2 nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER RESOURCES (ICWR2012)

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1 2 nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER RESOURCES (ICWR2012) 4 th November 2012 (Sunday) PRE-REGISTRATION Venue: SAPPHIRE ROOM (2 nd Floor) : Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM (2 nd Floor) Arrival and Registration KEYNOTE SESSION 1 Chairperson: Prof. Ahmad Khairi Abdul Wahab Keynote Speaker 1 : Prof. Shahbaz Khan Chief of Water & Sustainable Development Section UNESCO, Paris Title of Paper: Tools for Integrated Water Resources an Ongoing Challenge for Solving Wicked Water Problems Question & Answer

2 KEYNOTE SESSION 2 Chairperson: Prof. Mujumdar Keynote Speaker 2 : Prof. Soontak Lee Chairperson/President of UNESCO IHP Intergovernmental Council and World Water Council (WWC) Governor Title of Paper: Sustainable Water Management with River Restoration Experiences Question & Answer Refreshment Opening Ceremony - Arrival of Invited Guests - Arrival of Vice Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) - Arrival of Chairman UNESCO-IHP Malaysia. - Arrival of Minister YB. Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia. - Recital of Doa - Welcoming Speech by Chairman ICWR2012 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sobri Harun. - Speech by Chairman UNESCO-IHP Malaysia

3 - Officiating Speech by Minister YB. Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia, - Press Conference Lunch

4 Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 1A: ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM (2nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 164: STUDY OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) POTENTIAL AT PENJOM GOLD MINE, PAHANG USING STATIC AND KINETIC TEST METHOD Mohd Syahrir Mohd Rozi and Khor Peng Seong (Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia) ID 172: MICROSCOPIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIATIONS ON POLLUTION CONTROL PERFORMANCE OF DRY AND WET DETENTION PONDS S. Dan azumi and S. Shamsudin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 334: USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE AGE OF WATER IN JOHOR STRAITS Noor Baharim Hashim, Paul M. Craig, Dang Huu Chung, Maznah Ismail, and James L. Martin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 178: CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER QUALITY IN RELATION WITH TIMBER HARVESTING IN TROPICAL HILL FOREST Marryanna, L.*, Siti-Aisah, S., Abd Rahman, K. and Mohd M. S. (Forest Research Institute Malaysia) ID 179: WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION OF JINJANG RIVER, KUALA LUMPUR: URBAN RISK CASE WATER POLLUTION Shamin Aizat Abdul Rashid, Muhd. Barzani Gasim*, Mazlin Mokhtar, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman, Md. Pauzi Abdullah and Sahibin Abd. Rahim (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) ID 182: WATER QUALITY STATUS OF THE UPPER ROMPIN RIVER CATCHMENT, PAHANG Fahd Mohammed, Muhd.BarzaniGasim*, Mazlin Mokhtar, Mohd.EkhwanToriman, Md. Pauzi Abdullah, Sahibin Abd. Rahimand, and Fawaz Mohammad (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) ID 192: THE INFLUENCE OF SEA STRATIFICATION ON DEPOSITION FROM TURBULENT BUOYANT JETS A. Ghenaim, S. Chiban, A. Terfous, and J. B. Poulet (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg, France)

5 Refreshment Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 1B: FLOOD MANAGEMENT Venue: CRYSTAL ROOM (3rd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 122: PUBLIC INFOBANJIR: TOWARDS PEOPLE CENTERED FLOOD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION Hanapi Mohamad Noor, Hapida Ghazali, and Faizul Mustapha (Department of Irrigation and Drainage) ID 123: CAVITATION STUDY ON SIPHON SPILLWAYS AT DAMS Mehdi Jorabloo, Seyed Habib Musavi Jahromi, and Hamed Sarkardeh (Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran) ID 175: STORM RUNOFF ANALYSIS IN THE UPPER KANDA CATCHMENT BY THE TOKYO STORM RUNOFF MODEL H. Amaguchi, A. Kawamura, and N. Nakagawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) ID 189: ASSESSMENT OF MANAGEMENT GAPS IN THE FLOOD MITIGATION AND FLOOD PREPAREDNESS STRATEGIES IN METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES R. Gilbuena, Jr., A. Kawamura, R. Medina, H. Amaguchi 4 and N. Nakagawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) ID 213: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF URBAN FLOOD RISKS DUE TO URBANIZATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE TURNHOUT VALLEY OF BELGIUM Md. Shahabul Alam, Patrick Willems, and Md. Masud Alam (Bangladesh Water Development Board, Bangladesh) ID 223: FLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN NON-VEGETATED MEANDERING CHANNEL: A FLUME SIMULATION

