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Letter from the Organizers .................................................................................................... 1 Schedule at a Glance ............................................................................................................ 2 Site Tours .............................................................................................................................. 3 Conference Program ............................................................................................................. 4 Design Charrettes ............................................................................................................... 12 Intercontinental Hotel Meeting Rooms ................................................................................ 14 DELTAS2013 Steering Committee ..................................................................................... 17 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 18 Cooperating Organizations ................................................................................................. 19 Americas WETLAND Foundation Board & Leadership ...................................................... 20
Dear DELTAS2013 Participants, Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, and the magnificent Mekong Delta, one of the most productive and beautiful deltas on earth. We are pleased to have been invited here to convene DELTAS2013VIETNAM: World Delta Dialogues II. This is the second such international conference initiated by the Americas WETLAND Foundation; the first was held in the United States in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2010. Representatives from 15 deltas throughout the world focused dialogue on deltaic sustainability challenges in the context of the Mississippi River Delta. As we begin our dialogues here in Viet Nam, it is the desire of the partners who have come together to host this conference to enable an exchange of ideas and passion for sustaining these prolific deltaic regions worldwide. While this exchange may focus on examples of the Mississippi and Mekong Deltas, it is our hope that the diverse group of attendees from across the globe will address challenges that impact all great deltas of the planet, with the promise of solutions to sustain them - environmentally, economically and culturally. Decisions made many years ago in the Mississippi River Delta by those with the best of intentions have led to unintended consequences both costly and tragic. If during the course of this meeting that experience can be shared, perhaps it will help to inform future decisions as all deltas face unprecedented vulnerabilities. The Dutch delta has become one of the best protected and safest deltas in the world. Still, the delta is not yet robust enough and requires constant attention, research and investment. The Netherlands will share its latest insights in delta management during this conference based on the Dutch Delta program and international experience. Viet Nam and the Netherlands have been working closely together in drafting a Mekong Delta Plan to adapt to climate change. Experiences will be presented for the benefit of all. To create a healthy future for our deltas requires true compromise and the will to make sustainability a reality. It is only through open and sincere cooperation that we will be able to move from concepts to results from vulnerability to adaptation. Agreeing where global cooperation is possible and setting priorities for action is key. We must address short-term impacts to avert the demise of entire systems and the permanent loss of natural, economic and societal assets over the longer term. It is the intent for this gathering to address the issues before us at a level broad enough to allow creative thinking and dynamic discussion. With no wrong or right viewpoints, let us pursue new ways to cooperate, setting a course to ensure a continued exchange of ideas and practices that will allow our grandchildren to write their histories in verdant and flourishing lands. We invite you to vigorously participate in all conference sessions, knowing that your work will be disseminated widely as these dialogues come to a close in Viet Nam. R. King Milling Chairman Americas WETLAND Foundation New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Prof. Dr. Le Quang Minh Vice President Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam y
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Mr. Joop Scheffers Ambassador (Viet Nam) Kingdom of the Netherlands Hanoi, Viet Nam
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Sunday 19 May 2013 Monday 20 May 2013 Tuesday 21 May 2013
Registration 7:00 am 5:00 pm Opening Plenary Session 8:30 am 10:30 am Plenary Session 2 10:45 am 12:00 pm Lunch 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Design Charrette Team Meetings 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
Sustainability Salon 1 2:45 pm 4:15 pm Charette Leaders Orientation 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Sustainability Salon 2 4:30 pm 5:45 pm Gala Reception 5:45 pm 7:30 pm
Sustainability Salon 4 1:45 pm 3:15 pm Design Charrette Team Meetings 3:45 pm 5:45 pm
Intercontinental Hotel Asiana Saigon Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam May 19-23, 2013
PROGRAM
Welcome
Mr. Valsin A. Marmillion, Managing Director, Americas WETLAND Foundation Mrs. Sidney Coffee, Senior Advisor, Americas WETLAND Foundation
Keynote Address
H.E. Vice Minister Nguyen Thai Lai, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ir. Marcel Stive, Mekong Delta Consortium, TU-Delft Panelists: Prof. Dr. Tran Thuc, Director, Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology & Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Prof. Dr. Ir. Marcel Stive, Mekong Delta Consortium, TU-Delft Dr. Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor, Mekong Delta Plan Mrs. Renske Peters, Program Director, Water Business and International Water Relations, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Kingdom of the Netherlands Discussants: Mr. Koos Neefjes, Policy Advisor, Climate Change, United Nations Development Program Mr. Jake Brunner, Program Coordinator, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Myanmar, International Union for the Conservation of Nature Ms. Jennifer Sara, Manager, Sustainable Development, The World Bank, Viet Nam
LUNCH (Buffet Luncheon Served in Yu Chu and Purple Jade Restaurants) DESIGN CHARRETTES
(Cham, Hon Ong, Con Dao 1 & 2, Cat Ba 1 & 2, Pho Quoc 1 & 2)
Question to be addressed: How do we define sustainability in the Mekong Delta and in deltas worldwide? What solutions are achievable?
