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WIS 6 programme

Updated - Wednesday 19 November 2003

Tuesday 9 September

8.30 - 9.15 Registration and coffee

9.15 - 10.45

  • Welcome by Paul van Koppen, Director of IRC
  • The millennium development goals in historical perspective, by Sir Richard Jolly, WSSCC
  • The Dutch view on the MDGs, by Ton Boon von Ochssee, DGIS
  • Seeking a quantum leap: Tying information technology with development work by Sam Pitroda, Worldtel

10.45 - 11.15 Tea/Coffee

11.15 - 13.00

  • Closing the knowledge gap in support of the MDGs in the Sector, by Jan Teun Visscher
  • What are capacities and incentives to use information, by Jasveen Jairat, CAPNET
  • State of the art on knowledge sharing and narrative, by Dave Snowden, IBM

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.45 Experience with knowledge sharing

  • Learning about information needs, by Umesh Pandey, NEWAH, Nepal
  • The value of local learning and adaptation, by Edgar Quiroga, Cinara, Colombia
  • Building NGO capacity through information, by Caroline Batanda, UWASNET, Uganda

14.45 - 15.15

  • Innovative learning, by Atem Ramsundersingh (UNESCO-IHE)

15.15 - 15.45 Tea/Coffee

15.45 - 16.45 Panel discussion: Knowledge management; Investing in tools or creative thinking

16.45 - 17.30 IRC 35th Anniversary

  • Launch of the booklet Water Stories
  • Launch of video "Knowledge is Power"

18.00 - 19.00 Reception ath the City Hall hosted by the Mayor of Delft

19.30 - 22.00 Dinner hosted by IRC at UNESCO-IHE

Wednesday 10 September

8.45 - 10.45 The Future of Water Portals

  • Overview on water portal development, by Viktor Markowski, IRC
  • Water Portal of the Americas, by Pilar Gonzales, UNESCO
  • Pakistan Water Gateway, by Asad Zaman, IUCN/WCU
  • Globwinet critical aspects of a net based information system (GTZ)
  • Virtual Library of CEPIS, by Marta Bryce, CEPIS

11.15 - 12.45 Networking, Partnership Development and working with community level information

  • Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineering, by Hesham Ghany
  • Building Partnerships, by Herold Gopaul
  • NGO Forum: a Nodal Point for Knowledge Sharing and Networking in Bangladesh, interview with Shirin Biswas
  • Case study of an Arsenic affected district?Information sharing by the community through existing network, by Sumantra Choudhury

12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 17.00 Discussion Groups (I)

  • The Future of Water Portals, facilitated by Viktor Markowski and Pilar Gonzalez
  • Networking at country level to make use of complementarity, facilitated by Tunde Adegoke and Kees Leendertse
  • News services, facilitated by Darren Saywell and Ewen Le Borgne.

17.00 - 18.00 Poster presentations

20.00 - 21.30 Start-up Workshop on Knowledge Management, by Jaap Pels (IRC) and Dann Sklarew (IW:LEARN)

Thursday 11 September

8.45 - 10.30 E-learning: Tools, Potential & Experience, facilitated by Tjalling Vonk (IICD, VIIO)

  • Overview of E-learning; Recent developments and potential by Gerd Junne (AU/IICD)
  • New approaches to institutional arrangement and management, the role of education and capacity building by Haley Rodkin (DWAF)
  • The UN Water virtual learning centre by Colin Mayfield (INWEH)
  • Putting e-learning in practice; hands-on experience by Slavco Velickov (UNESCO-IHE)

11.00 - 12.45 Making data accessible and understandable, facilitated by Dann Sklarew and Janot Mendler (IW:LEARN)

  • The impact of hydro-climatological information services on IWRM, Ibrahim Olomoda
  • Climate and Water Data Transfers via Internet: From vision to action, Luc Vescovi
  • Aquastat - Getting to grips with water information for agriculture, Karen Frenken

12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.45 Assuring quality of information

  • Interview with Byron Mook (LEAP/IMPACT) and Terry Dodge (WWC) by Ton Schouten (IRC)

14.45 - 18.00 Discussion groups (II)

  • The Future of Water Portals; Portal Development, facilitated by Viktor Markowski and Pilar Gonzalez
  • Quality assurance of information, facilitated by Byron Mook and David Moody
  • E-learning, facilitated by Janot Mendler
  • Making data user friendly, facilitated by Dan Sklarew
  • Information sharing and promotion at community level, facilitated by Ton Schouten

Friday 12 September

8.45 - 10.15 Communication tools and techniques

  • A scoping study into the gendered use and potential of electronic conferencing, by Julie Fisher (WEDC)
  • Winning poster presentation
  • Practical experience with GDLN facilitated by Atem Ramsundersingh (UNESCO-IHE)

10.45 - 12.45 Introduction on Knowledge Management in Practice

  • Overview and trends in KM by Denise Bedford (World Bank)
  • The knowledge value chain by Carel Keuls (Delft Cluster)
  • Testing a KM tool with the audience (IRC/IW:Learn)

12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.45 Plenary presentation and discussion of working group results, chaired by Paul van Koppen, IRC

  • Presentation output working groups
  • Plenary discussion

16.45 - 17.00 Closing remarks / Take homes


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