Addressing the Fate of Himalayan Sourced Rivers in the Context of Climate Change Workshop Agenda 2-4 June 2015 Canberra, Australia
Workshop Agenda Tuesday 2 nd June 2015 Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra 8:30am 9:00am 9:00am-9:45am Chair: Lance Heath 9:00am-9:15am 9:15am-9:30am 9:30am-9:45am 9:45am-12:30 pm Chair: Paul McShane 9:45am-10:00am 10:00am-11:00am 11:00am-11:30am 11:30am-12.00pm 12:00pm-12:30pm Tea and coffee upon arrival Session 1: Welcome & Introductions Welcome & Introductions Workshop Objectives Group Photo Session 2: Developing systemic models. Case study analyses Teesta and Koshi. Dr Terry Chan Developing systemic models of the Teesta and Koshi River Basins Facilitated discussion: Developing systemic models of the Teesta and Koshi Tea and Coffee Break Dr Shresth Tayal TERI, India. Indian perspectives of the Teesta Dr Narendra Khanal, ICIMOD, Nepal. Knowledge perspectives of the Koshi River Basin. 12:30am-1:30pm Lunch 1:30 pm 4:30pm Session 3: Development of Knowledge Management Frameworks. Case study analyses Teesta and Koshi. Chair: Paul McShane 1:30pm-2:00pm 2:00pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-3:00pm 3:00 pm 3:30pm Tea and Coffee Break Dr Shahriar Wahid, ICIMOD, Nepal. The Koshi Basin Program: closing the knowledge and competency gaps Dr Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Centre for Global Change, Bangladesh. The Teesta River Basin: a Bangladesh perspective. Dr Jeremy Aarons Knowledge management for collaboration river basin management in response to climate change: A knowledge management framework for the Teesta and Koshi 3:30pm-4:30pm Facilitated discussion Developing knowledge management frameworks for the Teesta and Koshi 4:30 pm 5:00pm Session 4: Synthesis Chair: Paul McShane 4:30pm-5:00pm A comparison between water resource allocation strategies for the Koshi and the Teesta Close of Workshop
Tuesday 2 nd June 2015: Evening Program Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra 5:15pm -6:15pm APN Planning Session 1 Planning session for APN Project (for Project participants) (See Separate agenda) 6 : 2 0 p m Assemble at Mercure Hotel for departure to Canberra Yacht Club 6:30pm-9:00pm 9:00pm -9:30pm Workshop Reception Dinner on Lake Burley Griffin (Dress: Warm Causal) Return to Mercure Hotel Wednesday 3 rd June 2015: Breakfast Program Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra APN Planning Session 2 8:00am -9:00am Planning session for APN Project (for Project participants)(see Separate Agenda) 9 : 1 0 a m Assemble at Mercure Hotel for departure to ANU
Wednesday 3 rd June 2015.Venue: Frank Fenner Seminar Room, ANU 9:3 0 am-10:30am Session 1: Systemic Models Chair: Geraldine Li 9:3 0 a m - 9:4 5 a m Lance Heath, ANU. Project overview: Identification of Problems & Solutions 9 : 4 5 a m - 1 0 : 0 0 a m Terry Chan, Monash University. Community level systemic modelling of climate change adaptation 10:00am -10:15am 10:15am-10:30am 10:30am-11:00am 11:00am-12:30pm Baihua Fu, ICAM ANU. Bayesian Network Analysis of Panchkhal data Discussion Tea and Coffee Break Session 2: Climate Research & Impacts/Vulnerability Assessment Chair: Lance Heath 11:00 am-11:15am Sunandan Tiwari, ICLEI. ICLEI-ACCCRN Workbook 11:15am-11:30pm 11:30am-11:45am Geraldine Li & Ailikun, ANU/MAIRS. Climate Analysis I: Climate Projections (Nepal & India) Tingbao Xu, Fenner ANU. Climate Analysis II: Climate Surfaces (Nepal) 1 1:45 am-12:00pm Narendra Khanal, ICIMOD. Hydrological Analysis 12:00pm-12:15pm 12:15pm-12:30pm 12:30pm 1:30pm 1:30pm-3:00pm Prem Chapagain, Tribhuvan University. Vulnerability and Impacts Assessment (Panchkhal, Nepal) Discussion & next steps Lunch Session 3: Road Map (Bangladesh and India) Chair: Sunandan Tiwari 1:30 pm-1:45pm Geraldine Li & Prakash Tiwari, ANU/ Kumaon University. APN Planning Session Outcomes 1:45pm-2:15pm 2:15pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-3:00pm Discussion & next steps Nasreen Khan, Fenner ANU. Road Map Strategy for Bangladesh Discussion & next steps 3 : 0 0 p m - 3 : 3 0 pm Tea and Coffee Break 3 : 3 0 p m - 4 : 0 0 p m Move to Manning Clark Centre, ANU for Public Symposium & Panel Discussion
Wednesday 3 rd June 2015 Public Symposium and Panel Discussion Venue: Manning Clark Lecture Centre, ANU 4 : 0 0 p m 6 : 0 0 p m Public Symposium: Addressing the Fate of Himalayan Sourced Rivers in the Context of Climate Change: Perspectives from China, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan (Dress: Formal) 4:00pm - 4:05pm Welcome (Welcome to Country) & Introduction Dr Lance Heath, Climate Change Institute Australian National University Chair: Dr Paul McShane Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm Dr Ailikun Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 4:20pm 4:35pm Dr Shahriar Wahid International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 4:35pm-4:50pm Assoc Prof Prem Chapagain Tribhuvan University (TU) 4:50 pm- 5:05 pm Dr Shresth Tayal The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) 5:05 pm- 5:20 pm Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed Centre for Global Change (CGC) 5:20 pm 5:35 pm Dr Gongsar Karma Chhopel Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Authority (PHA) 5:35pm 5:55pm Panel Discussion & Question Time Moderator: Dr Douglas Hill University of Otago 5:55pm-6:00pm 6:00pm-7:00pm Thank you and wrap-up Drinks, Refreshments and Networking Session with the public and Government Officials (Manning Clark Lecture Foyer)
Thursday 4 th June 2015 Venue: Mt Stromlo Observatory, ANU (Assemble at Mercure Hotel for 9:00am Departure) 9 :30am-11:00am Session 1: Synthesis and Integration Chair: Doug Hill 9 : 3 0 a m - 10: 00a m Paul McShane, Third pole synthesis: Climate, Energy, Water and Demography 10:00am-10:30am 10:30am-11:00am 11:00am-11:15 am 11:15am-12:30pm Discussion on Synthesis activities Lance Heath, Imperial College London, Book Publication Tea and Coffee Break Session 2 : Future Directions Chair: Padma Poudel 11:15 am-11:30am Paul McShane, Flagship proposal 11:30am-12:00pm 12:00pm-12:15pm 12:15am-12:30pm 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch Break-out groups & discussion Lance Heath, Establishment of a Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Network for the Himalayan region Lance Heath, Up-date on proposal to establish a Himalayan Studies Centre & next steps Field Trip Cotter Dam Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Royalla Solar Farm 5:00pm-9:00pm Dinner: Onred Restaurant, Red Hill (Dress: Causal)
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Photos: Katherine Morton, Simon Rowntree and Lance Heath