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Friday 15 May 2009 - AGM 14:00-15:00; Tea 15:00; and Gerald Lacey lecture 15:30-17:00 Venue Institution of Civil Engineers Flood Risk Science and the Environment Agency We are pleased to announce the Memorial Lecture this year will be given by Mr Douglas Whitfield, Flood Risk Science Programme Manager to the Environment Agency. Doug Whitfield has worked for the last 20 years at the Environment Agency and NRA. His background is in Civil Engineering, having started with capital scheme design and construction in Yorkshire before moving into flood warning and forecasting. After several years developing the forecasting service in the Environment Agency’s North East Region, he joined the Agency’s National Flood Warning Centre and led the technical implementation of the National Flood Forecasting System. This was followed by a spell in flood incident management process before moving into the Science Department. Last year he was appointed as the Environment Agency Programme Manager for the joint Environment Agency/Defra Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme. Download registration details for Gerald Lacey lecture
Friday 6 November 2009 (One-day, chargeable) TBA
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Session 1. Paradigms and political ecology 9.30 Welcomes & Introduction: Ragab Ragab and/or Peter Lee (ICID), Bruce Lankford (UEA) ‘Towards a political ecology of irrigation efficiency and productivity’ 9.45 Keynote: David Molden (IWMI): ‘Water productivity - is it a watertight concept?’ 10.15 Chris Perry: ‘Efficient irrigation; inefficient communications; flawed recommendations?’ 10.45 Peter Mollinga (University of Bonn): ‘From 'clear definitions' to paradigm change. Efficiency and productivity as boundary concepts in irrigation’
Session 2. Scales, contexts and trade-offs 11.45 Jerry Knox (Cranfield University), (with M.G. Kay and E.K. Weatherhead): ‘Recognising reality - what efficiency means to a farmer’ 12.15 John Gowing (University of Newcastle upon Tyne): ‘The Emperor’s Clothes? Inflated claims for deficit irrigation ignore the efficiency-equity trade-off’ 12.45 Bruce Lankford (UEA) ‘Localising irrigation efficiency’
2.00 Linden Vincent, Gerardo van Halsema (Wageningen University): ‘Managing water for productivity: A matter of contextual relativism as opposed to general absolutism’ 2.30 François Molle (IRD, Montpellier): ‘Irrigation efficiency and water productivity in closing basins: tricks and traps’ Session 3. Performance and measurement 3.00 Luis Pereira (University of Lisbon): ‘Looking for performance indicators to support a new paradigm in irrigation and water productivity’
4.00 Bert Clemmens (ARS, US Dept of Agiculture): ‘Impact of Agricultural Water Conservation on Water Availability’ 4.30 Julien Harou (University College London): ‘Potential economic gains of irrigation inefficiency: Conjunctive use and groundwater banking in California’ 5.00 Group discussion: ‘Towards a political ecology of irrigation efficiency and productivity’ Finish at 6.00 pm 6.30 pm Buffet meal for seminar participants** (Optional, requires separate notification)
Presentations now available for downloading in pdf format. Just click on the presenter's name As an emerging field of theory and practice, water governance is a term that holds different meanings to different individuals. To some it addresses corruption, while for others it covers connections between knowledge, political economy, laws and institutions that frame water management responses and outcomes. While many agree that governance is more than management, few might definitively distinguish the two. In this workshop we will use a number of presentations by leading researchers and policy advisers to initiate round-table discussions on governance. The seminar is guided by the ‘theory and practice’ of water governance; it is purposively inclusive and looks at a range of concepts regarding the concept. Presenters were: Tom Franks & Frances Cleaver, University of Bradford, : ‘A framework for water governance: from analysis to diagnosis Patrick Moriarty, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: ‘EMPOWERS: stakeholder dialogue and participatory planning for improved local water governance in the middle-east Laurence Smith, Imperial College: ‘Governance for Catchment Management and Protection of Water Resources: Drawing on International Experience Mark Zeitoun, London School of Economics and Political Science: ‘Hydro-Hegemony: obstacle or catalyst for international transboundary water governance’ Stephen Hodgson, Independent Environmental Lawyer: ‘Water rights: a pre-requisite for effective water governance? Felicity Chancellor Independent consultant |
Wednesday 28 March 2007 All day meeting
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