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THURSDAY, 3 MARCH 2011
0845Registration and Arrival of Guests
0915Welcome Greeting by Master of Ceremony
Prof Tso-Chien Pan
Founding Director, ICRM and Dean, College of Engineering, NTU, Singapore
0925Welcome Address by
Prof Bertil Andersson
President-Designate and Provost, NTU, Singapore
0935Opening Address by
Dr Su Guaning
President, NTU, Singapore
0945Morning Refreshment
1015Master of Ceremony
Prof Kusnowidjaja Megawati
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
NTU, Singapore
 Address
Climate Change: Its Implications on Food and
Water Security
Prof Haresh Shah
Founding Chairman, Advisory Board, ICRM;
Member of the Board of Trustees, NTU;
Emeritus Professor, Stanford University;
Founder & Senior Advisor, RMS Inc., USA
1045Address
ADB’s Approach to Sustainable Food and Water
Security in Asia
Mr Katsumi Matsumani
Advisor to Director General, Practice Leader Regional and
Sustainable Development Department, Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Food Security Unit, Asian Development Bank
1115Address
Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Sustainable
Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Gujarat
Earthquake Reconstruction
Mr Venkatachalam Thiruppugazh
Commissioner of Information and Additional CEO, Gujarat State
Disaster Management Authority, India
1145Lunch
Theme 1: Extreme Weathers: Impacts on Food and Water Security
1300Keynote Address 1
Decision-Making Tools for Water Resource
Management: What can State of the Art Models Offer?
Prof Raghu Murtugudde
Professor, University of Maryland, USA
1345Plenary Presentation 1
From Agriculture Insurance to Rural Protection
Against Disasters in China: Risk Perception,
Management and Policy
Prof Wang Ming
Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University;
Director, Institute of Integrated Risk Management,
People’s Republic of China
1415Plenary Presentation 2
Climate Change and the Implications for Regional-
Scale Catastrophic Extremes on Crops and Food
Dr Robert Muir-Wood
Chief Research Officer, RMS Inc., UK
1445Panel Discussion 1
Session Chairman:
Prof Tso-Chien Pan,
Founding Director, ICRM and Dean, College of
Engineering, NTU, Singapore

Panelists:
  • Prof Raghu Murtugudde,
    Professor, University of Maryland, USA
  • Prof Wang Ming,
    Associate Professor, Beijing Normal
    University; Director, Institute of Integrated Risk
    Management, People Republic of China
  • Dr Robert Muir-Wood,
    Chief Research Officer, RMS Inc., USA
  • Prof Johnny C L Chan,
    Dean, School of Energy and Environment;
    Director, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre,
    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
1515Afternoon Refreshment
Theme 2: Food Security: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
1545Keynote Address 2
Food Security as a Multi-dimensional Concept Requiring
Cross-sectoral Interventions
Prof Paul P.S Teng
Dean, Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Learning,
National Institute of Education, Singapore
1630Plenary Presentation 3
Introduction to the Foreseer Project for
Visualising Future Resource Pathways
Prof Danny Ralph
Academic Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies,
University of Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
1700Plenary Presentation 4
Agricultural Modernization and Crop Insurance
Mr Rade Musulin
COO, Aon Benfield Analytics Asia Pacific, Australia
1730Panel Discussion 2
Session Chairman:
Mr Malcolm Steingold,
CEO, Asia Pacific, Aon Benfield, Singapore

Panelists:
  • Prof Danny Ralph,
    Academic Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies,
    University of Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
  • Mr Rade Musulin,
    COO, Aon Benfield Analytics Asia Pacific, Singapore
  • Mr Andreas Schaffer,
    Sustainability Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, Singapore
  • Mrs Tan-Low Lai Kim,
    Director, Food Supply Resilience Dept,
    Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority, Singapore
1830Symposium Dinner
FRIDAY, 4 MARCH 2011
Theme 3: Water Security: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
0900Master of Ceremony:
Dr Shuy Eng Ban
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore

