AASA Regional Workshop in Bishkek

Jun, 2011

30

Jul, 2011

02

Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

Workshop

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Location

VENUE:

National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR)

CITY:

Bishkek

STATE:

Kyrgyzstan

The Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) and National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR) held a regional workshop on “The Roles of Academies of Sciences in Water and Energy Problems in Central Asia and Ways for Their Solution” from 30 June – 2 July, 2011 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was supported by the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, AASA, IAP, and other Kyrgyz organizations.

The purpose of the regional workshop was to discuss and offer solutions to issues involving water resources and electric power systems of Central Asia and to promote social and economic development of the region, and is a follow up to the recommendations which emerged at the workshop on "Science Academies in Central and Southern Asia and their Role in Society”, organized by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) in Istanbul (September 2010).

The Programme and Workshop Proceedings can be downloaded below. The final report and workshop communique will be available shortly.

For more information, please contact interdep_nas@mail.ru

Agenda

June 29, 2011
08:00 – 21:00	Arrival of participants
June 30, 2011
08:15 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:30	Opening Ceremony Opening Remarks by: Sharipa J. Jorobekova, Chair of the Organizing Committee, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic Welcoming Speeches by: Won-Hoon Park, the President of AASA Kanybek K. Imanaliev, Member of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingysbek M. Uzakbaev, Vice-Chairman of State Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic for Water Economy and Amelioration
09:30 – 10:45	Plenary Session Ilyas Dhami Dushen M. Mamatkanov Role of Science in Solving Hydropower Problems in Central Asia - Dushen M. Mamatkanov Generalist's Approach on Water Resource Management Issues in Central Asia in relation to the Region's Economic and Social Development Trends - Some Advices with Reflections from South Korea's Experiences during the Last Half a Century - Wuk-Hee Hong
11:00 – 12:30	Session 1: Legal and Economic Problems of Transboundary Water Resources Management CHAIRMAN: Kubanychbek M. Kulov Economic Issues of Energy and Water Utilization in Central Asia - Shamsher Ali, Ilyas Dhami The Economic Aspects of the Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia Region - Inom Sh. Normatov, Nurmakhmad Shermatov, Nasimdzhon A. Dzhuraev Organizational and Methodological Bases of Integrated Water Resources Management in Formation of Water Flow - Ibragim I. Saidov
14:00 – 17:30	Session 2: Water Recourses and Problems of Their Use CHAIRMEN: Vladimir I. Shatravin, Nurlan N. Balgabaev Ways to Improve Water Use Efficiency and Optimal Use of Water - Ibragim I. Saidov (Download Presentation) Ecological-Meliorative Problems and Technology of Increase of Fertility Irrigated Soil - Nurlan N. Balgabaev (Download Presenation), R. K. Bekbaev Underground Reservoir - a New Pattern of Groundwater Utilization in Arid North- West China: A Testing Case Study in Tailan River Basin - Deng Ming-jiang (Download Presenation) Water Issues and Supply Solutions in Israel - Danny Shechtman (Download Presenation) Water Issues in Pakistan - Iqrar A. Khan Effectiveness of Drop Irrigation in Kyrgyzstan - Kubanychbek M. Kulov, P. Jooshev Trends of Irrigation Development in the Chu Valley Within the Context of Shortage in Surface Water Resources - I. V. Poddubnaya (Download Presenation), E. I. Nemaltseva, Rafael G. Litvak Long-Term Forecast of Glaciation and Evaluation of Glacial Resources of Central Asia with the Use of Isotopic Methods - Tamara V. Tuzova (Download Presenation), Vladimir I. Shatravin Monitoring Behind Flooding by Ground Waters in Chu Area - D. I. Zvyagin (Download Presenation), Vitaly V. Zaginaev The Linear Subsidence Speed of Tien-Shan Mountain Valley Glaciers - Bakyt O. Ermenbaev (Download Presenation), Sergei A. Erohin
July 1, 2011
09:00 – 12:00	Session 3: Hydroecology CHAIRMEN: Givi Gavardashvili, Raphael Semiat New Directions in Desalination R&D - Are We on the Right Track? - Raphael Semiat Protection of Water Resources from Mechanical Pollution in the Transboundary Region of the South Caucasus during the Formation of Natural Disasters - Constantine Bziava, Levan Tsulukize, Robert Diakonize, Goga Chakhaia, Givi Gavardashvili Sustainability of Groundwater and its Effects on Ecosystems - Orhan Gunduz, Alper Baba Impacts of Climate Changes on Freshwater Resources and Hydroecology - Ayşegül Tanık, Ali Ertürk, Alpaslan Ekdal, Melike Gürel Ecohydrological Criterion of Use of Water Resources in Irrigation and Water- Power Engineering and Ecological Aspects of Management of Water Resources of the Transboundary Rivers of the Central Asia - Nuriddin Fayz, Nabi K. Nasirov, Inom Sh. Normatov The Degree of Vulnerability of Hydroenergy River Resources in Armenia under Conditions of the Global Change of Climate - Trahel Vardanian Present-Day Solutions to the Issue of Pollution of Hydro-Ecosystems Caused by Transport Means - Diana Hakobyan, Christina Hakopian
14:00 – 17:00	Session 4: Hydro-Energy CHAIRMEN: Alaibek Dj. Obozov, Yuri I. Vinokurov Ecological and Water-Resource Problems at Hydropower Development of Siberia and Altai - Alexsander V. Puzanov, Dr Alexander T. Zinoviev, Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Yuri I. Vinokurov Turkey Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP) - Prof. Dr. Namik Kemal Aras Hydro Power in Bangladesh: Prospects of Regional Collaboration - Shamsher Ali Water and Energy: Issues and Solutions in the Indian Subcontinent - Kairat Osmonaliev, M. K. Awan, Peter Baillie, Ilyas Dhami Water and hydropower resources of the Sarydjaz-Kumaryk river and prospects of their use - Deng Mingtszyan, Dushen M. Mamatkanov Renewable Energy Resources - a Basis of Social and Economic Development of Rural Regions - Alaibek Dj. Obozov Modeling of the Earth Water-Land and Energy Resources Correlation and their Segments in Central Asia (catastrophic and engineering-geonomic aspects) - Sheishenaly E. Usupaev Mathematical-Cartographic Modeling of Water and Hydropower Resources of Kyrgyzstan - Valery A. Kuzmichenok Transboundary Issues of Kyrgyzstan's Hydropower - Vladimir I. Lipkin
July 2, 2011
09:00 – 17:00	Field trip Water bodies in Chu valley (hydrotechnical constructions, etc.)

CONTACT PERSON

Ms. Elena Popova Kostiukova

interdep_nas@mail.ru