4Th BEIRUT WATER WEEK

4Th BEIRUT WATER WEEK

4th BEIRUT WATER WEEK

20-23 February 2013

TENTATIVE AGENDA

DAY 1 : Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Venue: Issam Fares Hall

16:00 – 17:00Registration,

17:00 – 18:30Opening Session

Welcome Statements

  • Rev. Father Walid Moussa, President of Notre Dame University Dr.
  • Mr. Souheil Matar, VP, Cultural Affairs and Public Relations, NDU
  • Dr. Fadi Comair, Director General of Hydraulic and Electric Resources, Ministry of Energy and Water, Lebanon
  • Prof. Michael Scoullos, Chairman, Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean / MED EUWI Secretariat (GWP-Med/MED EUWI)
  • Mr. Walter Mazzitti, Steering Committee President, Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (EMWIS)
  • Mr. Jean-Francois Donzier, Permanent Technical Secretary International of Network of Basin Organisation (INBO)
  • Mr. Hachmi Kennou, Executive Director, Mediterranean Water Institute
  • S.E Raed Abu Soud, Former Minister of Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Jordan.
  • Guest Of Honor, S.E Mr. Andre Flajolet, President of the National Water Committee for the 5th World Water Forum in Marseille 2012.
  • H.E. Mr. Gebran Bassil, Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water

18:30 – 19:30Refreshment & Sweet Cocktail

DAY 2: Thursday, 21 February 2013

Venue: Bou Khater Auditorium

Theme 1: New Technological Tools in Water Planning and Management

09:00 – 10:00Session I :WEAP Model DSS Innovative Technology for Sustainable Management of National Water Resources

Chairperson:

- Role of MEW in National Planning (Eng. Mona Fakih)

- Insights of the MEW EUWI Service Contract ( Gert Soer)

- DSS for River Basin Management : Review of the National Hydrologic Database Modeling Tools ( Eng. Abbas Fayad)

- WAS Model (Prof. Franck Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology),

- Ground-Water Assessment and Database Project in Lebanon (Eng. Ziad Khayat, UNDP).

10:00 – 10:30Discussion

10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 Session II:

Chairperson:

-CIFME (Jean-Francois Donzier, Director General of International Office of Water, OIEau) EMWIS, L'UfM,

-ICT project

-STRATEAU Permet de répondre à la demande pour une décision dans le cadre d'une GIRE (Ms. Jeanette Pretot, Presidente de l'ambassade de l'Eau)

-Delineation of the groundwater catchment for Jeita spring using tracer tests ( Dr. Armin Margane, BGR)

-Use of stable isotope analyses as a support for the delineation of groundwater catchments (Jeita groundwater catchment) (Dr. Paul Königer, BGR).

-Water balance for the Jeita groundwater catchment using WEAP (Mr.Philip Schuler, BGR)

12:00 – 12:30Discussion

Theme2: Financing Water infrastructures: Role of the private Public Partnership

12:30 – 13:30

Chairperson:

- ????( Denis Cassat, Director General of French Development Agency in Lebanon)

- ????Eng. Khaldoun Elkhashman, Serectary General of Arab Countries Water Utilities Association, ACWUA

- l'Association des Banques du Liban, La Banque Centrale

13:30 – 14:30Lunch break

Theme 3: Hydro-diplomacy and Transboundary Aquifer Basin water management

14:30 – 16:00

Chairperson: H.E . Shadad Atili, , H.E. Raed Abu Soud, Dr. Fadi Comair

- title of pres ??? (Jean- Francois Donzier, Permanent Technical Secretary International of Network of Basin Organisation ,INBO)

- (Dr. Georges Comair, University of Texas at Austin)

- UNICIM(Chantal Delcamp),

- ESCWA(Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Chief, Water Resources Section Sustainable Development and Productivity Division, ESCWA)

- Water Cooperation Challenges in Arab Region(Ms. Chahra ksia, League Arab)

- BGR (Joelle Comair and Andreas Renck)

- (H.E. Shadad Atilli, Palestinian Water Authority)

- UNESCO,

- Transboundary Negotiation Tools (??Mr. Angeline Fournier)

- ???Prof. Sergio Marchisio

16:00 – 16:30Discussion

16:30End of Day 3

DAY 3 Friday, 22 February 2013

Venue: Issam Fares Hall

Theme 4: Climate Change Adaptation: New Water Mass, Water Transfer and Treatment

9:00 – 10:00

Chairperson: H.E Raed Abu Soud

- Introduction to Ferrate Technology (Ghaith Zreikat, Consultus),

- (Nicolas REMY-HURST Beterson Water International),

- Venci (Felix ploglio)

- MENBO (comair Fadi)

- UNICIM(Chantal Delcamp),

10:00 – 10:30Discussion

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

Theme 5: Role of NGO's and Universities in improving Water Management Awarness and Education

11:00 – 12:30

Chairperson:

- MIO,

- UNITWIN,

- UNESCO,

- CIH (Civic Influence Hub),

- Les Amis de l'Eau,H.E Adel Cortas

12:30 – 13:00Discussion

13:00 – 14:00Lunch break

Theme7: Water, Energy and Food

14:00 – 16:00

Chairperson :

- FAO

- Qatar food programme,

- L'IME

16:00End of Day 3

DAY 4 Saturday, 23 February 2013 :Technical Visit

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