Monday December 14, 2009

9:00 a.m.

Registration

Foyer, P4
Graduate House

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Opening Ceremony

Wang Gung Wu Lecture Hall, P4
Graduate House

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Group Photo Session / Tea Break

Foyer, P4
Graduate House

11:15 – 12:45 p.m.

Lecture 1 – D Kay

Nearshore water quality: the policy perspective

Chairman: J Lee

Wang Gung Wu Lecture Hall, P4
Graduate House

12:45 - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

Eliot Room, Senior Common Room
14/F K.K. Leung Building

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Lecture 2 (a) – G Stelling
Coastal hydrodynamic models for water quality prediction
Chairman: R Cheng

Wang Gung Wu Lecture Hall, P4
Graduate House

3:30 - 3:50 p.m.

Tea Break

3:50 – 5:20 p.m.

Lecture 2 (b) – G Stelling
Chairman: R Cheng

5:20 – 5:50 p.m.

Contributions Session 1
Coastal water quality modelling using unstructured cellular automata - A Mynett
Chairman: R Cheng

6:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception

Foyer, P4
Graduate House

Tuesday December 15, 2009

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Lecture 3 (a) – R Dean

Wave and current induced transport processes in the nearshore

Chairman: A Law

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

10:30 – 10.50 a.m.

Tea Break

10:50 – 12:20 p.m.

Lecture 3 (b) – R Dean
Chairman: A Law

12:20 – 12:50 p.m.

Contributions Session 2
Coastal Water Quality Modelling and Management – W Lung
Chairman: A Law

12:50 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

Maxim's FOOD2,
4/F, Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Lecture 4 (a) – R Falconer

Modelling and prediction of beach water quality

Chairman: P Franks

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

3:30 – 3:50 p.m.

Tea Break

3:50 – 4;50 p.m.

Lecture 4 (b) – G Stelling

Numerical modelling of near-shore mixing & transport

Chairman: P Franks

4;50 – 6:20 p.m.

Lecture 4 (c) – R Cheng

Real-time hydrodynamics for estuaries, bays, and coastal regions

Chairman: P Franks

Wednesday December 16, 2009

08:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Lecture 5 (a) – S Grant

Beach water quality forecast

(via video conferencing)

Chairman: J Lee

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

10:15 – 10.30 a.m.

Tea Break

10:30 – 12:00 p.m.

Lecture 5 (b) – S Grant
Chairman: J Lee

12:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Technical Site Visit and Dinner at Tai O – Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) and boat cruise to selected beach, fish culture zone and Chinese white dolphin habitat.

Meeting time: 12:00 noon

Meeting point: Area outside Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

Thursday December 17, 2009

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Lecture 6 (a) – P Franks

Physical-Biological Interactions in the Nearshore Revealed by Novel Instruments and Sampling Schemes

Chairman: A Mynett

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

10:30 – 10:50 a.m.

Tea Break

10:50 – 12:20 p.m.

Lecture 6 (b) – P Franks
Chairman: A Mynett

12:20 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Maxim's FOOD2,
4/F, Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Lecture 7 – P Harrison
Understanding Eutrophication Impacts in Hong Kong Waters:  Physical and Chemical Factors Reduce Impacts
Chairman: W Lung

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Contributions Session 3
Coastal algal blooms
Chairman: W Lung

3:30 – 3:50 p.m.

Tea Break

3:50 – 6:40 p.m.

Contributions Session 4
Beach water quality modelling
Chairman: W Lung

Friday December 18, 2009

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Contributions Session 5
Desalination and the coastal environment: technologies, environmental impacts and regulations - T Bleninger

Chairman: P Davies

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

10:30 – 10:50 a.m.

Tea Break

10:50 – 12:20 p.m.

Lecture 8 (a) – G Jirka

Desalination brine discharges: management options and mixing processes

Chairman: P Davies

12:20 – 1:20 p.m.

Lunch

Maxim's FOOD2,
4/F, Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre

1:20 – 2:20 p.m.

Lecture 8 (b) – G Jirka

Desalination brine discharges: modelling techniques and mixing zone regulations

Chairman: M Davidson

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

2:20 – 3:20 p.m.

Contributions Session 6
Coastal water quality management: Spanish experience
Chairman: M Davidson

3:20 – 4:00 p.m.

Contributions Session 7
Coastal water quality modelling and management 1
Chairman: M Davidson

4:00 – 4:20 p.m.

Tea Break

4:20 – 6:20 p.m.

Contributions Session 8
Brine discharge and multiple buoyant jets
Chairman: W Frick

Saturday December 19, 2009

9:00 – 11:20 a.m.

Contributions Session 9
Coastal water quality modelling and management 2
Chairman: W Frick

Lecture Theatre T4,
Meng Wah Complex

11:20 – 11:40 a.m.

Tea Break

11:40 – 12:40 p.m.

Wrap-up & discussions Session
Chairman: J Lee

12:40 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

Maxim's FOOD2,
4/F, Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre