Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowship
“Developing proactive policy and
practice for land and water
management responsive
to climate change”
Monday 5 July to Friday 9 July, 2010
‘Treetops’, Melbourne Museum, Nicholson Street, Carlton
Melbourne - Victoria - Australia
Forum Partners:
About the ALA
AusAID is supporting this initiative as part of its Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships
program (ALAF). AusAID supports senior fellows from participating institutions in South Asia to
come to Monash University for six weeks to participate in collaborative workshops and
discussion activities addressing the theme: “Developing proactive policy and practice for land
and water management responsive to climate change”.
One formal activity is a one-week forum which brings together relevant disciplines responsive to
addressing climate change issues in South Asia. The immediate benefit will be improved
knowledge and understanding based on a shared understanding of current climate change
issues. Particular challenges include: population growth; increasing resource demand; disaster
management; community development; water resource allocation; government to government
communication; knowledge management; and the linking of these issues (among others) to
climate change. The primary goal is to strengthen institutional capacity for education and
research in relevant disciplines and to encourage an integrated (multi-disciplinary) approach to
climate change adaptation and mitigation. A further goal is to develop and co-ordinate
curriculum/research programs addressing climate change policy development and application.
This co-ordination will draw on strengths (particularly in key disciplines) identified in participating
institutions (as part of an established network of South Asian universities). Monash University is
well placed to assist, given its international profile in relevant disciplines and its long standing
and well established linkages with universities in the region, through its Monash Asia Institute.
Apart from the Forum, the ALAF program will include other collaborative activities in
collaboration with Monash University through its Faculties.
ALA Objectives
AusAID manages the Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) - a regional awards program that
focuses on developing leaders in the Asia Pacific region.
ALA has two components: Fellowships and Scholarships.
ALA Fellowships are offered to Australian organisations to host current leaders and/or midcareer professionals from countries within the Asia Pacific who are in positions to make short to
medium term advances on issues of regional development importance. The purpose of ALA
Fellowships is to provide these current leaders or mid-career professionals with high quality,
flexible, responsive and continuing access to Australian ideas or expertise.
Forum Program
Room Guide
All sessions will be in ‘Treetops’
Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will also be available in ‘Treetops’
Day 1: Monday 5 July, 2010
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:10
9:10 – 10:30
9:10 – 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:40
12:40 – 1:30
1:30 – 3:00
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 5:00
5:00
5:00 – 6:30
REGISTRATION: Tea and Coffee
WELCOME
Prof. Edwina Cornish, Senior DVC and Deputy VC (Research), Monash University
SESSION 1
THEME: CLIMATE CHANGE
Chair: Professor Dave Griggs, Monash University
Climate Change: An International Perspective
Professor Dave Griggs (Monash University)
The Economics of Climate Change
Professor Yew-Kwang Ng (Monash Department of Economics)
The Role of High Altitude Hydrological Conditions in Regulating the Downstream
Flow Regimes of Himalayan Rivers
Dr Shresth Tayal (The Energy and Resource Institute [TERI], India)
MORNING TEA
SESSION 2
THEME: CLIMATE CHANGE
Chair: Professor Dave Griggs, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
LUNCH
SESSION 3
THEME: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash University
Climate Change: A Bangladesh Perspective
Professor Muhammed Alamgir (Khulna Uni. of Engineering and Tech., Bangladesh)
Agriculture, Community Development and Climate Change: an Indian Perspective
Professor Indrani Chakraborty (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India)
Bangladesh
Professor Tasneem Siddiqui (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 4
THEME: CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE INDO-GANGETIC BASIN
Chair: Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash University
Panel Discussion - Monash Asia Institute; Impact on illegal Bangladeshi migration into
India – Ms Rizwana Shamshad; Impact of civil disorder and terrorism on the
Bangladeshi-Indian-Burmese border – Mr Iftikar Arman; Impact of alternative energy
strategies – Mr Daulat Desai; and Impact on the wider region and Sri Lanka –
Ms Sharmini Sherrard
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INFORMAL DRINKS
Forum Program
Room Guide
All sessions will be in ‘Treetops’
Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will also be available in ‘Treetops’
Day 2: Tuesday 6 July, 2010
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:30
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:40
12:40 – 1:30
1:30 – 3:00
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 5:00
3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
5:00
6:30 – 9:00
REGISTRATION: Tea and Coffee
SESSION 5
THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Chair: Professor Nigel Tapper, Monash University
Soil/Atmosphere Interactions
Professor Jason Beringer (Monash University SGES)
Multiplicity of Forest Land-use Practices in India
Professor Ajit Banerjee (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India)
Indian Issues
Professor Santosh Sarkar (University of Calcutta, India)
MORNING TEA
SESSION 6
THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Chair: Professor Nigel Tapper, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
LUNCH
SESSION 7
THEME: WATER/HYDROLOGY
Chair: Professor Ana Deletic, Monash University
Community Development in the Lower Gangetic Basin: A Study of the “Chars”
(Bars) in West Bengal
Dr Jenia Mukherjee (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India)
Bangladesh Perspectives
Dr Shahjahan Ali (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
Exacerbation of natural disasters through climate change in the Ganges delta region
Emeritus Professor Paul Grundy (Monash University)
AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 8
THEME: WATER/HYDROLOGY
Chair: Professor Ana Deletic, Monash University
Water Quality Issues
Dr David McCarthy (Monash University)
Discussion on Case Studies
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FORUM DINNER
Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne - 6:30 p.m. for 7:00 p.m.