6 Z. Ibrahim, Z. Ismail, S. Harun, N. M. Kalimuddin, M. R. Makhtar, and T. N. H. T. Yunus (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Refreshment

7 Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 1C: ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Venue: EMERALD ROOM (2nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 112: EFFECT OF LOGGING ACTIVITIES ON WATER TEMPERATURE AND BENTHIC MACRO-INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES OF MADEK RIVER BASIN, KLUANG, JOHOR Aweng Eh Rak, A. Anwar Ismail, Ismid Said, Maketab Mohamed, and Ahmad Abas (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan) ID 124: MODELLING STUDY ON THE HYDRODYNAMICS AND SALINITY INTRUSION IN SG. SEPETANG, MALAYSIA N. Abdillah, F.Y. Teo, A. Mat Jusoh, and D. Ramli (National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia) ID 131: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MULTI-LAYERED PERFORATED PILE BREAKWATER TO TRANSMIT WAVES F. Jaffar Sidek and M.F. Sabrom (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 132: WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT USING BANK INFILTRATION METHOD IN JENDERAM HILIR, DENGKIL, SELANGOR Mohd Khairul Nizar Shamsuddin and Saim Suratman (National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia) ID 145: TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOM: WHAT SHOULD MALAYSIAN KNOW? Som Cit Sinang (Sultan Idris Education University) ID 151: MODELLING WAVE PROPAGATION AND RUN-UP ON IMPERMEABLE SLOPE M. H. Jamal, Z. Ismail, J. M. Muniandy, and Z. Abd Aziz (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 161: OPTIMAL CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTROL IN AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM M.S Gaya, N. A Wahab, Y.M Sam, A. N. Anuar, and S.I Samsudin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Refreshment

8 Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 1D: WATER RELATED NATURAL DISASTER Venue: RUBY ROOM (2nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Mazlin Mokhtar ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 104: HIGHER EROSION RATES AND ENHANCED SEDIMENTATION FROM DISTURBED LANDSCAPES IN EASTERN SABAH, BORNEO K.V. Annammala, R.P. D. Walsh, K. Bidin, and A. Nainar (Universiti Malaysia Sabah) ID 130: EFFECTIVE FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN Ahmed Said Al Barwani (Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, Oman) ID 146: A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF AN INFECTION RISK CAUSED BY THE COMPOUND DISASTER OF A GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND FLOOD IN METROPOLITAN AREAS N. Nakagawa, A. Kawamura, and H. Amaguchi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) ID 168: RIVER BANK SEDIMENTATION AND VELOCITY VECTOR AROUND THE BAMBOO BANDALLING STRUCTURES Rahman, Md. Lutfor, Basak, B.C and Osman, Md. Showkat (River Research Institute, Faridpur, Bangladesh) ID 184: INVESTIGATION ON THE CAUSES OF GROUNDWATER DROUGHTS IN NORTHWESTERN DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH S. Shahid, H. Asgari, and S.A. Salman (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 190: DROUGHT MONITORING PROGRAM IN MALAYSIA: AN INTEGRATED AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS MANAGING WATER RESOURCES Y. Mohd Sani, A Jafri, and H. Mohamad Noor (Department of Irrigation and Drainage) ID 193: WATER CRISIS IN ZAYANDEHROOD BASIN RAMIFICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

9 M. Khiadani (Hajian), A. Basirpour and M. Mohajer (Edith Cowan University, Australia) Refreshment Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 1E: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Venue: DIAMOND ROOM (2nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Kaoru Takara ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 109: INCIPIENT MOTION OF SEDIMENT IN OPEN CHANNEL: A COMPARISON BETWEEN LABORATORY DATA AND SITE OBSERVATION Charles Bong Hin Joo (Universiti Sains Malaysia) ID 135: MICROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISATION OF CLOUD SEEDING EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA Arkayan Samaddar and Y. Roohani, S. Ghosh, B.V. Rao (VIT University, India) ID 142: ASSESSMENT OF RAINFALLS CHARACTERISTICS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SITES FOR RAINFALL HARVESTING IN NORTH WEST OF LIBYA Abdul Hakim Almdny and Khalifa Shaban (University of Tripoli, Libya) ID 144: ESTIMATION OF SEDIMENT YIELD OF CHENDEROH CATCHMENT Azwin Abdul Razad, G.A. Maheswaran, and Kamarul Khizir Abdul Rahman (TNB Research Sdn Bhd) ID 149: USE OF ECO-HYDROLOGICAL APPROACHES TO DETERMINE ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS IN RIVERS Alireza Yasi/Mehdi Yasi, S. Shaeri Karimi and A. Yasi (UrmiaUniversity, Iran) ID 150: INTEGRATED STUDIES FOR RIVER TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS: THE CASE OF TAGHAR RIVER

