The 2nd International Symposium on Flood Defence
OPENING CEREMONY
(Sept. 10, 2002)
Venue: Performance Telecast Hall (3rd floor, China Hall of Science and Technology)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Zhengying Qian | Vice president, The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Ex-Minister of Water Resources of China, Chair of the Advisory Committee, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences. |
Jingping E | Secretary-general of the Headquarter of the State Flood Control & Drought Relief of China, Vice-minister of Water Resources of China |
Erich J. Plate | Ex-president of the International Association of Hydrau-lic Engineering Research, Professor of Karlsruhe University |
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi | Professor of Yamanashi University, President of the International Association for Hydrological Sciences |
L.K. Siddiqi | Minister of Water Resources, People’s Republic of Bangladesh |
Hein T.C. Van Stokkom | Director of the East Netherlands Department of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management |
Richard Reidinger | Water Resources Economist of the World Bank |
Ke Gong | Vice president of the Tsinghua University |
PLENARY SESSIONS
(KEYNOTE LECTURES)
Venue: Performance Telecast Hall (3rd floor, China Hall of Science and Technology)
Tuesday, 10 Sept. 2002
Plenary Session 1 10:30-12:45 | ||
Chair | Baosheng Wu | |
10:30 | Early warning system of the Mekong Erich J. Plate |
Germany |
11:05 | Floods and society, a never-ending evolutional relation Kuniyoshi Takeuchi |
Japan |
11:40 | Catchment Flood Management: a U.K. Perspective and Experience R.A. Falconer |
UK |
12: 15 | Flood defence in the Netherlands; a new era, a new approach Ir. Hein van Stokkom |
the Netherlands |
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
Plenary Session 2 14:00-16:00 | ||
Chair | Roger Falconer | |
14:00 | Flashflood and sediment transport modeling of small watersheds Pierre Julien |
USA |
14:35 | Flood defense issues and strategies-the complementary character of structural and non-structural measures to cope with floods Bella Petry |
the Netherlands |
15:10 | Risk-based design and analysis of flood defence systems Yukong Tung |
Hong Kong China |
15: 45 | Flood Management from the Perspective of Integrated Water Resource Management Colin Green |
World Bank |
16:00-16:30 Tee and Coffee Break
Plenary Session 3 16:30-18:30 | ||
Chair | Gordon G.H. Huang | |
16:30 | Flood Disasters and Insurance: Flood risk = hazard x exposure x vulnerability Wolfgang Kron |
Germany |
17:05 | Urban flood control in Hong Kong Joseph H.W. Lee |
Hong Kong, China |
17:40 | Changes of flood control situations in the coastal region of China and adjustments of flood management strategies Xiaotao Cheng |
China |
18: 15 | Discussion |