AGENDA – FIRST DRAFT
WITS 2011
March 17th
Registration – 9:00-18:00
Reception: 19:00-22:00
March 18th
WITS 2011 Opening Remarks 9:00-10:00 (Professor Raul Gouvea, Professor Sul Kassicieh, Professor
Tharcisio de Souza Santos (Americo?, Bias?)
Presentations : 10:00-11:15 Track: Innovation
Dr. Marcelo R. dos Anjos (1) , Dr. Eusdimar Faquim (2), Dr. Francisco A. Andrade(3), e Dr. James L.
Venturini (4) "Inovacoes Tecnologicas Aplicada a Recuperacao de Areas Degradadas pela Extracao de
Argila atraves da Instalacao da Atividade Piscicola na Regiao da Bacia do Rio Machado em Rondonia."
(1)Faculdade de Ciencias Biomedicas de Cacoal, (2) Rioterra, (3) Faculdade de Pimenta Bueno,
(4)Universidad Autonoma de Assuncao
Dr. G.A. Brota, (1) Dr. C.T. Amancio (2), e Dr. F.G. Albero (3) "Avaliacao da Toxicidade Aguda de Efluente
Domestico Tratado em Lagoa Anaerobia pela Foto-Bacteria." (1,2)Universidade Estadual de Campinas,
(3) Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares – Ipen/USP.
Dr. Marcelo Rodrigues dos Anjos (1), Dra. Marla Schulz (2)"Investigacao do Desflorestamento da APA Rio
Madeira em Areas de APPs Amazonia Rondonia." (1)Faculdade de Ciencias Biomedicas de Cacoal; (2)
Embrageo
11: 30 – 12:30 Keynote Speaker: Minister Myung-Pil Shim, Korea Minister of Land, Transport and
Maritime Affairs "Four Major Rivers Restoration Project – National Sustainable Water Management."
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
Presentations 14:00-15:15 Track: Sustainability
Dr. Yesid Carvajal-Escobar, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, "Revisao de Metodologias para Estimar
Causalidades Ambientais e sua Aplicacao na Colombia."
Dr. Indra Deo Mall, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, "Lyfe Cycle Assessment and its Role in
Sustainable Development of Pulp and Paper Industry."
Dr. M. Boumaza, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia "Optimal Water Recycling in Industrial Applications
Using Mechanical Cooling Towers."
Coffee Break: 15:15:15:30
15:30-16:55 Track: Technology
Dr. Suesh S, Dr. Vimal Chandra Srivastava, and Dr. Indra Mani Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, India, "Equilibrium Modelling of Binary Adsorption of Nitrophenol and Hydroquinone."
Dr. Mongkol Phensaijai, Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, "Reduction of Zinc from Aqueous
Solutions by Bacteria."
Dr. U.Rabmer-Koller, Rabmer Holding GmbH, Austria, "NODIG Technologies – Inovative Solutions for
Efficient and Fast Pipe Rehabilitation."
Dr. Rani Weinberg, MSW Capital, Brasil, "Jerusalem – Case Study: Sharing Water Security Situation
Management Needs, Challenges and Optional Means."
17:00- 18:00 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Slobodan P. Simonovic, The University of Western Ontario,
"Managing Water Resources: The Renaissance of Systems Approach, Approach to Management of
Disasters."
Coffee Break 18:00:18:15
18:30-20:30 Track: Sustainability
Dr. Akbar Adibfar, Mapna Group, Iran, "Water Stress in the Middle East."
Dr. Andrew Cooper, University of Miami, "Managing a Thirst: Water Quality Indicators in Rural Mexico."
Dr. Nam Raj Khatri, WHO Nepal, "Climate Change and Water Supply System in Nepal."
Dr. Yesid Carvajal (1), Dr. Ziad Mimi (2), Dr. Saed Khayat (3), Dr. Saleh Sulieman (2), Dr. Diana Montoya
(1), Dr. Wilson Garces (1), Dr. Guilhermo Cespedes (1), (1) Universidad del Valle –Colombia, (2) Birzeit
University – Palestine, (3) UFZ- Environmental Research Center "Application of Methodologies for
Environmental Flow Determination in an Andean and a Meditteranean Basin (Colombia and Palestine).
