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DAY 1: Sunday 14 March 2004
4.00 PM Registration at Official Conference Motel name to be advised
7.30 PM 8.30pm Welcoming Ceremony: Echuca Wharf , Port of Echuca
DAY 2: Monday 15 th March 2004
Plenary Session Chairman: Stephen Mills, Chairman, ANCID
8.40 AM: Welcome and Introduction: Stephen Mills
9.00 AM: Official Opening:The Hon Warren Truss MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
9.30 AM: Keynote Speaker : Angus Duncan, President and CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation in Portland , Oregon .
Taking an Overview of Catchment Management and Where it is Going.
10.30AM Partner's Program ; E xplore the Historic Shopping Area of Echuca, do some Shopping, visit Echuca Wharf Museum , and visit Australia 's unique Wildlife.
10.30 A.M 11.00 AM : Morning tea
11.00 AM 12.00 PM Stream 1: Session 1 Chairman: Member of Chinese National Committee
Topic: What is Catchment Management in Various Country's Experience
Total Catchments Management: The Nigerian Experience - Professor Francis Adeniji, University of Maiduguri , Nigeria
Integrated Management of the Tarim River Basin , Xinjiang , China - Clive Lyle, Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria , Australia
Information System on Justification of Irrigation Systems Reconstruction - Dr Irina Yurchenko, AllRussia Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation , Russia
12.00 PM 1.30 PM : Lunch
1.30 PM 3.00 PM CONCURRENT SESSION: Stream 1: Session 2 Chairman : Member of Indian National Committee
Topic: Legal Frameworks for Catchment Management within a National and International Situations
Exploration of South-to-North Water Transfer Project and Strategy on Water Resources Allocation in Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin - Pei Yuansheng, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, China
Flood Management in India: Community Participation is Inevitable - Neelmani Verma, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University , India
Saving Water Throughout Central Utah - Heath Clark, US Department of the Interior, USA
Understanding the Influence of Irrigation Systems on Water Sharing Issues in a Catchment Context - Maurits Ertsen, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands
1.30 PM 3.00PM CONCURRENT SESSION: Stream 2: Session 2 Chairman: Member of Thai National Committee
Topic: What is a Fair Share of the River for all Users?
The Efficient Management of Water Resources in the Oueme Catchment: Prospective Aspects - Kouassi Sebastien Dohou, Universite De Calavi, Benin
Basin Wide Water Management Initiatives Stimulates Century Old Irrigation Industry in Semi-Arid Southern Alberta, Canada - Upali Hippola, UTH Engineering, Canada
Development of a Management Model for a River Basin Which is Dominated by Irrigated Agriculture - Dharmasiri De Alwis, Mahaweli Consultancy Bureau, Sri Lanka
Participatory Approach for Management of Water Resources of Katepurna Sub-Basin in Maharashtra State-India - Sanjay Madhukar
Belsare, Irrigation Department Govt. of Maharashtra, India
Failure of Catchment Area Treatment Causes and Remedies Based on Our Experience of Projects on River Tpai in India - Dipak Naik, DD & Associates, India
Vulnerability of Sourcing Irrigation to Sharing Water: A Case Study - Mukhles uz-Zaman, Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh
3.00 PM 3.30 PM: Afternoon tea
3.30 PM - 4.30 PM CONCURRENT SESSION: Stream 1: Session 3 Chairman : Member of Japanese National Committee
Topic: What are the Needs of Environment ?
