The 4th IWA Workshop Impact and Adaptation of Climate Change in ...

Program Schedule
9:00 Opening Shinichiro Ohgaki (Prof. The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Welcome Yoshihiko Misono (Director General, JWWA, Japan)
Soji Higashioka (Director General, TMWB, Japan)
9:15
9:45
Framework
"Climate Change+ Facing Unprecedented Challenges Around the World"
Paul Reiter (Executive Director, IWA)
Keynote 1
"Projections of Climate Changes over Japan
due to Global Warming for Regions as Large as the Kanto area"
Kazuo Kurihara (Head of the Third Research Laboratory, MRI, Japan)
10:30 ~ 10:45 Break
10:45
Keynote 2
"Vulnerability of Water Supply System and Adaptation to Climate Change"
Shinichiro Ohgaki (Prof. The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Case Study
11:30 Case Study 1
"Australia – Adapting to a Drying Climate"
Ross Young (Executive Director, WSAA, Australia)
12:15 ~ 13:30 Lunch
13:30 Case Study 2
14:15 Case Study 3
15:00 Case Study 4
"Preparing for Uncertainty: Climate Change and Water Supply Adaptation"
Paul Fleming (Manager of Climate Change Initiatives, SPU, USA)
"Implementation of adaptive strategies for drinking water production"
Gertjan Zwolsman (Principal Research Scientist, KIWA, Netherlands)
"Tokyo Waterworks: Countermeasures to Climate Change"
Masaru Ozaki (Deputy Director General, TMWB, Japan)
15:45 ~ 16:00 Break
Panel Discussion
16:00 "What should utilities do about Climate Change"
■ Chair Shinichiro Ohgaki (Prof. The University of Tokyo, Japan)
■ Panelist Paul Reiter (Executive Director, IWA)
Ross Young (Executive Director, WSAA, Australia)
Paul Fleming (Manager of Climate Change Initiatives, SPU, USA)
Gertjan Zwolsman (Principal Research Scientist, KIWA, Netherlands)
Masaru Ozaki (Deputy Director General, TMWB, Japan)
17:00 Concluding and Closing