Forum Schedule
DAY TWO
Tuesday, 8 October
| 08:00 | Welcoming Remarks The Honorable Senator Margaret Reid, Senator for the ACT and Immediate past President of the Australian Senate |
| 08:15 | Welcoming Remarks Dr.Richard Atkinson, President, University of California |
| 08:45 | Keynote Address:"World Water Supplies:Are They Adequate?" Dr.Frank Rijsberman, Director General, International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka |
| 09:30 | Keynote Address: "The Australian Water Experience:Some Ways Forward " Professor Peter Cullen, Director, Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Canberra |
| 10:00 | BREAK |
| SESSION 1 Integrated River Basin Management (Moderator:Dr.Henry Vaux) | |
| 10:30 | Introductory Remarks |
| 10:40 | The Mekong River Basin:Lessons from Integration,Efforts,and Trends Dr.Prachoom Chomchai, Mekong Development Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 10:55 | Transition |
| 11:00 | Spain 's Ebro Delta Professor Josep Dolz, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain |
| 11:15 | Transition |
| 11:20 | Managing River Systems:The Murray-Darling Experience Mr.Don Blackmore, Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| 11:35 | Round Table Discussion led by Dr.Graham Harris,CSIRO |
| 12:30 | LUNCHEON Speaker: Dr.Michael Taylor, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia |
| SESSION 2 Obtaining Integrated Stakeholder Input (Moderator:Dr.John Pigram) | |
| 13:45 | Community Participation -Learnings From the Murray-Darling Basin Experience Mrs.Leith Boully, Director, Land and Water, Australia; Chair, Community Advisory Committee, Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| 14:00 | Transition |
| 14:05 | Stakeholder Consultations in Irrigation Reforms:The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India -Mr.J.Raymond Peter, Executive Director, International Network on Participatory Irrigation Management, Washington,D.C. |
| 14:20 | Transition |
| 14:25 | Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community Mr.Salman M.A.Salman, World Bank, Washington,D.C. |
| 14:40 | Round Table Discussion led by Dr.Peter Mollinga |
| 15:30 | BREAK |
| SESSION 3 Innovations in Salinity Management (Moderator:Dr.Mordechai Shechter) | |
| 16:00 | Innovations in Salinity Management in Australia Mr.Kevin Goss, Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| 16:15 | Transition |
| 16:20 | The Nile Basin Experience Dr.Abdel Fattah Metawie, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, Egypt |
| 16:35 | Transition |
| 16:40 | Innovation in Salinity Management: The California Experience -Professor John Letey, University of California, Riverside |
16:55 | Round Table Discussion led by Dr.Tom Hatton, CSIRO Land and Water, Perth |
| 17:45 | Adjourn |
| 18:45 | DINNER -Hosted by Australian Capital Territory Government Remarks by Mr.Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister, ACT Government |
DAY THREE
Wednesday, 9 October
| SESSION 4 Innovations in Groundwater Management (Moderator:Mr.Fred Cannon) | |
| 08:30 | Introductory Remarks |
| 08:40 | Innovative Groundwater Management in Namibia Mr.Piet Heynes, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Namibia |
| 08:55 | Transition |
| 09:00 | Arvin Edison Water Storage District: Conjunctive Use in an Agricultural Area Dr.Henry Vaux, University of California |
| 09:15 | Transition |
| 09:20 | The Orange County Water District's Comprehensive Water Management Program Mr.William Mills, Orange County Water District |
| 09:35 | Round Table Discussion led by Dr. Peter Dillon, Centre for Ground Water Studies, CSIRO Land and Water, Adelaide |
| 10:30 | Break |
| SESSION 5 Public and Private Options for Water Supply &Wastewater Treatment Services (Moderator:Dr.Alberto Garrido) | |
| 11:00 | Public and Private Opinions in Australian Water Management Mr.Paul Perkins, Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water Corporation |
| 11:15 | Transition |
| 11:20 | Privatization of the Water Sector -Israel 's Experience Mr.Sion Cohen, Mekorot Water Company |
| 11:35 | Round Table Discussion led by Mr. Peter McVean, CEO, Vivendi Water, Sydney |
| 12:30 | LUNCHEON Speaker: Dr.John Langford, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia |
| SESSION 6 Institutional Innovations (Moderator:Dr.Mohamed Ait Kadi) | |
| 14:30 | Keynote Address: The Honorable Chen Guangguo,Vice Mayor, Chongqing, People 's Republic of China |
| 14:45 | Transition |
| 14:50 | Achieving Groundwater use Efficiency in Northern China Dr.Rick Evans, Sinclair Knight Merz, Melbourne |
| 15:05 | Transition |
| 15:10 | The Reform in Israeli Agricultural Water Pricing: A New Way or No Way Dr.Eli Feinerman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 15:25 | Transition |
| 15:30 | The European Union's Water Directive Framework Mr.Pierre Strosser, European Commission, Brussels |
| 15:45 | Round Table Discussion led by Mr. Jason Alexandra, Alexandra and Associates |
| 16:30 | Round Table Discussion Ends |
| CLOSING SESSION | |
| 16:30 | Conference Summary and Closing Thoughts Dr.John Briscoe, Senior Water Advisor,World Bank, Washington,D.C. |
| 17:00 | Closing Acknowledgements and Recognitions Dr.Henry Vaux |
| 17:30 | ADJOURN |
| 19:00 | GALA DINNER -Hosted by CSIRO Speaker: Dr.Graham Harris, Chair, Flagship Programs, CSIRO |