Time

Activities

Presenter 

13:15 – 13:45

Registration

DISED

13:45 – 14:00

Welcome and opening remarks

DISED

14:00 – 14:10

Welcome speech

Vice-Chairman

Danang People’s Committee

14:10 – 14:20

Opening Remarksby honorable guest

H.E. Craig Chittick

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam

14:20 – 14:40

Keynote: Urban water crisis in Developing Countries: Perspectives on Danang city, Vietnam

Dr. Quach Thi Xuan

DISED

14:40 – 14:55

Keynote: Value of integrating water management and urban infrastructure

Dr. Joost Buurman

Senior Research Fellow, National university of Singapore

14:55 – 15:10

Keynote: PPP in water sector: Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. Stanley Boots

CEO of Frontier

15:10 – 15:25

Keynote: Public private partnership in water sector: Manila Water Story

Mr. Ronnie Lim

Country manager and chief representative of Manila Water Company Inc.

15:25 – 15:45

Tea break

15:45 – 16:00

Keynote: Water related risks and local adaptation plans in Lake Macquarie, Australia

Dr. Giuseppe Forino

University of Newcastle, Australia

16:00 – 16:15

Keynote: Citizen Science in the path towards livable & water secure city

Dr. Phuong Doan

Founder of Danang River Watch

16:15 – 17:15

Panel discussion: Faciltating application of water innovations towards livable cities in practice

Panelists

1. Dr. Jason Von Meding, University of New Castle, Australia

2. Dr. Jalilov Shokhrukh

JSPS-United Nations University Postdoctoral Research Fellow

3. Mr. Tachi Kenichiro

Japan International Cooperation Agency

4. Dr. Cuong Dinh, Danang Climate Change Coordination Office (government)

5. Dr. Trinh Chu, Cham Islands Marine Protected Area (community)

17:15 – 17:25

Final remarks

DISED