Case Studies in Catchments with High Irrigation or Drainage Requirements
Solving of Ecology Problems Caused by Irrigation in Volga-Basin - Sofia Issaeva, All-Russian Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation
Evaluation of Stream Temperature Change with Reservoir Management in Nam Ngum Basin - Koshi Yoshida, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
Achieving a Sustainable Irrigation Region Eight Years of the Murray Land and Water Management Plans - Alex Marshall, Environment Manager, Murray Irrigation Limited, Australia
Is it Possible to Secure Environmental Sustainability and Economic Viability of Irrigation Systems in Australia and Asia? - Dr Shahbaz Khan, CSIRO, Australia
3.30PM 4.30PM CONCURRENT SESSION: Stream 2: Session 3 Chairman: Member of Indonesian National Committee
Topic: Reclaimed Water Better Technologies
Variation of BOD Pollution Rate Within Hadous Drain Catchment of Egypt - Ayman Mostafa El-Degwi, Cairo University, Egypt
Reclaiming Poor Quality Water Commercial Innovations - Geoffrey Croke, PSI Delta, Australia
Effects of using treated Municipal Wastewater in Irrigation of Potatoes Payam Najafi, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Azad University
6.30PM Optional Twilight Riverboat Cruise on the Murray River with finger food included
Day 3: Tuesday 16 March 2004
7.00AM Conference Breakfast: Guest Speaker at conference venue
8.30 AM: Keynote speaker: Dr Shigetaka Taniyama President, Japanese Association of ICID, Distribution of Catchment Water, Especially for Agricultural Use, in the Asian Monsoon Region: The Japanese Experience
9.00AM: Partner's Program ; Eureka its Gold- visit to the historic gold mining city of Bendigo. Ride the talking tram, visit Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo Pottery and explore the unique city of Bendigo.
9.00 AM - 10.30 AM: Stream 1: Session 4 Chairman: George Warne, Murray Irrigation Ltd, NSW
Topic: Supplying the Needs for Water Supply and Removal from Farmers Doing it Smarter
A comparison of salinity trends in the irrigated Lockyer Valley, Queensland, and the Upper Roper Catchment, Northern Territory - Ms Tho Tien, Queensland University, Australia
System-Wide Water Management in Dan Hoai Irrigation Scheme, Vietnam - Dr Biju George, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Privatisation Driving Efficiency - Bill Hetherington, Murray Irrigation Ltd, Australia
Water Use for Paddy Cultivation and Suggestions for Improvements A Comparison of Two Irrigation Blocks in Mahaweli System H of Sri Lanka- Thushara Wickramaarachchi, Water Resources Secretariat, Sri Lanka
Model Development for Estimating Irrigated Water At Kandal Province, Cambodia - Hiroaki Somura, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Japan
Integration of Remote Sensing Data into a Distributed Hydrological Model for Irrigation Command Area Management - Dr Rajendra Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, India
9.00 AM 10.30 AM CONCURRENT SESSION: Stream 2: Session 4 Chairman : Member of Taiwan National Committee
Topic: Keeping the river clean
Technologies based on Indigenous Knowledge and their Validity. A Case from Semi-Arid Environment of Nepal - Rabindra Osti,
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
I ntegrating EM Survey, Soil Sampling and Watertable Data to Manage Subsurface Drainage for Salt Discharge Reduction: A Case Study - Dr Evan Christen, CSIRO, Australia
Factors Affecting the Role of Irrigation Drains as Sources or Sinks of Phosphorus - Kirsten Barlow, Primary Industries Research Victoria
An Assessment of the Regional Surface Water Quality in the Harvey Irrigation Area Implications for Regional Environmental
Sustainability - Mark Rivers, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Understanding Saltload Processes of the Murray River Between the Confluence of the Darling River (NSW) and Remark (SA) - Christopher Biesaga, Department of Primary Industries, Australia
10.30 A.M 11.00 AM: Morning tea
11.00 AM to 12.00PM: Stream 1: Session 5 Chairman: Member of Bangladesh National Committee
Topic: Competing Demands for Water in the Catchment Economic and Social Issues
Development of Interstate Water Trading in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia - Clarke Ballard, Ballard Consulting, Vic
Water Pricing in Bangladesh: A Pro-Poor Framework with Illustration- Nityananda Chakravorty, Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh
Development of a Salinity and Water Quality Management Plan for the Victorian Mallee - Ian Ballantyne, Department of Natural Resources, QLD
11.00 AM to 12.00 PM: Stream 2: Session 5 Chairman: Denis Flett, Goulburn-Murray Water Ltd, Vic
Topic: Technology to Support Monitoring and Management of the Catchment and its Waterways
California's Cooperative Snow Surveys Program - Maurice Roos, CA Department of Water Resources, USA
Tracing Organic Pollutants in Overland Flow and their Sources - Dr Leigh Clemow, Primary Industries Research Victoria
Optimising Phosphorus Retention on Irrigated Pastures - Dr David Nash, Primary Industries Research Victoria
Flood Plain Management By Implementing a National Water Dispatching Centre with the Application Software Named NWDCS - Homayoon Sabbaghzadeh, Payamafzar Research & Engineering Company, Tehran
12.00 PM Lunch
1.00 PM: Technical tour (Optional): NSW field tour of the irrigation district operated by Murray Irrigation Ltd, includes rice growing, irrigation and drainage infrastructure, aquaculture and catchment management
