World Rivers in the 21^st Century

A Workshop sponsored by the SIUC IGERT Program in Watershed Science & Policy and the Global Media Research Center.

Monday, November 7^th, 2011

1:00-4:00 PM

Student Center Ballroom B

SIUC

Workshop Schedule

1:00   Welcome & Introduction – Nicholas Pinter, SIUC

1:10   Contemporary Issues on the Mekong River

Shana Udvardy, Director of Flood Management Policy, American Rivers

1:25   Room for the River: Flood Reduction in The Netherlands

Fredrik Huthoff, SIUC & HKV Consultants

1:40   Current Water Management Needs in the Nile River Basin

Ben Dziegielewski, SIUC

1:55   Property Issues & Press Coverage During the 2011 Activation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, Mississippi River, USA

William Freivogel and Laura Hatcher, SIUC

2:15   IGERT Watershed Studies

1. The Atchafalaya River Basin

1. Panama Canal Expansion

2:35   Great Rivers that Work for People and Nature

David Galat, University of Missouri, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy

2:50-3:30     Roundtable Discussion – John Warwick, Dean of Engineering, moderator

3:30-4:00     Reception, refreshments, and poster session

4:00-5:00     *Keynote Presentation: Transboundary River Management in the Danube Basin - Philip Weller, Executive Secretary-United Nations-based International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

* Keynote presentation sponsored by SIUC IGERT Program in Watershed Science & Policy and The Center for Ecology.

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