March 18th
8:00-9:15 Track: Innovation
Dr. M. Boumaza, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, "Optimal Water Recycling in Industrial Application
Using Mechanical Cooling Towers."
Dr. S.H. Mervin Anthony, World Bank Assisted Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Sri
Lanka, "Low Cost and Simple Treatment Technology Practicing in Rural Water Supply Schemes in Sri
Lanka."
Professor B. Amirataee, Urmia University, Iran, "The Introduction and Usage of Hydra Model in
Investigation of Storm Drain Systems Function."
Coffee Break : 9:15: 9:30
9:30-10:45 Track: Technology
Dr. SArwat Jahan (1), Dr. Kazi Md. Sadid (2), Dr. Mir Mostafa Kamal (3) "Sedimentation and Bank
Stability in an Around an Intake Canal of a Surface Water Treatment Plant: A Case Study using
Mathematical Model." (1,2,3) Institute of Water Modelling, Dhaka, Bangladesch
Dr. Gholamm R.N. Bidhendi (1), Dr. Naser Mehrdadi (2), Dr. Fatemeh Ebadati (3), Dr. Fatemeh Lofti (4),
Shahin Mohammadnejad (5) "Developing an New Algorithm for Water Pich Technology in Multiple
Contaminants Networks." (1,2, 5) University of Tehran, Iran (3,4) Ministry of Industries and Mines,
Tehran, Iran.
Dr. Olufisayo A. Olufayo (1), Dr. Frederick A.O.Otieno (2), Dr. George M. Ochieng (3), "Analysis of Water
Storage State by Sand-Filled Reservoirs Using Different Episodic Dry Spell Thresholds." (1,3) Tswane
University of Technology, South Africa, (2) Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
11:00-12:45 Track : Sustainability
Dr.P.K.W. De Silva, World Bank Assisted Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Sri Lanka, "
Roof Water Harvesting and its Quality for Domestic Used – A Case Study."
Dr.Rani Weinberg, White Water Security, Israel, "The Israeli Approach to Water Event Readiness-Best
Practices."
Dr. Gary Wong, OSIsoft LLC,San Leandro, California-USA,, "How Utilities are Dealing with the Water
Energy Nexus."
Dr. Indra Deo Mall, Dr. Uma R. Lakshmi, Dr. Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, "Removal of Indigo Carmine Dye from Aqueous Solution Using Bagasse Fly Ash."
14:00-15:15 Track: Sustainability
Dr. K.Ananda Babu (1), Dr. R.K. Shrivastava "Storage Yield Functions for Ravishankar Sagar Reservoir in
MRP Complex – A Case Study." (1,2) Shri G.S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, India.
Dr. Alvaro Montoya, Dr. Diego Azqueta, University of Alcala, Spain, "Water Access in the Fight Against
Rural Poverty: Tourism or Multiple Use of Water Services?"
Dr. Tamim Younos, Research Director, The Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resource
Sustainability Studies, Virginia, USA, "Paradigm Shift: Holistic Approach to Planning Water Utility
Infrastructure."
Coffee Break: 15:15-15:30
15:30:16:15 Track: Sustainability
Dr. Seung-Kyum Kim, Office of National River Restoration, Republic of Korea, "The Four Major Rivers
Restoration Project – National Sustainable Water Management."
Dr. Naser Hemmati (1), Dr. Mohsen Mehrara (2), Ali Sayemiri (3), University of Tehran, Iran, "The
Relationship between Water Use and Income Based on Cross-Country Data."
Dr. Mohammed I. Alwabel , Dr. Abdulrasoul M. Alomran, Dr. Salem A. El-Magreby, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "Potential Reuse of Greywater Consumed in Ablution for Toilet Flushing and
Garden Irrigation in Saudi Arabia."
16:30:17:45 Track: Innovation
Dr. Steve Walsh, The University of New Mexico, USA, "Nanotechnology Effects on Water Resource
Management."
Dr. Rashid Waqas and Dr. Muhammad Arshad, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, "Novel
ACC-Deaminase Biotechnology Facilitate Plants to Mitigate the Water Deficit Stress."
18:00-19:15 Track: Innovation & Sustainability
Professor Ravi Sankar Chandu, Kl University, Guntur, India "Workshop on Engineering Education for
Sustainability Development."
FAAP School of Engineering (?)
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