ACCELERATING ON-DEMAND INNOVATIONS FOR SMART WATER GOVERNANCE

05/10/2023

Day 2: 8:00 – 16:30, 12^thOct 2023

Venue: Conference Room, Ground Floor, Hall B1, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City

Organized by: Informa Markets Vietnam in collaboration with SEAGU, ASEAN S&T Fellow Association and ISGSD

AGENDA

Time	Content	Speaker
8:00 – 8:45	Registration	Organizing
9:00 – 9:10	Opening Remarks	Mr. Tee Boon Teong, General Manager of Informa Markets Vietnam

Session 1: Accelerating On-Demand Innovations for smart water governance

Chair Dr. Bach Tan Sinh

Vietnam Representative of The Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) & Senior Advisor to the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), Formal Acting Director of Research Centre of S&T Policy, National Institute of Policy and Strategy/ Ministry of Science and Technology

Time	Content	Speaker
9:10 – 9:30	Keynote 01: Challenges and Opportunities of Water Industry in Vietnam and Mekong Region	A/Prof. Hoang Thai Dai, Vice Director of Environment and Economic Development Institute; Editor- In- Chief of Water Res Journal; Senior Expert of Vietnam Water Res Association
9:30 – 9:50	Keynote 02: Accelerating Water and Environment Innovations through partnership and industry engagement: Experiences from Singapore	Mr. Bernard Koh, Assistant Chief Executive, PUB
9:50 – 10:10	Keynote 03: Solutions and experiences in smart management, efficient use of Energy and reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for urban drainage systems	Mrs. Le Thu Thuy, studying PhD at the University of Civil Engineering/Officer of the Department of Technical Infrastructure, Ministry of Construction
10:10 – 10:25	Keynote 04: Lessons learnt from managing water pollution and developing watershed protection plans in Texas	Dr. Ali Saleh, Director of Texas Institute for Applied Environment Research, USA; Founder of 21st Century Watershed Technology Conference, USA
10:25 – 10:40	Keynote 05: Dutch Water Democracy – The way the Dutch deal with water	Mr. Daniel Stork, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
10:40 – 10:55	Keynote 06: Roles of Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin Organization (RBO) in ensuring water resources for socio-economic development and minimizing water risks to downstream areas	Mrs. Đang Nguyen Thuc Anh, Deputy Head of Mineral & Water Resource Unit at Danang’s Department of Natural Res and Environment
10:55 – 11:55	Panel discussion: Innovation and Partnerships: International Experiences and Lessons Learned for Smart Water Solutions and Governance Moderator: Datuk Ir. Abdul Kadir Mohd Din FASc DMSM, MIEM, MICE, ACPE, P.Eng, C.Eng Chairman of Malaysian Water Academy Sdn Bhd (2017-2021), Alumni Member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and member of various professional institutions which includes: Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM), Malaysian Water Association (MWA), Environmental Management of Research Associate of Malaysia (ENSEARCH), Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP), Member of Malaysian Capacity Development Network for Sustainable Water Management (MyCDNet), Fellow of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), and Water Environment Federation (WEF), United States.	1. Mr. Nguyen Hong An, Deputy Director General of Danang’s Department of Natural Res and Environment 2. Mr. Daniel Stork, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam 3. Dr. Ir. Ts. Mohmad Asari Daud, President of the Malaysian Water Association 4. Atty. Vicente Homer R. Revil, the Administrator of Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) 5. Mr. Marcus Lim, Vice President of Singapore Water Association 6. Mr. Lim Minh, Chairman of Cambodian Water Supply Association
11:55 – 12:00	Closing of Session 1
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch and Networking

Session 2: Cutting-edge technologies and innovations for a water-secured future

Chair: Prof. Vu Duc Toan

Head of Center of Excellence at Thuyloi University, Special Advisor (Environment) of Southeast Asia Union for Water, Environment and Geosciences (SEAGU)

Time	Content	Speaker
13:30 – 13:50	Keynote 07: Big data and cloud-based modeling solutions for smart water prediction services and reservoir operation in Vietnam	Dr. Tien L.T Du Co-Founder of SEAGU; RS and Modeling Expert at NCALM National Lab, USA
13:50 – 14:10	Keynote 08: Status and solutions for securing water for socio-economic development of the Industrial and habour City of Haiphong	Mr. Trinh Van Dai, Deputy-Director of Monitoring Center at Hai Phong’s DONRE
14:10 – 14:30	Keynote 09: Water availability and recommendations for sustainable water exploitation in Vietnam’s islands	Mr. Vu Van Lan, Representative of Institute for Marine and Environment
14:30 – 14:50	Tea break
14:50 – 15:10	Keynote 10: Applying fore-sighting approach for development of water, climate, and Circular Economy policies in Vietnam	Dr. Bach Tan Sinh, Vietnam Representative of The Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) & Senior Advisor to the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), Formal Acting Director of Research Centre of S&T Policy, National Institute of Policy and Strategy/Ministry of Science and Technology.
15:10 – 15:30	Keynote 11: Water Digital Transformation in Vietnam: Opportunities, Challenges and developed solutions	Mr. Hoang Van Hung, CTO of Advanced Solutions Company Digital transformation Lead of Southeast Asia Union for Water, Environment and Geosciences (SEAGU)
15:30 – 15:50	Keynote 12: Next Generation of Technology for Riverbank and Coastline Protection: A Result of Vietnam- Belgum Long Term Research Co-operation	Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, President of Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Technology (CIRTech/HUTECH), Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers of the world
15:50 – 16:10	Keynote 13: Deep learning for landslide and debris flow mapping in Vietnam	Dr. Nguyen Quang Minh, Director of Center for Research, Training and Technological Transfer, University of Mining and Geology
16:20 – 16:30	Closing of Day 2 Conference

* The program is subject to confirmation. The organizer reserves the right to change the speakers and the above schedule in the best interest of the conference.

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