Second WEPA International Workshop

9:30	Opening Session Chaired by Kensuke Fukushi, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo: WEPA Advisor
9:30	Welcome address	Soichiro Seki Director General for Water Environment, Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan
9:40	Keynote Speech “Climate Change Adaptation in Water Sector – focusing on water environment” Presentation(5,3MB)	Taikan Oki Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
10:10	Technical Session I
10:10	How can we save lakes affected by Climate Change? Presentation(10,5MB)	Michio Kumagai Research and Information Director, Lake Biwa Environment Research Institute, Japan
10:30	Effects of Climate Change on Lake Tahoe (CA-NV), USA and what this might mean for lakes and reservoirs in Asia Presentation(4,6MB)	S. Geoffrey Schladow Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director of Tahoe Environmental Research Center, University of California,Davis, USA
10:50	Questions and Answers
11:05	Coffee Break
11:20	Climate Change: Are Small Islands ‘Drowning’? Presentation(13MB)	Ahmad Zaharin Aris Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University Putra Malaysia
11:40	Risk of infectious diseases during flood and drought Presentation(6,0MB)	Toru Watanabe Associate Professor, Dept of Food, Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture Yamagata University, Japan
12:00	Questions and Answers
12:15	Lunch Break
13:30	Technical Session II
13:30	Climate Change Impacts to the Water Environment Presentation(7,1MB)	Takatoshi Wako Deputy Director Water Environment Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
13:50	Climate Change, Water Environment and Freshwater Ecosystems in Korea Presentation(771KB)	Namil CHUNG Research Fellow Water Quality Control Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea
14:05	Progress of Water Environment. Governance /Management and Challenges in Sri Lanka Presentation(2,2MB)	R.W.S.M.Nimal Manorathne Assistant Director, Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka
14:20	Climate Change Impacts on Water Environment: Thailand’s Preliminary Study Presentation(3,4MB)	Wijarn Simachaya Deputy Director-General, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
14:35	Questions and Answers
14:50	Coffee Break
15:00	Discussion Session Chaired by So Kazama, Professor, Tohoku University: WEPA Advisor.
	Presentation: Results of WEPA Questionnaire on Climate Change and Water Environment Presentation(150KB)	Yatsuka Kataoka Director, Freshwater Sub-group, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
	Discussion Topic 1: Potential impacts of climate change to different water bodies Topic 2: Necessary adaptation actions (areas need policy intervention to cope with potential climate change impacts to water environment)
16:45	Closure of the day