Session I
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Moderators: Mr. Valsin A. Marmillion, Managing Director, Americas WETLAND Foundation Mr. Jeffery Buchanan, Senior Domestic Policy Advisor, Oxfam America Panelists: Mrs. Rebecca Templeton, Executive Director, Bayou Grace Community Services Mr. Daniel Nguyen, Program Director, Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation Ms. Binh Hoang, Policy Director, Green ID (Green Innovation and Development Center) Mrs. Nga Dao, Director, WARECOD (Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development), and Founder, Viet Nam Rivers Network
5:45 PM - 7:30 PM
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Panelists: Dr. Le Duc Trung, Director General, Viet Nam National Mekong Committee Mr. Mark Davis, Senior Research Fellow & Director, Tulane University Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy
Question to be addressed: What changes are needed to preserve the landscape, its values and assets, and what are the tradeoffs for diverse interests of deltaic regions?
Session II
Moderator: Mr. Enrico Moens, Team Leader, Consortium for Ho Chi Minh City Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Grontmij Panelists: Mr. Frits Dirks, Project Leader, Flood and Inundation Management Programme (FIM), Ho Chi Minh City, Royal Haskoning DHV Mr. David Waggonner, Principal, Waggonner and Ball Architects Mr. Derek Hoeferlin, Assistant Professor, Washington University-St. Louis Mrs. Vu Thuy Linh, Vice Manager, Climate Change Bureau, Ho Chi Minh City
Session III
Question to be Addressed: What issues should be included in a global deltaic Communiqu of Cooperation?
Moderator: Dr. Wim Douven, Associate Professor of Integrated River Basin Management, UNESCO-IHE Panelists: Mr. Chau Tran Vinh, Deputy Director General of Water Resources Management Department, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Mr. Florian Moder, CIM Expert Consultant, WISDOM Project Mr. Cees van de Guchte, Manager, Climate Adaptation & Risk Management, Deltares
Sustainability Salon 6 Filling the Gaps: Building Information Networks to Improve Livelihoods & Community Adaptation
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ho Long Phi, WACC, Viet Nam National University-Ho Chi Minh City Panelists: Mr. Jerome Zeringue, Executive Director, Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hieu Trung, Can Tho University, Member Scientific Board, Dragon Institute Dr. Ir. Fons Nelen, Water Management Information Systems, Nelen & Schuurmans Consultants Dr. Mohammad Rezaur Rahman, Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
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Moderator: Mr. Valsin A. Marmillion, Managing Director, Americas WETLAND Foundation Panelists: Design Charrette Chairs
LUNCH (Buffet Luncheon Served in Yu Chu and Purple Jade Restaurants) FINAL PLENARY SESSION (Grand Ballroom)
Closing Keynote Finding Common Ground: From Generational to Legacy Solutions
Introduction: Dr. Lynne McNamara, Executive Director, Viet Nam Education Foundation Keynote: Dr. Donald Boesch, President, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland
Closing Remarks
Announcement and Presentation of the Americas WETLAND Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Drs. Simon van der Burg, Consul General, Consulate General of The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ho Chi Minh City Mr. R. King Milling, Chairman, Americas WETLAND Foundation Prof. Dr. Le Quang Minh, Vice President, Viet Nam National University-Ho Chi Minh City
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DESIGN CHARRETTES
