perspective - M.F. Chowdhury ( Bangladesh )

12.30-13.30    Lunch

Session 6: Room A1

13.30-13.55

Water management measures in two lowland basins to reduce flooding - E. Querner (the Netherlands )

13.55-14.20 Optimum Layout and Operation of Pumping System in Coastal Aquifers, Genetic Algorithm Approach - S.A. Zahraei ( Iran )  

14.20-14.45

Has the risk of flooding in the Meuse increased due to climate variability and/or land use change? - M. Tu (the Netherlands )

14.45-15.10

Comparing Integrated Flood management in British Colombia and the Netherlands - M.v.Vliet (the Netherlands )

15.10-15.40    Coffee Break

Session 7: Room A1

15.40-16.55

program “Make Space for Water”  and possibilities to international cooperation - B. Satijn (the Netherlands )

Discussion on cooperation between conference participants and members of the program

17.00-17.45 Plenary closing session: Conference evaluation and challenges for future research.
18.00-20.00 Conference diner at UNESCO-IHE  

 

19 May 2006    Excursion

09.00-12.00

Visit to Maeslantkering (Waterway Storm Sturge Barrier)

12.00-14.00

Lunch in the floating greenhouse (Naaldwijk) with presentation by Dura Vermeer

14.00-16.00

Tour around Westland and visit of Ter Heijde by Delfland Water Board (Hoogheemraadschap Delfland)

16.30-

Arrival at Delft + Farewell drink at the Delfland Water Board