Monday, January 23
PROGRAM

9:30-10:00 Opening Remarks
10:00-12:00 Special Lecture 1
Dr. Glenn Benoy
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:30 Presentation by JDS Fellows 1
Bangladesh
14:30-15:00 Presentation by JDS Fellows 2
Vietnam
15:00-15:15 Break time
15:15-16:00 Presentation by JDS Fellows 3
Lao PDR

Tuesday, January 24
PROGRAM
9:00-10:30 Special Lecture 2
Dr. Quentin Grafton
10:45-12:00 Special Lecture 3
Dr. Myra O. Villareal
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:30 Presentation by JDS Fellows 4
Maldives
14:30-15:00 Presentation by JDS Fellows 5Sri Lanka
15:00-15:15 Break time
15:15-16:00 Presentation by JDS Fellows 6Mongolia
16:00-16:10 Closing Remarks

Monday, January 23
Special Lecture 1“Transboundary Waters Shared by
Canada and the United States:
Delivering on the Mandate of theInternational Joint Commission ina Changing Climate”
Dr. Glenn Benoy
Director, Sciences and Engineering,International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
Fellow, Canadian Rivers Institute,
University of New Brunswick
Abstract
From coast to coast to coast, there are rivers and lakes, and their watersheds, that straddle theCanada-United States border, the longest international border in the world. As a result of conflicts
over water resources in the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the governments of Canada and theUnited States signed the Boundary Waters Treaty in 1909. Article 7 of the treaty established theInternational Joint Commission (IJC), a binational organization that has a mandate to prevent andresolve disputes involving shared waters. The IJC has two primary responsibilities. First, it designs,monitors, and evaluates regulation plans concerning managed water levels and flows along theborder. Second, it develops advice and recommendations to address specific binational issues, suchas flooding, water diversions, and nutrient pollution. In the 21st century, shared waters are perhaps
facing perhaps their greatest challenge: climate change. This presentation discusses the work of theIJC, an examination of key case studies, how a signature IJC program – the International
Watersheds Initiative (IWI) – is addressing climate change, and the essential roles that the public
and Indigenous peoples play in a modern IJC.
ProfileDr. Glenn Benoy’s work focuses on limnology, environmental modelling, transboundary water
resources management, and science diplomacy. Prior to joining the IJC, Glenn was a nationalmanager of freshwater habitat and Arctic science programs with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, anda research scientist in aquatic landscape ecology held jointly between Environment and Climate
Change Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He has a Master’s in freshwater biology
from McGill University and a PhD in wetland ecology and wildlife science from the University ofGuelph, and he held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Calgary and the National
Hydrology Research Centre. Glenn and his family live in Ottawa, Ontario, a city with a richcultural heritage that is surrounded by natural beauty.

Tuesday, January 24
Special Lecture 2“Water and Food Risks
Towards 2050: The Case forTransformational Change”

Dr Quentin Grafton
Lead Expert and Commissioner,
Global Commission on the Economics of Water(https://www.oecd.org/water/global-commission-water-economics.htm)
Australian Laureate Fellow & Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Water Economics
Convener, Water Justice Hub (https://www.waterjusticehub.org/)
Executive Editor, Global Water Forum (https://globalwaterforum.org/)

Abstract
The presentation will highlight the systemic risks in the Water-Energy-Food nexus including thetwo most recent food price spikes (2008-10 and 2020-22) and connect climate change risks towater risks and food risks out to 2050 under two Representative Concentration Pathways. The
presentation of risks will be followed by a discussion of existing strategies in the water space and ajustification why transformational change is required. A sketch and provocation of what these
responses and actions might be, and how they differ to business as usual, will be conclude.
ProfileDr Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics and a UNESCO Chair in Water Economics andTransboundary Water Governance. He is an Australian Laureate Fellow, a Fellow of the Academyof Social Sciences in Australia, a former President (2017-18) of the Australasian Agricultural andResource Economics Society (AARES) and a Distinguished Fellow of AARES. In 2022, he wasappointed a Lead Expert and Commissioner of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water
that will report to the UN 2023 Water Conference. He is the Convenor of the Water Justice Hub,which has as its mission to respond to water injustice and to promote both ‘voice’ and truth-tellingin relation to water, is the Editor of the Global Water Forum,

Tuesday, January 24
Special Lecture 3“Natural disasters in the Philippines andtheir impact on public health”
Dr. Myra O. Villareal
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences,
University of Tsukuba, JapanAbstract
The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 islands that lie above the equator and facing the western
Pacific Ocean, making it one of the most typhoon-prone countries in the world. Typhoons are often
accompanied by heavy rains that cause severe floods, which are exacerbated by the lack of adequate
drainage infrastructure in urban areas. Public health emergencies are common after floods. For
example, after Typhoon Ondoy (Tropical Storm Ketsana), which caused the worst flooding in 50
years in the Philippines, more than 2,000 people were treated for bacterial infection (leptospirosis),and 162 people died from complications. In this presentation, I will discuss the public health impactof natural disasters in the Philippines, and what actions were taken to mitigate them.
ProfileDr Myra Villareal is a functional food scientist who has published numerous scientific articles on theeffects of food on health. Her main areas of teaching include functional food research for health,research in cell and molecular biology, and environmental/agrobiosciences courses. This year,
through the Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST), she has participated in thePhilippine government's efforts to strengthen the scientific and technological capabilities of local
researchers in the academe, public and private sectors, particularly in health research anddevelopment.