6.15 PM Pre-Dinner Drinks
7.00 PM Conference Dinner at Conference venue
DAY 4: Wednesday 17 March 2004
Plenary Session
8.30 AM: Keynote speaker: Don Blackmore, Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Commission
9.00 AM: Partners Program; Aboriginal Culture highlights in the Barmah Forest and an environmental river cruise.
9.00 AM to 10.30 AM: Stream 1: Session 6 Chairman: Member of Malaysian National Committee
Topic: Where can Major Distributors and Users of Water Make Savings?
Measurement, Remediation and Management of Seepage from Open Channels Anthony Brinkley, Sinclair Knight Merz
Historical Analysis of Water Flows in the Rio Dulce Catchment - Maurits Ertsen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Adapting 100 Year Old Infrastructure to Meet the Needs of Today's Irrigators and Regulators - Clive Luscombe, Goulburn-Murray Water, Australia
Teesta River Water Sharing: A Case Study in Teesta Barrage Project - Mohammad Nural Islam, Local Government Engineering Department, Bangladesh
An Integrated System for Assessment, Monitoring and Reporting Horticultural Water Use Efficiency from the Valve Unit to the Catchment Boundary - Daniel Meldrum, Department for Environment and Heritage, Australia
9.00 AM to 10.30 AM: Stream 2: Session 6 Chairman: Je ff Parish, Central Irrigation Trust
Topic: Technology, part 2 continued from 5 th session
Creation of a Predictive Model for Salinity Risk in the Murray Valley Irrigation Region (NSW) - Paul Lamble, Department of Geospatial Science, RMIT University, Australia
Disposal of Drainage Effluent in Evaporation Ponds of Pakistan - Ijaz Javed, IWASRI WAPDA, Pakistan
Impacts on Groundwater Systems in Border-Check Irrigation Areas - Matt Bethune, Department of Primary Industries, Australia
Groundwater Flow, Salinity Processes and Irrigation Development in the Champone District, Lao PDR - Dr William Milne-Home, University of Technology Sydney
Strategies for Saving of Water in Irrigation An Experience of Maharashtra State India - Suresh Vithal Sodal, Irrigation Department (Maharashtra), India
Pakistan's Biggest Underground Water Reservoir A Case Study of Pakistan Muhammad Amin, WAPDA, Pakistan
10.30A.M 11.00AM: Morning tea
11.00 AM to 12.15 PM: Stream 1: Session 7 Chairman : Stephen Mills, Chairman, ANCID
Topic: What are Critical Things Needed and a View of the Future for Catchment Management?
Irrigation in a Variable Landscape: Soil Hydraulic Properties Information and its Application - Dr Brijesh Mehta, Department of Primary Industries, Australia
Flooding Negotiation Model of Cambodia and Vietnam in the Mekong River - Hajime Tanji, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Japan
Selection of Policy Instruments to Achieve Change - Fiona Johnson, Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Australia
12.15 PM to 12.45 PM Resolutions from the Conference
12.45 PM: Lunch
1.45 PM Technical tour (Optional): T o Victorian irrigation areas, irrigation drainage, groundwater control and catchment management.
7.00 PM Conference windup dinner at Conference Venue
DAY 5: Thursday 18 March 2004
Post Conference Tours
• Up into the Snowy Mountains to Canberra: Visiting the Mitta Mitta Valley, Dartmouth Dam, Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric scheme and Canberra.
• Down the MightyMurray Valley visiting irrigation areas of Torrumbarry and Sunraysia in Victoria and Renmark and Berri in South Australia
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