Keynote Address 3
Water Security: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for
Mega Cities
Prof Srikantha Herath
Director, Academic Affairs and Senior Academic
Programme Officer, United Nations University Institute for
Sustainability and Peace, Japan
0945Plenary Presentation 5
Water Security: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Dr Daniel Gunaratnam
Consultant, Gunaratnam Assosciates; former Principal
Water Resources Specialist, World Bank
1015Plenary Presentation 6
Water Scarcity and its Impact on Food Security in the
Context of Globalization of Water Resources and Climate
Change
Dr Hong Yang
Senior Research Scientist & Group Leader of Water, Food and
Environmental Studies, Dept of System Analysis, Integrated
Assessment and Modelling, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic
Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland
1045Morning Refreshment
1115Panel Discussion 3
Session Chairman:
Prof Chen Charng Ning,
Professor Emeritus,
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore

Panelists:
  • Prof Srikantha Herath,
    Director, Academic Affairs and
    Senior Academic Programme Officer, United Nations
    University Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Japan
  • Dr Daniel Gunaratnam,
    Consultant, Gunaratnam
    Assosciates; former Principal Water Resources
    Specialist, World Bank
  • Dr Hong Yang,
    Senior Research Scientist & Group Leader of Water,
    Food and Environmental Studies, Dept of System Analysis,
    Integrated Assessment and Modelling,
    Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland
  • Ms Michelle Tuveson,
    Founder & Executive Director, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies,
    University of Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
  • Prof Rajib Shaw,
    Associate Professor, Graduate School
    of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
1145Lunch
Theme 4: Catastrophe Risk Management: Financial & Insurance Instruments
1300Master of Ceremony:
Prof Robert Tiong
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore

Keynote Address 4
Catastrophic Risk Management : Financial and Insurance
Instruments
Mr S. Narayanan
MD & CEO, IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd, India
1345Plenary Presentation 7
How Catastrophe Risk is Reshaping the Global Landscape
of Finance, Science, Technology and Public Policy
Mr Rowan Douglas
Chairman, Willis Research Network; CEO, Willis Re
Analytics, Willis Group Limited, UK
1415Plenary Presentation 8
CAT Risk, Climate Change, Food Security – Finding
Solutions for Farmers and Agricultural Risk Transfer
Dr Pane Stojanovski
VP, Model Development Operations, RMS Inc., USA
1445Panel Discussion 4
Session Chairman:
Mr John Tan,
CE, Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte Ltd, Singapore

Panelists:
  • Mr S. Narayanan,
    MD & CEO,
    IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd, India
  • Mr Rowan Douglas,
    Chairman, Willis Research
    Network; CEO, Willis Re Analytics, Willis Group Limited, UK
  • Dr Pane Stojanovski,
    VP,
    Model Development Operations,
    RMS Inc., USA
  • Dr Dong Weimin,
    Chief Risk Officer,
    RMS, Inc., USA
1515Afternoon Refreshment
Theme 5: Recent Volcanic Eruptions and Risk Implications
1530Keynote Address 5
Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: How Much Ash is too Much?
Prof Christopher Newhall
Professor, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, Singapore
1615Plenary Presentation 9
Volcanic Ash and Aviation over South-East Asia –
Implications of Eyjafjallajökull
Dr Andrew Tupper
Regional Director, Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Northern Territories), Australia
1645Plenary Presentation 10
Climate Change Adaptation and Drought Resilience:
Some New Thoughts
Prof Rajib Shaw
Associate Professor, Graduate School
of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
1715Panel Discussion 5
Session Chairman:
Mr Foong Chee Leong,
Director-General, Meteorological Services,
National Environment Agency, Singapore

Panelists:
  • Prof Christopher Newhall,
    Professor, Earth Observatory of Singapore,
    NTU, Singapore
  • Dr Andrew Tupper,
    Regional Director, Australian Bureau of
    Meteorology (Northern Territories), Australia
  • Dr Anselm Smolka,
    Head, Corporate Underwriting –
    Geo Risks, Munich Re, Germany
  • Prof Rajib Shaw,
    Associate Professor, Graduate School
    of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Dr Antonius Ratdomopurbo,
    Senior Research Fellow, Volcano Group,
    Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, Singapore
1745Close of Symposium
Prof Tso-Chien Pan
Founding Director, ICRM and Dean, College of Engineering, NTU, Singapore