10 Sajad Ahmad Hamidi and Mina Mokhtari (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) ID 201: EVALUATING SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION SIZEWITH INCREASING SHEAR STRESS IN KURAU RIVER, MALAYSIA Zahra Zangeneh Sirdari, Aminuddin Ab. Ghani and Zorkeflee Abu Hasan (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Refreshment Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 2A: ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 197: INVESTIGATION OF ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF BOTTOM INTAKES F. Yazdandoost (K N Toosi University of Technology, Iran) ID 207: REMOVAL OF COPPER FROM CONTAMINATED WATERS USING IRON OXIDE COATED LATERITE CLAY A. Eisazadeh, K. A. Kassim, and H. Nur (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 219: MECHANISM OF LOCAL SCOUR AND REDUCTION OF THIS PHENOMENON AROUND HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES Uones Khademi and Ahmad Khairi Wahab (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 224: TREATMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER USING TWO-PHASE ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS M. Shahrul Shafendy Ibrahim, Ab. Aziz Abdul Latiff, and Zawawi Daud (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia) ID 229: A COMPREHENSIVE AMD INDEX TO EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING IN MALAYSIAN METALLIC EX-

11 MINES B. Panahi, N. Abd. Rahman and E. Tonnizam Mohamad (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 264: BIO-ENGINEERED SOLUTION IN ENHANCEMENT OF SEPTIC SLUDGE WITH ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM T. S. Chun, A. R. Ismail, and M.A Malek (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) ID102: CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION FROM NON INDUSTRIAL PREMISES Zulkifli Abdul Rahman and Tunku Khalkausar Tunku Fathahi (Department of Environment Malaysia) Dinner Invited Speaker : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab Director Coastal & Offshore Engineering Institute (COEI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Title of Paper: Marine threats on Langkawi Island Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 2B: FLOOD MANAGEMENT Venue: CRYSTAL ROOM (3 rd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Soontak Lee ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 232: HYDRODYNAMIC STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN FLOWS WITH OBSTRUCTIONS F. Y. Teo, R. A. Falconer, B. L. Lin, and H. W. Kuang (National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia) ID 238: URBAN DRAINAGE FLOOD FORECASTING SYSTEM Mohd Fawwaz Mohd Fauzi, Norhan Abd Rahman, Abd Jalil Hassan, and Sobri Harun (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 249: DAM BREACHING DUE TO OVERTOPPING Nor Ain Mat Lazin, Zainab Mohamed Yusof, and Zulhilmi Ismail (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

12 ID 257: MODEL OUTPUT COMBINATION USING THE GALWAY FLOW MODELLING AND FORECASTING SYSTEM (GFMFS) IN THAILAND Phanida Phukoetphim and Asaad Y. Shamseldin (University of Auckland, New Zealand) ID 270: ANNUAL PEAKFLOW PREDICTION BY MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON NETWORK IN TROPICAL REGION: JOHOR WATERSHED, MALAYSIA Mohsen Salarpour, Zulkifli Yusop, Milad Jajarmizadeh, and Fadhilah Yusof (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 274: REVISION OF AUSTRALIA S INTENSITY-FREQUENCY-DURATION (IFD) DESIGN RAINFALL ESTIMATES J.H. Green, F.M. Johnson, K. Xuereb, C. The, and G. Moore (Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) ID 275: DEVELOPMENT OF A YODOGAWA RIVER DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL-RUNOFF/FLOOD INUNDATION MODEL FOR FLOOD RISK MANEGEMENT Kenichiro Kobayashi and Kaoru Takara (Kyoto University, Japan) Dinner Invited Speaker : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab Director Coastal & Offshore Engineering Institute (COEI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Title of Paper: Marine threats on Langkawi Island Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 2C: WATER SUPPLY AND WATER ECONOMICS Venue: EMERALD ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Shahbaz Khan ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 115: UNDERGROUNDWATERRESOURCE MANAGMENT IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGION BY INSPIRINGFROM

13 ANCIENTKNOWLEDGE Masoomeh Alaibakhsh and Mir Masood Kheirkhah Zarkesh (Islamic Azad University, Iran) ID 125: MEASUREMENT OF THE IRRIGATION WTER NEEDS AT MUDA IRRIGATION SCHEME, KEDAH Nurul Nadrah Aqilah Tukimat and Sobri Harun (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 139: RAINFALL RUNOFF MODELLING TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF LAND-USE CHANGE ON WATER SUPPLY PLAN Sabah Samatar and Arien Heryansyah (Universiti TeknologiMalaysia) ID 141: SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCTION OF IRON-MANGANESE IN KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN, MALAYSIA W.M.Z W Ismail, Ir. (Air Kelantan Sdn.Bhd) ID 147: CONJUNCTIVE-USE OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FOR GUGUSAN FELDA SAHABAT IN LAHAT DATU SABAH, MALAYSIA Muhamad Askari *, Zulkifli Yusop, Ayob Katimon, Azmi Aris, Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff, Mohamad Nor Said, Kamarul Azlan Mohd Nasir, Muhammad Nassir Hanapi, Sobri Harun, and Kamsani Kambari (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 153: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE USING ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES INVESTIGATION ( 18 O, 2 H, 13 C) TO SUPPORT GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTH KELANTAN RIVER BASIN Wan Zakaria Wan Muhamad Tahir, Johari Abdul Latif, Kamaruzaman Mamat,Rohaimah Demanah, Seyed Reza Saghravani, Ismail Yusoff, and Zainudin Othman (Malaysian Nuclear Agency) ID 180: EVALUATION OF RUN-OFF SUPPLY PROJECTS IN HAMADAN (IRAN) N. Rostam Afshar and M. Abdoli (University Malaysia Sarawak) Dinner Invited Speaker : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab Director Coastal & Offshore Engineering Institute (COEI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Title of Paper: Marine threats on Langkawi Island Day 1 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 2D: WATER RELATED NATURAL DISASTER AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT Venue: RUBY ROOM (2 nd Floor)

14 Chairperson: Dr. Olivia la O Castillo ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 245: TSUNAMI IMPACT OF THE 2011 OFF PACIFIC COAST OF TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE AND ACOUNTERMEASURE IMAGE T. Hiraishi, Y.Baba, N.Yoneyama, and R.Azuma (Kyoto University, Japan) ID 246: SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL SOIL EROSION RISK IN MAE NAM NAN SUB-CATCHMENT, THAILAND Pheerawat Plangoen, Roberto Clemente and Mukand S. Babel (Siam University, Thailand) ID 272: FORECASTING EROSION INDUCED LANDSLIDE Roslan Zainal Abidin and Mohamad Ayob (Infrastructure University Kuala LumpurCollege) ID 303: EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT SURFACE COVER TYPES IN REDUCING RUNOFF AND SOIL EROSION IN OIL PALM CATCHMENTS Suhaila Sahat, Zulkifli Yusop, and Muhamad Askari (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 314: LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING OF PENANG ISLAND, MALAYSIA Lea Tien Tay, Younus Ahmed Khan, and Habibah Lateh (Universiti Sains Malaysia) ID 335: SUSTAINABILITY OF HYDROPOWER RESERVOIR AS FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURE: LESSON LEARNED FROM RINGLET RESERVOIR, CAMERON HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA Jansen Luis, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Mohamed Nor Mohamed Desa, Pierre Y. Julien and Roseli Zainal Abidin (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) ID 336: EVALUATION OF PERMEABLE PAVEMENT UNDER TROPICAL CLIMATE: A CASE STUDY AT HUMID TROPICS CENTRE (HTC) Kah Hoong, Kok, L, Mohd Sidek., Hidayah Basri,and M, R, Zainal Abidin (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) Dinner Invited Speaker : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab Director Coastal & Offshore Engineering Institute (COEI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Title of Paper: Marine threats on Langkawi Island Day 1