One of the most important outcomes of DELTAS2013 will be the ideas generated during the interactive design charrettes. Charrette facilitators will guide their teams through three working sessions over the course of the conference. These discussion sessions will seek solutions for sustainable deltas using the Mekong Delta as a focal point. On the final day of DELTAS2013, charrette leaders will report on their groups recommendations concerning priorities for global cooperation. There will be 8 different charrette teams that will meet in parallel sessions. Each charrette team will discuss the same set of critical questions and try to move towards consensus on a number of topics that are important to the Mekong Delta - and to deltas around the world. Teams may also choose to graphically design solutions to challenges, referring to maps found in this program and in charrette meeting rooms. Recorders will be provided for each of the groups to document the main discussion points and proceedings from the sessions. Please refer to the symbol on your name tag and the list on the next page to determine your charrette team and room assignment. Each charrette team will likely produce different ideas based on their approach to the following discussion topics. The organizers believe these topics are a helpful way to organize a more general discussion of deltaic sustainability. Topics to be considered include: Governance Structure Sustainable Agriculture Functional Floodplains Compatible Infrastructure Political & Societal Will
On Wednesday evening, 22 May, charrette leaders will meet to review findings and agree on a summary of recommendations to be delivered during the final plenary session on 23 May. After the conference, these recommendations will be compiled into a report of findings to be presented to the Government of Viet Nam and to sponsor country embassies in Hanoi. This Communiqu of Cooperation will be disseminated to organizations interested in comprehensive forecasting, best practices, technology transfer, research and policy for delta regions. It is hoped that the findings report will lead to the development of one or more pilot projects identified by potential partners during the conference, such as the Blue Ribbon Resilient Communities forums in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico states, which were inspired by recommendations from DELTAS 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Americas WETLAND Foundation is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that has acted as a neutral arbiter for coastal interests since its inception in 2002, elevating issues facing the Gulf Coast, specifically those of coastal land loss, to regional and national attention. Through its Americas Energy Coast initiative, the Foundation has brought together a diverse group of major U.S.- based businesses and industries, national environmental organizations, renowned scientists and researchers, and coastal interests from across the four energy-producing states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Learn more about the Foundation and its initiatives by visiting www.americaswetland.com.
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COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
ASEAN Business Council Asian Development Bank Can Tho University Center for Biodiversity and Development Conservation International Delta Alliance Deltares East Meets West Foundation Environmental Defense Fund Florida Earth Foundation IUCN Mississippi River Commission Mississippi River Basin Alliance Pacific Disaster Center SIGUR Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University Sub-Institute for Hydrometeorology and Environment Southern Institute of Ecology Stimson Center The Asia Foundation The Nature Conservancy Trinity College Dublin School of Law United States Chamber of Commerce U.S.-Viet Nam Trade Council The Water Institute of the Gulf
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In Memoriam: Paul McIlhenny 1944 - 2013 The America's WETLAND Foundation acknowledges the loss of Paul McIlhenny, Chairman and CEO of the McIlhenny Company and Vice Chairman of the Americas WETLAND Foundation Board of Directors. This past year, Paul received the AWF Lifetime Achievement Award, a most fitting tribute to a man who dedicated countless hours and attention to restoring Louisiana's coast and its precious wetlands.
LEADERSHIP
Valsin A. Marmillion Managing Director Sidney Coffee Senior Advisor
www.marmillion.com With support from: Compose Digital Design Baton Rouge, LA www.composedigitaldesign.com Special Thanks To: Indochina Heritage The staff of the Intercontinental Asiana Saigon
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