Plenary Session 1                             10:30-12:45

Chair

Baosheng Wu

10:30

Early warning system of the Mekong 
Erich J. Plate

Germany

11:05

Floods and society, a never-ending evolutional relation
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi

Japan

11:40

Catchment Flood Management: a  U.K. Perspective and Experience
R.A. Falconer

UK

12: 15

Flood defence in the Netherlands; a new era, a new approach
Ir. Hein van Stokkom

the Netherlands

Plenary Session 2                             14:00-16:00

Chair

Roger Falconer               

14:00

Flashflood and sediment transport modeling of small watersheds 
Pierre Julien

USA  

14:35

Flood defense issues and strategies-the complementary character of structural and non-structural measures to cope with floods
Bella Petry

the Netherlands 

15:10

Risk-based design and analysis of flood defence systems
Yukong Tung

Hong Kong China

15: 45

Flood Management from the Perspective of Integrated Water Resource Management
Colin Green

World Bank

Plenary Session 3                             16:30-18:30

Chair

Gordon G.H. Huang                

16:30

Flood Disasters and Insurance: Flood risk = hazard x exposure x vulnerability 
Wolfgang Kron

Germany

17:05

Urban flood control in Hong Kong
Joseph H.W. Lee

Hong Kong, China 

17:40

Changes of flood control situations in the coastal region of China and adjustments of flood management strategies
Xiaotao Cheng

China

18: 15

Discussion