Agenda

Water Resources University
Hanoi, Vietnam
4 to 7 December 2006

Monday, 4 December

9:00am - 9:30am

Welcome to Workshop Participants by WRU Rector Prof.Dr. Dao Xuan Hoc

Introduction to the Prototype Training Course on "Water Affairs"

Round Table Introduction of Participants

10:30am - 11:00am — BREAK

11:00am - 11:30am

Introduction to Water Affairs (mg_intro.ppt)

11:30am - 12:15pm

Water Science (mg_science.ppt)

12:15pm - 1:30pm — LUNCH

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Water Impacts on Ecosystems: Managed and Unmanaged (mg_cep.ppt)

2:30pm - 3:30pm

WMO Hydrology & Water Resources Programme (cc_wmo.ppt)

3:30pm - 4:00pm — BREAK

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Questions & Answers - Discussion

Tuesday, 5 December

9:30am - 10:30am

Problem Climates or Problem Societies? (mg_problemcx.ppt)

10:30am - 11:30am

Water Politics: National and International (mg_politics.ppt)

11:30am - 12:00pm — BREAK

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Part 1 of "An Inconvenient Truth"

1:00pm - 2:00pm — LUNCH

2:00pm - 5:00pm

FREE AFTERNOON

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Evening Session: Participants' Country Presentations (presentations.html)

Wednesday, 6 December

9:30am - 10:30am

Discussion about Differences between Water and Meteorology

10:30am - 11:00am — BREAK

11:00am - 1:00pm

Role & Management of National Hydrological Services (NHSs) (cc_role.ppt)

Water and Climate Change (mg_cxa.ppt)

Small Group Sessions to discuss Water Affairs in Asia

1:00pm - 2:00pm — LUNCH

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Water Ethics and Equity (krimsky.ppt)

3:00pm - 4:00pm

El Niño, La Niña Forecasts, and Downstream Impacts (mg_enso.ppt)

4:00pm - 4:30pm — BREAK

4:30pm - 5:15

Discussion about Ethics

 

Thursday, 7 December

9:00am - 9:45am

Our War Against Climate (mg_geoengineer.ppt)

9:45am - 10:30am

Socioeconomic Benefits of NHSs in Theory and Practice (cc_socio.ppt)

10:30am - 11:00am — BREAK

11:00am - 12:00pm

Evaluation of Workshop and Completion of Evaluation Forms

Part 2 of "An Inconvenient Truth"

12:00 - 1:30pm — LUNCH

1:30pm - 5:00pm

Site visit for Water Technology:
Irrigation
Dams and Reservoirs
River Diversions

Adjourn