IMSWES Workshop, November 2000 

23-24 November, 2000
Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City, Philippines
FIRST DAY (Thursday, November 23, 2000)

  8:30 - 9:00AM - REGISTRATION

9:00 - 9:30AM B OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES
Speakers:G.Q.Tabios, K. Nadaoka
Purposes, goals and expectations of conference/workshop
Format, schedule and organization
Involvement of Japanese professors

9:30 - 10:15AM B PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Speakers: E. Cruz, C. Villanoy, L.Q. Liongson
Physical layout of Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake and surrounding watersheds
Geography, geology, climate, hydrology, hydraulic characteristics of physical system
Issues, concerns and problems of physical system

10:15 - 10:30AM - BREAK

10:30 - 11:15AM B BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Speakers: F. Siringan, Z. Catalan
Inventory of natural and aquatic resources
Inventory of native, exotic and endangered species,
Food web and resources; benthic communities
Problems, issues and concerns

11:15 - 12:00AM B POLLUTION, SEDIMENTATION AND WATER QUALITY
Speakers:F. Siringan, Z. Catalan, L. David
Nature and behaviour of pollutant loads and transport
Human activities and man-made waste loads and pollution,
Industrial waste and pollution
Agricultural waste, soil erosion and sedimentation from surrounding watersheds
Lahars from Mt Pinatubo
Laguna Lake salinity and lake eutrophication
Problems, issues and concerns

12:00 - 1:30PM - LUNCH BREAK

Moderator: Dr. Eric Cruz

1:30 - 2:30PM B DISCUSSION ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS

2:30 - 3:30PM B DISCUSSION ON BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS

3:30 - 3:45PM B COFFEE BREAK

3:45 - 4:45PM B DISCUSSION ON POLLUTION

4:45 B 6:00PM B COCKTAILS

SECOND DAY (November 24, 2000)

9:00-9:30AM B SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND INFRASTRUCSTURE
Speakers:   R. Tanhueco, K. Doi, P. Castro
History and chronology of significant socio-economic developments
Demographics, population dynamics, migration patterns
Implications of urbanization, overpopulation and resource scarcity to health, livelihood, traffic, pollution, etc
Infrastructure for flood and river control, hydropower and fisheries facilities
Problems, issues and concerns

9:30 - 10:15AM B GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS
Speakers:   K. Doi, E. Manalili
Government agencies involve in Manila Bay and Laguna Lake affairs
Institutional arrangements, jurisdictions and governance
Coordination among national government and local governments including
private or non-government organizations
Political, cultural and social dimensions and agenda

10:15 - 10:30AM B COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 11:15AM - DATA MONITORING AND NEEDS
Speakers:   K. Nadaoka, G.Q. Tabios, K. Doi,Y. Nihei
Importance of information and data collection,
Types of environmental data available
Existing data collection network and practices
Sampling period or frequency in time and space interval, instrumentation, etc
Data gaps and needs
Identification and possible improvements in data monitoring

11:15 - 12:00AM B MODELING AND RESEARCH NEEDS
Speakers: G.Q. Tabios, K. Nadaoka, G. Hanada, L.Q. Liongson, Y. Shimizu, S. Oishi
Role and importance of models and modeling tools
Existing modeling efforts of Manila Bay and Laguna Lake
Model developments and improved modeling techniques
Modeling needs and research imperatives and priorities
Possible future project and research proposals

12:00 - 1:30PM B LUNCH BREAK
Moderator: Dr. Leonardo Liongson

1:30 - 2:30PM B DISCUSSIONS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE

2:30 - 3:30PM B DISCUSSIONS ON GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS

3:30 - 3:45PM B COFFEE BREAK

3:45 - 4:45PM B DISCUSSIONS DATA MONITORING, DATA NEEDS,
MODELING AND RESEARCH NEEDS