DAY 2 - Actual Practice
09.00-10.00 hrs	Chair: Development of Melbourne Harbour Stephen Bradford, CEO Port of Melbourne (AUS)
09.30-10.00 hrs	Coastal Development of Bohai Sea (Tainjin) Mr. Shang Hongqi, Director General Department of Ineternational Cooperation, Science and Technology, Yellow River Conservancy Comission (CH)
10.30-11.00 hrs	Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 hrs	Case: California Bay Delta The California Bay-Delta and climate change adaptation. The water use challenges in California are huge. Urban, Environmental and Agricultural water users compete for the scarce resource in the summer while an abundance of water causes regular flooding in winter and spring. Climate change poses new challenges but also brings opportunities to rethink California’s approach to water resources management. Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Climate change proofing -adaptive strategies, resilient, risk management and flood risk communication. Innovative financing - public private partnership and social/cultural issues - public awareness Chair: Ir. P.T.M. Dircke - Arcadis (NL) Will Travis, San Francisco Bay Conservation Development Commission (US) (invited) Kevin Knuuti, US Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District (US) (invited)
11.00-12.30 hrs	Case: Mekong River Delta (Ho Chi Minh) Panel Discussion with Delta-experts from Jakarta, Rotterdam, New Orleans and knowledge institute Deltares (Public Discussion with input from the audience with representatives of Delta's around the world). Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Natural coastal protection, wetlands restoration, room for rivers and exploitation of natural resources Chair: Ir. R.O.T. Zijlstra - Royal Haskoning (NL) Dr Trinh Cong Van, Main Autohor of the latest HCMC Integrated Flood Master Plan, HCMC University of Water Resources Management (VTNM) Mr. Ho Long Phi, Technical Advisor HCMC Anti Flood Program Management Centre, HCMC University of Technology (VTNM)
11.00-12.30 hrs	Case: Ganges Brahmaputra Delta Topics that will be addressed in this case are: coastal polders in the context of climate change. The climate change is evident now. The low coastal region has become vulnerable as sea-level rise and the frequency of cyclone and storm surge has increased. Drainage congestion and flooding has become very common. The mangrove forest of the Sundarban is particularly vulnerable. The life and livelihood of the coastal population is at stake. The adaptation strategy needs to be adapted. But also the remedial measures taken in form of innovative tidal river basin management approach and modifications of structure Chair: Ir. L. Bijlsma - Director Waterdienst - Rijkswaterstaat (NL) Mr. Zahirul Haque Khan, Division Head, Coast, Port and Estuary Division, Institute for Water Modelling (IWM) (BNGL) Mr. A.K.M. Kausher, Project Director Coastal Embankment Repair Project, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BNGL) Giasuddin Ahmed Choudhury, Executive Director, Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (BNGL)
11.00-12.30 hrs	Theme: Infrastructure: extension revilatization Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Engineering - embankments, dams, land reclamation, multi-functional use of infrastructure Chair: MSc (C.E.) H. Postma - Royal Bos Kalis NV and MSc (C.E.) M. Lindo - Van Oord NV Yaver Abidi, Halcrow Group - Severn Barriage (UK) Tiedo Vellinga, Port authority Rotterdam Maasvlakte 2 (NL) (invited) Prof. drs. Ir. J.K. Vrijling - TUDelft (NL)
12.30-13.30 hrs	Lunch
13.30-15.00 hrs	Case: Nile River Delta (Cairo) Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Natural coastal protection, wetlands restoration, integrity of the ecosystem - biodiversity, environmental and engineering - embankments, dams, land reclamation. Chair: Prof. Ir. Eelco. van Beek, Director Sustainable Watermanagement, Deltares Speakers to be announced
13.30-15.30 hrs	Case: Ciliwung -Jakarta: Delta-dialogue - From fighting with floods to living in harmony with water Panel Discussion with Delta-experts from Vietnam (Mekong), Rotterdam, New Orleans and knowledge institute Deltares. Public Discussion with input from the audience with representatives of Delta's around the world. Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Climate change proofing - adaptive strategies, resilient, Innovative financing -Public Private Partnership. Chair: Ir. R.O.T. Zijlstra - Royal Haskoning (NL) and Ir. H.M.C. Satijn - Living with Water (NL) Mrs. Sarwo Handhayani, Assistant Secretary for Development, Government of DKI Jakarta Province (INDO) MD, MSc Achmad Harjadi, Chairman Jakarta Regional Planning Board, Provincial Government of Jakarta (INDO)
