WEPA Sessions in 11th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE11)
27-28 November 2014
Overview
The University of Tokyo and Asian Institute of Technology jointly organized the 11th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE11) on the 27th and 28th of November in Bangkok, Thailand. WEPA participated in this symposium together with Chuo University as Co-organizers. Participants numbered over 100 and were mainly from the field of academia. WEPA organized sessions at the symposium to provide an opportunity for dialogue and mutual understanding among policy makers and researchers with the aim of improving water environmental governance in Asia. In the first WEPA session, presentations by policy makers and a panel discussion were held in order to discuss a required collaborative framework among policy makers and researchers. On the second day, researchers made presentations and there were discussions and significant exchange of opinions among researches and policy makers. In both sessions, researchers and policy makers held active discussions on how to improve water environment in Asia.
- Venue
- Conference Centre of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
- Participants
- More than 100 participants (total participants for the symposium) Approximately 30 participants (for WEPA sessions)
- Organizers
- The University of Tokyo (Japan), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
- Co-Organizers
- WEPA, Chuo University (Japan)
- Language
- English
Symposium (27 November 2014)
Keynote lecture
- Water Environmental Management in Thailand
- Dr. Wijarn SIMACHAYA Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Thailand
WEPA Session (27 November 2014)
Introduction
- Introduction of the session
- Mr. Tetsuo KUYAMA, Manager (Water Resource Management) NRE, Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) / (WEPA Secretariat)
Kick off presentation
- Role of scientists in policy making process for water environment in Japan
- Prof. Mitsumasa OKADA, Open University (WEPA Advisor), Japan
- Prioritized policy agenda in water environmental management and role of water experts for policy making process in Thailand
- Dr. Wijarn SIMACHAYA, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Panel Discussion
- Water Environmental Management Policy in Vietnam (The role of Experts/Researchers)
- Dr. Nguyen The DONG Deputy General Director, Vietnam Environment Administration, Vietnam
- Water Pollution Control in Indonesia
- Dr. Budi KURUNIAWAN Head of Infrastructure and Services, Ministry of Environment, Indonesia
- Policy Research on Water Environmental Management and Collaboration Framework Between Policy Makers and Researchers in The Philippines
- Dr. Vincente B. Tuddao Jr., Director for Government and Enforcement, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
WEPA Session (28 November 2014)
- Wastewater Management in Bangkok
- Dr. Suwanna KITPATI BOONTANO, Lecturer and Deputy Programme Director Master of Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Mahidol University, Thailand
- Wastewater characterisation and its impacts to the performance of Water treatment plant in Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Dr. Tran Viet NGA, Lecturer, National University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam
- Water Quality Management Policy: Current situation and Issues
- Dr. G.B.B. Herath Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Coliform contamination of Indigenous clam, Batissa violacea (Lamarck,1818) (Bivalvia) in Cagayan River, Philippines: Implications to human health safety
- Dr. Rico C. ANCOG, Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines