Program

Theme Presentations Posted
Parallel Session Presentations Posted
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Thursday, 8 May

08:00     Parallel Session

Mitigation – Inundation Issues
Chair: B. Radojevic

Mitigation – Flood Risk Management
Chair: K. Takeuchi

Preparedness, Response and Recovery – Assessment of Losses
Chair: B. Lence

Mitigation – Policy Issues
Chair: E. Plate

Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Modeling Issues
Chair: D. Burn

10:00     Coffee Break

10:30     Parallel Session

Mitigation – Participation and Insurance
Chair: P. Kovacs

Environmental Considerations – Climate Change
Chair: G. McBean

Mitigation – Planning
Chair: A. Tyagi

Various Perspectives – Regional, Historical and Health Perspectives
Chair: R. Carson

Mitigation - Policy, Standards and Strategic Planning
Chair: Z. Kundzewicz

12:00    Lunch

13:30     Parallel Session

Analytical and Distributive Methodologies - Information and Decision Support Systems
Chair: E. Mwelwa

Environmental Considerations – Winter Floods, Mountain Environments, Sediment 
Chair: L. Farrell

Environmental Considerations – Climate Change
Chair: J. Bruce

Various Perspectives – Urban Flooding
Chair: M. Hossain

Structural Approaches – Dikes, Reservoirs and Dams
Chair: K. Prasad

15:30     Tea Break

16:00     Plenary: Strategy for Mainstreaming Flood Risk Reduction in Society

Session Leader: Dr. K. Takeuchi, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Tsukuba, Japan

Panelists:

• Avinash Tyagi (WMO, Director of Division of Hydrology and Water Resources) Main-streaming climate variability and change in flood risk management
• Sálvano Briceño (ISDR Executive Director) Integrating flood risk reduction in national policies for climate adaptation and the Hyogo Framework for Action
• Andreas Schumann (UNESCO) Barriers to prevent science and technology achievements to put to practice
• Erich Plate (UNU) Examples of mainstreaming flood preparedness in local communities
• Kuniyoshi Takeuchi (ICHARM) Indicators and standards to monitor and promote the flood preparedness of society

17:30     Closing

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Updated 25 June 2008