Addressing the Fate of Himalayan Sourced
Rivers in the Context of Climate Change
Workshop Agenda
2-4 June 2015
Canberra, Australia
Workshop Agenda
Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am-9:45am
Chair: Lance Heath
9:00am-9:15am
9:15am-9:30am
9:30am-9:45am
9:45am-12:30 pm
Chair: Paul McShane
9:45am-10:00am
10:00am-11:00am
11:00am-11:30am
11:30am-12.00pm
12:00pm-12:30pm
12:30am-1:30pm
1:30 pm –4:30pm
Tea and coffee upon arrival
Session 1: Welcome & Introductions
Welcome & Introductions
Workshop Objectives
Group Photo
Session 2: Developing systemic models. Case study analyses
Teesta and Koshi.
Dr Terry Chan
Developing systemic models of the Teesta and Koshi River
Basins
Facilitated discussion: Developing systemic models of the
Teesta and Koshi
Tea and Coffee Break
Dr Shresth Tayal TERI, India. Indian perspectives of the Teesta
Dr Narendra Khanal, ICIMOD, Nepal. Knowledge perspectives of
the Koshi River Basin.
Lunch
Session 3: Development of Knowledge Management
Frameworks. Case study analyses Teesta and Koshi.
Chair: Paul McShane
1:30pm-2:00pm
2:00pm-2:30pm
2:30pm-3:00pm
Dr Shahriar Wahid, ICIMOD, Nepal. The Koshi Basin Program:
closing the knowledge and competency gaps
Dr Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Centre for Global Change, Bangladesh.
The Teesta River Basin: a Bangladesh perspective.
Dr Jeremy Aarons
Knowledge management for collaboration river basin
management in response to climate change: A knowledge
management framework for the Teesta and Koshi
3:00 pm– 3:30pm
Tea and Coffee Break
3:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitated discussion
Developing knowledge management frameworks for the Teesta
and Koshi
Session 4: Synthesis
4:30 pm – 5:00pm
Chair: Paul McShane
4:30pm-5:00pm
A comparison between water resource allocation strategies for
the Koshi and the Teesta
Close of Workshop
Tuesday 2nd June 2015: Evening Program
Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra
APN Planning Session 1
5:15pm -6:15pm
Planning session for APN Project (for Project participants) (See
Separate agenda)
6:20pm
Assemble at Mercure Hotel for departure to Canberra Yacht Club
6:30pm-9:00pm
Workshop Reception Dinner on Lake Burley Griffin (Dress: Warm
Causal)
9:00pm -9:30pm
Return to Mercure Hotel
Wednesday 3rd June 2015: Breakfast Program
Venue: Mercure Hotel, Canberra
APN Planning Session 2
8:00am -9:00am
Planning session for APN Project (for Project participants)(See
Separate Agenda)
9:10am
Assemble at Mercure Hotel for departure to ANU
Wednesday 3rd June 2015.Venue: Frank Fenner Seminar Room, ANU
9:30am-10:30am
Session 1: Systemic Models
Chair: Geraldine Li
9:30am-9:45am
Lance Heath, ANU. Project overview: Identification of Problems &
Solutions
9:45am-10:00am
Terry Chan, Monash University. Community level systemic
modelling of climate change adaptation
10:00am -10:15am
Baihua Fu, ICAM ANU. Bayesian Network Analysis of Panchkhal
data
1 0 : 1 5 a m- 1 0 : 3 0 am
Discussion
10:30am-11:00am
Tea and Coffee Break
1 1: 00 am - 12: 3 0p m
Session 2: Climate Research & Impacts/Vulnerability Assessment
Chair: Lance Heath
11:00 am-11:15am
Sunandan Tiwari, ICLEI. ICLEI-ACCCRN Workbook
11:15am-11:30pm
Geraldine Li & Ailikun, ANU/MAIRS. Climate Analysis I: Climate
Projections (Nepal & India)
11:30am-11:45am
Tingbao Xu, Fenner ANU. Climate Analysis II: Climate Surfaces
(Nepal)
1 1:45 am-12:00pm
Narendra Khanal, ICIMOD. Hydrological Analysis
12: 00pm - 12: 15pm
Prem Chapagain, Tribhuvan University. Vulnerability and Impacts
Assessment (Panchkhal, Nepal)
12: 15pm - 12: 30p m
Discussion & next steps
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm
Session 3: Road Map (Bangladesh and India)
Chair: Sunandan Tiwari
1:30 pm-1:45pm
Geraldine Li & Prakash Tiwari, ANU/ Kumaon University.
APN Planning Session Outcomes
1:45pm-2:15pm
Discussion & next steps
2:15pm-2:30pm
Nasreen Khan, Fenner ANU. Road Map Strategy for Bangladesh
2:30pm-3:00pm
Discussion & next steps
3:00pm-3:30pm
Tea and Coffee Break
3:30pm-4:00pm
Move to Manning Clark Centre, ANU for Public Symposium & Panel
Discussion
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 Public Symposium and Panel Discussion
Venue: Manning Clark Lecture Centre, ANU
4:00pm 6:00pm
4:00pm - 4:05pm
Public Symposium: Addressing the Fate of Himalayan Sourced
Rivers in the Context of Climate Change: Perspectives from
China, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Bhutan
(Dress: Formal)
Welcome (Welcome to Country) & Introduction
Dr Lance Heath, Climate Change Institute Australian National
University
Chair: Dr Paul McShane
Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Dr Ailikun
Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS), Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS)
4:20pm – 4:35pm
Dr Shahriar Wahid
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD)
4:35pm-4:50pm
Assoc Prof Prem Chapagain
Tribhuvan University (TU)
4:50 pm- 5:05 pm
Dr Shresth Tayal
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
5:05 pm- 5:20 pm
Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed
Centre for Global Change (CGC)
5:20 pm – 5:35 pm
Dr Gongsar Karma Chhopel
Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Authority (PHA)
5:35pm – 5:55pm
Panel Discussion & Question Time
Moderator: Dr Douglas Hill
University of Otago
5:55pm-6:00pm
Thank you and wrap-up
6:00pm-7:00pm
Drinks, Refreshments and Networking Session with the public and
Government Officials (Manning Clark Lecture Foyer)
Thursday 4th June 2015
Venue: Mt Stromlo Observatory, ANU
(Assemble at Mercure Hotel for 9:00am Departure)
9:30am-11:00am
Session 1: Synthesis and Integration
Chair: Doug Hill
9:30am-10:00am
Paul McShane, Third pole synthesis: Climate, Energy, Water and
Demography
10:00am-10:30am
Discussion on Synthesis activities
10:30am-11:00am
Lance Heath,
Imperial College London, Book Publication
11:00am-11:15 am
Tea and Coffee Break
1 1: 15 am - 12: 3 0p m
Session 2 : Future Directions
Chair: Padma Poudel
11:15 am-11:30am
Paul McShane, Flagship proposal
11:30am-12:00pm
Break-out groups & discussion
12:00pm-12:15pm
Lance Heath, Establishment of a Mountain Research Initiative
(MRI) Network for the Himalayan region
12:15am-12:30pm
Lance Heath, Up-date on proposal to establish a Himalayan
Studies Centre & next steps
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Field Trip
Cotter Dam
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Royalla Solar Farm
5:00pm-9:00pm
Dinner: Onred Restaurant, Red Hill (Dress: Causal)
Notes
Photos: Katherine Morton, Simon Rowntree and Lance Heath