Hosted by Professor Ed Byrne, Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, in the presence of
Miss Anita Nayar, Consul-General of India
Forum Program
Room Guide
All sessions will be in ‘Treetops’
Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will also be available in ‘Treetops’
Day 3: Wednesday 7 July, 2010
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:30
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:40
12:40 – 1:30
1:30 – 3:00
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 4:30
3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
5:00
REGISTRATION: Tea and Coffee
SESSION 9
THEME: HEALTH
Chair: Professor Gordon Whyte, Monash University
Life Cycle Assessment: An environmental evaluation tool for carbon footprints and more
Dr Nawshad Haque (CSIRO Process Science & Engineering)
Health Issues
Associate Professor Karin Leder (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
Health, Water and Climate Change
Dr Martha Sinclair (School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine)
MORNING TEA
SESSION 10
THEME: HEALTH
Chair: Professor Gordon Whyte, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
LUNCH
SESSION 11
THEME: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Chair: Professor Margaret Alston, Monash University
Social Science and Climate Change: South Asia
Professor Margaret Alston (Monash Department of Social Work)
Forest Resources in India: Some issues in Economic Valuation and Policy
(Mr Anirban Ganguly) (The Energy and Resource Institute [TERI], India)
Past, Present and Future of Community Forestry in the Gangetic Basin, India
Professor Ajit Banerjee (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. India)
AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 12
THEME: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Chair: Professor Margaret Alston, Monash University
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh
Professor Aka Firowz Ahmad (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Geopolitics and Governance: from Rhetoric to Policy Formulation
Dr Sharif As-Saber (Monash Department of Management)
Shifting Cultivation, Tribal People and Climate Change, with special reference to
North-East India
Professor Malobika Das Gupta (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata)
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Forum Program
Room Guide
All sessions will be in ‘Treetops’
Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will also be available in ‘Treetops’
Day 4: Thursday 8 July, 2010
8:30 – 9:00
REGISTRATION: Tea and Coffee
9:00 – 10:30
SESSION 13
THEME: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dr Henry Linger, Monash University
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
Knowledge Management and its application to Policy Development
Dr Henry Linger (Monash University)
Knowledge Management and a shared approach to Catchment Management
Dr Paul McShane (Monash University)
Carbon Pricing Issues
Dr Gujji Muthuswamy (Monash University)
10:30 – 10:45
MORNING TEA
10:45 – 12:40
SESSION 14
THEME: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dr Henry Linger, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
12:40 – 1:30
LUNCH
1:30 – 2:30
SESSION 15
THEME: SYSTEMIC MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dr Paul McShane, Monash University
1:30 – 2:00
Bayesian Networks and Ecological Risk Assessment
Dr Terry Chan (Monash University)
2:00 – 2:30
Land Use/Land Use Change: Forestry
Dr Andrew Cock (Monash University)
2:30 – 3:00
AFTERNOON TEA
3:00 – 4:30
SESSION 16
THEME: SYSTEMIC MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dr Paul McShane, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
4:30
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Forum Program
Room Guide
All sessions will be in ‘Treetops’
Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will also be available in ‘Treetops’
Day 5: Friday 9 July, 2010
9:00 – 9:30
REGISTRATION: Tea and Coffee
9:30 – 11:00
SESSION 17
THEME: LAW AND POLICY
Chair: Dr Paul McShane
9:30 - 10:00
Environmental Policy in Bangladesh
Professor Salahuddin Aminuzzaman (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
10:00 - 10:30
Law and Policy in the context of Sustainable Development
Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
10:30 – 11:00
MORNING TEA
11:00 – 1:00
SESSION 18
THEME: ECONOMIC ISSUES
Chair: Professor Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
11:00 – 11:30
Impact of Climate Change on the Indian Economy: A Review of the Existing Literature
Professor Indrani Chakraborty (Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India)
11:30 – 12:00
Disaster Risk Reduction, climate change and mainstream programmatic
interventions in Bangladesh: An Overview
Professor Niaz Khan (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
12:00 – 12:30
Effect of foreign aid on diaster preparedness / determinants of international diaster aid
Dr Paul Raschky, (Monash University)
12:30 – 1:30
LUNCH
1:30 – 3:00
SESSION 19
THEME: LAW POLICY ECONOMICS
Chair: Professor Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
1:30 – 3:00
Discussion on Law Policy and Economic Issues
3:00 – 3:30
AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 – 5:00
SESSION 20
THEME: FINAL SYNTHESIS
Chair: Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash University
Discussion on Case Studies
4:30 – 5:00
5:00
Closing Remarks
Professor Marika Vicziany (Monash University)
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