13.30-15.30 hrs	Theme: Natural Systems: management and restoration Climate change proofing in a sustainable and secure manner. Including a contribution from The Florida Everglades Comprehensive Restoration Project and The Sand Engine; a Innovative Dutch Coastal Development Project; a mound of sand just in front of the Dutch Coastal Zone that is used for a Natural way of land reclamation and to develop nature, safety, recreation and coastal rehabilitation. Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Natural coastal protection, wetlands restoration, Integrity of the ecosystem - biodiversity, environmental and Water quality control Chair: Drs. J.J. van der Sommen - Netherlands Water Partnerschip Jerry Strowd, South Florida Water Management District (US) Helena M.C. (Lenie) Dwarshuis-van de Beek, Ged. Provincie Zuid Holland (NL) Huib de Vriend, Research Director - Deltares Arjan Berkhuysen, head of the Freshwater Programme, WWF (NL)
13.30-15.30 hrs	Theme: Land and Water Use development adaptation Topics that will be addressed in this case are: Climate change proofing - adaptive strategies, resilient and urban development. Spatial planning & zoning Chair: Ir. H.P.J. van Schaik - Co-operative programme on Water and Climate and Prof. Dr. Ir. C. Zevenbergen - Dura Vermeer (NL) Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, DG Public Works Department, Edogawa City Office (JP) (invited) Dr. Niels Ipsen, DHI (DK) Kala Vairavamoorthy, Professor of Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems, UNESCO-IHE and school of Civil Engineering (UK)
15.30-16.00 hrs	Tea Break
16.00-18.00 hrs	Hosted Presentations Effective Coastal Defences A new solution for effective coastal defences is provided by the elastomeric polyurethane system Elastocoast® specially developed by the BASF subsidiary Elastogran. Elastocoast is a PU plastic for flexibly clamping together dike breakwaters composed of broken stone. The new PU technology can contribute to increasing the stability of breakwaters and in this way secure endangered segments of coastline. In additon, it is effective and provides an alternative to conventional rigid structures based on concrete and bitumen reinforced revetments. Several pilot projects have demonstrated the advantages of this system. The first pilot projects have been carried out since 2004 on Germany’s North Sea coast in collaboration with the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) and the Office for Rural Areas (ALR), Schleswig-Holstein. An example is the “Hamburger Hallig” in the north of Husum, Germany, where early in 2004 120 square metres were freshly covered. Another example is the “Sylt Elbow” area near List, Germany, where 270 square metres were protected with five metric tons of Elastocoast® material. This part of the North Frisian islands is exposed to extreme erosion and the new breakwater there protects an open zone of powerful breakers. End 2008 a total of around 16.000 m² of Elastocoast has been realised worldwide Johan Rasing, Market Development Basf
	Building with nature Speaker to be announced - Building with Nature IBM - Centre of Excellence and Innovations Speaker to be announced
19.00-22.00 hrs	Reception, Social Event at the Dutch West India Company In May of 1645 Peter Stuyvesant was selected by the Dutch West India Company to as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (later renamed New York) from 1647. Stuyvesant's accomplishments as director-general included a great expansion for the settlement of New Netherlands beyond the southern tip of Manhattan. Among the projects built by Stuyvesant's administration were the protective wall on Wall Street, the canal that became Broad Street, and Broadway. The Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York is also named after him. The social event of Aquaterra will take place at The West Indies House in Amsterdam in the Meeting Room where Stuyvesant was appointed the last Dutch Director-General of the colony New Amsterdam.