14 December 2009 (Monday)

Opening Ceremony: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Lecture 1: 11:15 – 12:45 p.m.

Nearshore water quality: the policy perspective

• D Kay, University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK

Lecture 2: 2:00 – 5:20 p.m.

Coastal hydrodynamic models for water quality prediction

• G Stelling, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

Contribution Session 1: 5:20 – 5:50 p.m

Coastal water quality modelling using unstructured cellular automata

• AE Mynett, Deltares | Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands

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15 December 2009 (Tuesday)

Lecture 3: 9:00 – 12:20 p.m.

Wave and current induced transport processes in the nearshore

• R Dean, University of Florida, USA

Contribution Session 2: 12:20 – 12:50 p.m.

Fate and transport modelling for management of estuaries

• W Lung, The University of Virginia, USA

Lecture 4: 2:00 – 6:20 p.m.

Modelling and prediction of beach water quality

• RA Falconer, Cardiff University, UK.

Numerical modelling of near-shore mixing & transport

• G Stelling, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

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

• RT Cheng, U. S. Geological Survey, USA

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16 December 2009 (Wednesday)

Lecture 5: 08:45 – 12:00 p.m.

Beach water quality forecast

• S Grant, University of California, Irvine, USA

(via video conferencing)

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17 December 2009 (Thursday)

(revised)

Lecture 6: 9:00 – 12:20 p.m.

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

• P Franks, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA

Lecture 7: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Understanding eutrophication impacts in Hong Kong waters: physical and chemical factors reduce impacts

• PJ. Harrison, Hong Kong University of Science &Technology, Hong Kong, China

Contribution Session 3 - Coastal algal blooms: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

A red tide early warning system for Hong Kong coastal Waters

• KTM Wong and JHW Lee the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , China

Modelling the hydrodynamics, salinity transport and plankton dynamics in a shallow lagoon -- Chilika, a case study

• G Jayaraman, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Contribution Session 4 - Beach water quality modelling: 3:50 – 6:40 p.m.

Short-term Environmental Forecasting using Lagrangian and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) Models

• WE Frick, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Modelling shoreline bacterial impacts from river plumes

• PJW Roberts, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Pollutants transport induced by wave and tide current interaction on mild slope beach

• JH Tao, Tianjin University, China

Water Circulation Enhancement to Improve Beach Water Quality

• Y Poon, Everest International Consultants, Inc., USA

Real-time Application of Beach Water Quality Forecast System

• W Thoe, HC Wong, KW Choi, KTM Wong and JHW. Lee, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Environmental Modelling Studies in the Coastal Areas of East China

• Q Lu, DHI China, China

Investigations on the Genesis of Obstacle Marks and their Implication for Generation of Current Crescents

• BS Mazumder and H. Maity, Indian Statistical Institute, India
• T Chadha, NIT, Surathkal, India

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18 December 2009 (Friday)

(revised)

Contribution Session 5: 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Desalination and the coastal environment: technologies, environmental impacts and regulations

• T Bleninger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Lecture 8:  10:50 – 2:20 p.m.

Desalination brine discharges: management options and mixing processes

Desalination brine discharges: modelling techniques and mixing zone regulations

• G Jirka, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Contribution Session 6 - Coastal water quality management: Spanish experience: 2:20 – 3:20 p.m.

Coastal water quality management in Spain part 1: brine discharges from desalination plants

• A Ruiz-Mateo, Centre for Studies on Ports and Coasts (CEDEX), Spain

Coastal water quality management: Spanish experience part 2: new classification scheme for water status

• A Lloret-Capote., A. Ruiz. M. Martínez-Gil, Centre for Studies on Ports and Coasts (CEDEX), Spain
• JL Buceta, Dirección General de Sostenibilidad de la Costa y del Mar., Spain

Contribution Session 7 - Coastal water quality modelling and management 1: 3:20 – 4:00 p.m.

Mixing within the plume of the Changjiang River Estuary, China

• JZ Shi and LF Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Parasitizing rivers and gender of delta

• ZY Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Contribution Session 8 - Brine discharge and multiple buoyant jets: 4:20 – 6:20 p.m.

Near-Field Mixing of Desalination Plumes

• MJ Davidson, CJ Oliver and RI Nokes, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Modelling and Monitoring Hyper-saline Brine Discharges into Coastal Waters

• PA Davies, University of Dundee, UK
• Y Guo, University of Aberdeen, UK
• A Hogg, University of Bristol, UK
• M Elliott, R Perez-Dominguez, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Experimental study of dense jets

• PJW Roberts, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Behaviour of buoyant discharges from rosette-Type diffusers in shallow water

• IW Seo, Seoul National University, Korea
• SJ Kwon, Korea Ocean Research Institute, Korea

Dynamic Interaction of Multiple Buoyant Jets

• ACH. Lai and JHW Lee, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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19 December 2009 (Saturday)

(revised)

Contribution Session 9 - Coastal water quality modelling and management 2: 9:00 – 11:20 a.m.

Pollutant transport and remediation of contaminated sediment

• D Chen, University of Liverpool, UK

Research on sediment particle's morphology and adsorption

• HW Fang, Tsinghua University, China

Numerical calculation for cylindrical SOD measurement chamber and its application in river mouth of the Bohai Bay

• Y He, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China
• C Liu, International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation, China
• ZY Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Integrated modelling of coastal algal blooms

• Q Chen, Chinese Academy of Science, China.

Environmental evolution of Southern China Coast Waters and its challenges to research

• ZR Guo South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, China

Introduction on Two Coastal Engineering Projects in Bohai Bay, China

• CP Kuang, S Chen and Y Pan, China

Development of China thermal and nuclear power plant near shore and thermal drainage and sediment transport model

• Y Bai, Tianjin University, China

Wrap-up & discussions Session: 11:40 – 12:40 p.m.

Poster Contributions

Session A: December 15 - 16, 2009

Design of brine outfall: some issues and considerations                                   

• D Shao and AK Law, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Eliminating flux imbalances in a shock capturing model for shallow currents and waves       

• D Liang, University of Cambridge, UK

Unstructured cellular automata in ecohydraulics modelling

• Y Lin, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands

Stability and engineering effect of shoals and channels in Caofeidian deep-water harbour area, China

• YJ Lu, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China

Adsorption of phosphorous on different sediments

• Y Xiao, Hohai University, China

Session B: December 17 - 18, 2009

Bacterial contributions to the variations in oxygen and CO2 and effects of P-deficiency on bacterial respiration in subtropical Hong Kong Waters                                     

• PJ Harrison, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Climate change: facts, skeptics’ views and impacts on the water environment              

• AW Jayawardena, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Japan

Chemical partitioning of metal pollutants in sediments of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

• X Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Ecological risk assessment of OCPs accumulation in aquatic organisms in nearshore coastal waters of Pearl River Estuary, China

• X Zhao, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, China

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