Tentative Agenda as of 22 January 2020_Ikeda

ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-related Disaster Resilience
under Climate Change
27-28 January 2020
Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo
Introduction:
The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in partnership with International Centre for Water
Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) will host a policy dialogue session on water-related disaster
resilience with various public scientific agencies, ministries and Senior public works department
officials from Japan and developing countries member of the International Flood Initiative (IFI). The
policy dialogue is in continuation of the recent Asia-Oceania Group of Earth Observations (AOGEO)
symposium, organized by ICHARM, in Canberra. While the symposium in Canberra had focused on
the on practical and technical aspects, the Policy Dialogue in Tokyo places a high priority to policy
relevant aspects of the disaster-resilience.
Day 1- 27 January 2020
09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 10:20

Opening Plenary Keynotes(Chair: Prof. Toshio Koike, ICHARM)
Welcome Remarks
Professor Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI
Professor Toshio Koike, Director, ICHARM
Keynote, Kunihiro Yamada, Vice-Minister for Engineering affairs, Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan

10:20 – 10:40

Group Photo & Coffee Break

10:40 – 12:20

Dialogue Session 1: Sharing Experiences
Chair: Chul Ju Kim, Deputy Dean, ADBI

10:40 – 11:00

Session Keynote, Dr. Shrikanth Herath, team leader, Ministry of Urban
Development, Water Supply & Residential Facilities, Government of Sri Lanka
Session Keynote, Dr. Kyaw Moe Oo, Director General, Department ofMeteorology and Hydrology (DMH), Myanmar

11:00 – 11:20
11:20 – 12:00

Presentations (10 minutes each)
A.K. Karunanayake, Director-General, Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka
Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan, Deputy Director, Meteorological, Climatologicaland Geophysical Agency (BMKG), Indonesia

Tentative Agenda as of 22 January 2020_Ikeda

ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-related Disaster Resilience
under Climate Change
27-28 January 2020
Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo
Socrates Paat Jr. Senior Personnel, Senior Specialist, Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Philippines
Dr. Hisaki Eito, Head, Tokyo Typhoon Center, Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA)
12:00 – 12:20

Panel discussions Q&A (20 minutes)

12:20 – 13:30

Lunch13:30 – 15:00

Dialogue Session 2: Strengthening Governance
Chair: Dr. Tetsuya Ikeda, Chief Researcher, ICHARM

13:30 – 13:50

Session Keynote, Professor Kenzo Hiroki, National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan
Session Keynote, Major General S. Ranasinghe, Director General, DisasterManagement Center (DMC), Sri Lanka

13:50 – 14:10
14:10 – 14:30

Presentations (10 minutes each)
Myint Soe, Director, Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Myanmar
Akifumi Nakao, Director, Cabinet Office, Japan

14:30 – 15:00

Panel discussions and Q&A (30 minutes)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee BreakTentative Agenda as of 22 January 2020_Ikeda

ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-related Disaster Resilience
under Climate Change
27-28 January 2020
Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo
15:30 – 17:45

Dialogue Session 3: Encouraging Investment
Chair: Professor Kala Vairavamoorthy,
Executive Director, International Water Association

15:30 – 15:35

Book Release Ceremony: “Water Insecurity and Sanitation in Asia”

15:35 – 15:55

Key Messages from the Book: Associate Professor Eduardo Araral,
Co-Director, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

15:55 – 16:15

Session Keynote: Professor Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI

16:15 – 16:30

Discussions and Q&A (15 minutes)

16:30 – 16:50

Session Keynote: Dr. Asiri Karunawardena, Director General, National
Building Research Organization (NBRO), Sri Lanka

16:50– 17:20

Presentations (10 minutes each)Dr. Naoko Nemoto, Financial Economist, ADBI
K.D.N. Siriwardena, Additional Director General, Irrigation Department, SriLanka
Professor Koki Hirota, Professor, Saitama University, Japan

17:20–17:40

Panel discussions and Q&A (20 minutes)

17:40–17:50

Chair’s Wrap up (10 minutes)

17:50

Announcements
Networking Dinner - 27 January 2020

18:15

Gathering at Venue (Peony at Kazankaikan, Kasumigaseki Common Gate 37F)

18:30

Welcome

20:00

ClosingTentative Agenda as of 22 January 2020_Ikeda

ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue on Water-related Disaster Resilience
under Climate Change
27-28 January 2020
Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo
Day 2 - 28 January 2020
09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 11:00

Dialogue Session 4: Implementation Design
Chair: Dr. Mamoru Miyamoto, Researcher, ICHARM

09:30 – 09:50
09:50 – 10:10

Session Keynote, Professor Toshio Koike, Director, ICHARM
Session Keynote, Dr. Anthony Sales, Regional Director, Region 11,Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippines

10:10 – 10:40

Presentations (10 minutes each)
Dr. Zaw Lwin Tun, Deputy Director General, Irrigation and Water Utilization
Management Department (IWUMD), Myanmar
Thamara Manel Atapattu, Director, Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka
Jerry Austria Fano, OIC, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
Philippines

10:40 – 11:00

Panel discussions Q&A (20 minutes)

11:00 – 11:30

Wrap up and Closing Remark
Dr. KE Seetharam, Senior Consulting Specialist, ADBI

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch (Venue: Room A, ADBI)
Agenda for the Fieldtrip - 28 January 2020

12:45Gathering at ADBI

13:00

Field trip start, From ADBI (Multi-Purpose Retarding Basin of Tsurumi River,Yokohama)

18:00

Field trip finish, Arrival at Hotel