ASIA 2016: Sixth International Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower Development in Asia

  • 01-04 Mar 2016
  • Lao National Convention Centre, Vientiane, Laos

Description

ASIA 2016: Sixth International Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower Development in Asia is a conference and exhibition dedicated to the hydropower and dams and water resources industries in Asia.

Topics
  • Financial, legal and contractual aspects
    • Selection and screening of projects for private development
    • New approaches to project finance
    • PPAs for transboundary power trading
    • Commercial and financial risk management
    • Procurement of concessionaires
    • Concession agreements (balancing the interests of the parties)
    • Construction arrangements (alternative procurement models)
    • Contractual aspects of private hydro development
  • Development potential and planning
    • Potential, planning and new developments; regional insights
    • Regional overview and masterplans
    • New planning tools
    • Trans-boundary and cascade scheme planning
    • Flood early warning systems and mitigation measures
  • Hydropower and sustainable development
    • The food-water-energy nexus approach
    • Maximizing and communicating the multiple benefits of hydro
    • Making hydro more competitive (managing and mitigating risk)
    • Synergy among the renewables
    • Innovations in hydraulic machinery: research and development
    • Regional development through power trading Hydropower technology
    • Recent developments in electrical systems
    • Use of hydro and pumped storage in the regulation of electrical systems
    • Powerplant safety
    • Operational and maintenance issues
    • Small and low-head hydro
    • Pumped-storage technology; applications in Asia
    • Marine energy potential
    • Engineering quality in a competitive hydro market
  • Environmental and social aspects
    • Cumulative impact assessment and cross border cooperation
    • Design adaptations and adaptive resource management for climate change
    • Asset conservation including sedimentation management
    • Rapid Sustainability Assessment Tool: examples from the Mekong region
    • Fish protection and management of reservoirs and waterways
    • Problems with biological growth in hydro plants
    • Preserving and promoting cultural heritage assets
    • Biomass clearance and biodiversity offset creation
    • Hydrology and environmental flow assessment; downstream management
    • ESIA and IFI safeguard workshop
    • Capacity building and transfer to the next generation; a participatory approach
  • Civil engineering
    • Advances in design and construction techniques
    • Materials for dams and appurtenant works
    • Innovative approaches to evaluating safety
    • Recent developments in dam construction
    • Underground works and tunnelling
    • Monitoring and engineering for safe structures and sites
    • Spillways and gates: design, function and innovation
    • Uprating and refurbishment of existing infrastructure
    • Low cost irrigation and storage solutions
    • Small dams

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Event Categories

Government & Global Issues: Environment
Industry: Construction & Building, Natural resources

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