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Venue

 Taipei International Convention Center (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan

How to Get to TICC? Free Shuttle

TICC is located next to Taipei 101 and Taipei World Trade Center, and can be reached by taking different kinds of public transportation. Detailed information about how to get to TICC can be found on TICC website. Also, the free shuttle bus service will be provided from Taipei City Hall MRT Station to TICC. The free shuttle bus is arranged at Exit 2, Taipei City Hall MRT Station. Participants are encouraged to take the free shuttle bus to TICC. Detailed schedule is as follows:
08:00, 08:10, 08:20, 08:30, 08:40
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Date

23 October, 2010 (Saturday).

Language

The official language of the Symposium is English. Simultaneous Interpretation is provided.

Introduction

The Cross Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation will be holding an international conference entitled “Symposium on Taiwan under Global Climate Change”, on Saturday, 23 October 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. The topics of the conference will include the following:

Climate change in global perspectives
Climate change and national competitiveness
Climate change and disaster management

The conference will invite leading experts and scholars who share similar concerns about the future of the global environment. It will be attended by an audience of experts, academics and policy makers from organizations which share similar concerns about the future of the global environment.

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Program

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Details for each session are demonstrated as follows:
Session I: Climate change in global perspectives

The impacts and challenges of climate change
Climate change and the global water crisis
Climate change and the global food crisis

Session II: Climate change and national competitiveness

Negotiations on issues of climate change and its current development and future
The impact of climate change on the economy
Climate change, energy safety and the development of the energy industry

Session III: Climate change and disaster management

Climate change and international experience in disaster relief
Climate change and disaster adaptation
Review and prospects of Taiwan’s response to climate change and post-disaster reconstruction

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Speakers

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Opening Ceremony
09:00-09:30

Amb. Louis W.H. Tzen

Chairman, Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation

Keynote Speech
09:30-10:10

Dr. Jack D. Fellows

Vice President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, UCAR, U.S.A.

Dr. Kuo-Nan Liou

Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, UCLA, U.S.A.

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Session I：Climate Change in Global Perspectives
10:30-11:30

Chair
Dr. Tai-Jen George Chen
Vice President for Academic Affairs of National Taiwan University and Chair Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan , R.O.C.



Presenters
1. Dr. Camyale Chao
Director, International Affairs Committee of The Meteorological Society, Taiwan , R.O.C.



2. Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.



3. Dr. Yuan Shen
Professor, Department of Soil and Environmental Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, R.O.C.



Panelists
1. Dr. Charng Ning Chen
Professor Emeritus, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore



2. Dr. Chin-Shan Huang
Adviser, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.



3.Dr. Janette Lindesay
Deputy Director, ANU Climate Change Institute Australian National University, Canberra, Australia



4. Dr. Gurmit Singh
Chairman, Center for Environmental Technology and Development, Malaysia

Luncheon
12:00-13:50

Panelists
Dr. Chao-Han Liu
Vice President, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Session II：Climate Change and National Competitiveness
14:00-15:00

Chair
Dr. Tain-Jy Chen
Professor, Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.



Presenters
1. Dr. Chang-Fa Lo
NTU Chair Professor and Lifetime Distinguished Professor, Taiwan, R.O.C.



2. Dr. Hsung-Hsiung Tsai
Chairman, Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan, R.O.C.



3. Dr. Chi-Yuan Liang
Government Official, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.



Panelists
1. Dr. Stephen Shu-Hung Shen
Minister, Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.



2. Dr. Yeora Chae
Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute, Korea



3. Dr. William Blyth
Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House, UK

Session III：Climate Change and Disaster
15:50-16:50

Chair
Dr. Kenrick Leslie
Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belize



Presenters
1. Dr. Ou, Chin-Der
Chairman, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, Taiwan, R.O.C.



2. Dr. Liang-Chun Chen
Director, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan, R.O.C.



3. Dr. Ben Jong-Dao Jou
Division Head, Meteorology Division, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan, R.O.C.



4. Dr. Lin, Lee-Yaw
Deputy Executive Secretary, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan, R.O.C.



5. Dr. Jong-Tsun Huang
Professor & President, China Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C.



Panelists
1. Dr. Shaw-Chen Liu
Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, Research Center for Climate Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan , R.O.C.



2. Dr. Chung-Ming Liu
Director, Global Change Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C



3. Dr. Cheng-Shang Lee
Director, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, NARL, Taiwan, R.O.C.



4. Dr. Masayuki Maki
Director, Storm, Flood and Landslide Res. Dep., NIED, Japan