15 5 th November 2012 (Monday) SESSION 2E: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Venue: DIAMOND ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Ayob Katimon ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 216: IMPACT OF RIVER DIVERSIONS IN THE CHALAKUDY RIVER BASIN, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INTEGRATED BASIN MANAGEMENT C.G. Madhusoodhanan and T.I. Eldho (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India) ID 220: OFFTAKE MORPHOLOGY OF A RIVER-A CASE STUDY OF ARIAL KHAN RIVER OF BANGLADESH Md. Yousuf Mamun, M. Monowar Hossain, and Md. Safat Sikder (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 222: INFLUENCE OF EMERGENT RODS ON FLOW IN A RECTANGULAR STRAIGHT CHANNEL Mohdfauzi Mazuki, Zulhilmi Ismail, Zulkiflee Ibrahim, and Abdul Haslim Lim A. Shukor Lim. (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 226: APPLICATION OF MONTHLY WATER BALANCE MODELS TO THE SITTAUNG CATCHMENTS IN MYANMAR N. L. Win, K. M. Win And T. Naing (INTI International University) ID 227: EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS ON CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT. H.W. Kuang, B.L. Lin, and F.Y. Teo (Changjiang Waterway Planning Design and Research Institute, China) ID 263: ASSESSMENT OF EROSION VULNERABILITY NEAR THE HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES BY COMPARING THE EROSIVE RESISTNCE OF NON-COHESIVE SOIL WITH FLOW VELOCITY M. Musfequzzaman, F. Noor, M.A. Matin, and M.M. Kamal (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 268: APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AND GIS TOOL TO ESTIMATE THE POTENTIAL ANNUAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOAD IN RIVERS Bin He, Kaoru Takara, Yosuke Yamashiki, and Kenichiro Kobayashi (Kyoto University, Japan) Dinner Invited Speaker : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab Director Coastal & Offshore Engineering Institute (COEI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Title of Paper: Marine threats on Langkawi Island

16 Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM KEYNOTE SESSION 3 Chairperson: Prof. Zulkifli Yusop Keynote Speaker 3 : Prof. P.P. Mujumdar Prof. of Hydrology & IAHR Chairman on Water Resources Section Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Title of Paper: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change : Scale Issues and Uncertainties Question & Answer KEYNOTE SESSION 4 Chairperson: Dr Mohamed Roseli Zainal Abidin Keynote Speaker 4 : Dr. Olivia la O Castillo Member of The United Nations Secretary-General s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation Title of Paper: Access to Improved Water Resources using Hydrological Approaches, plus IWRM Question & Answer

17 Refreshment Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 3A: ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM Chairperson: Dr. Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 255: PURPOSED PLANNED ARTIFICIAL REEF AS TOOL TO AID RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MARINE HABITAT IN PULAU TIOMAN Saiful Bahri Hamzah, Ang Shin Ying, Mohd. Kamarul Huda Samion, and Mohd. Fauzi Mohamad (National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia) ID 261: DESIGN OF A SIMULATOR FOR THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE WASTEWATER SYSTEM USING PI CONTROLLER S.N.S. Mirin, N.A. Wahab, S. Sahlan, and M. F Rahmat (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 243: THE EFFECT OF BEACH GROUNDWATER TABLE ON SWASH ZONE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: A REVIEW Norasman Othman, Ahmad Khairi Abd. Wahab, Mohamad Hidayat Jamal, and Shairul Rohaziawati Samat (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 265: CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS FOR THE SELECTED POLDERS OF THE COASTAL REGION OF BANGLADESH M.R. Hasib, A.K.M.S. Islam, Z.H. Khan, F.A. Kamal, N.A. Azad Khan, and M.M. Hossain (Institute of Water Modeling, Bangladesh) ID 281: DEVELOPMENT OF TRANCE METAL ANALAYSIS BY COMBINATION OF SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION AND DIGITAL PACK TEST N. Sakai, M. Sakai, M. Yoneda, Y. Shimizu and M. Ali Mohd (Kyoto University, Japan) ID 332: THE USE OF TELEMAC TO DESIGN A BREAKWATER SYSTEM FOR THE RESTORATION OF A MANGROVE SHORELINE Lee Hooi Chie and Faridah Jaffar Sidek (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

18 ID 331: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF MANGROVE: EROSION INTERACTION IN SG. PULAI ESTUARY, JOHOR Hadibah Ismail, Daeng Siti Maimunah Ishak, and Chik Maslinda Omar (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 293: INFLUENCE OF RIVER FLOW ON OXYGEN DEPLETION IN INNER JOHOR STRAITS Maznah Ismail, Noor Baharim Hashim, and Ziba Kazemi (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Lunch Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 3B: FLOOD MANAGEMENT Venue: CRYSTAL ROOM (3 rd Room) Chairperson: Dr. Noor Baharim Hashim ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 280: PREDICTING RAINFALL SEASON IN JORDAN USING EL NINO AND LA NINA CLIMATIC PHENOMENA INDICES R. S. Shatnawi and S. M. AlAyyash (Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan) ID 283: SIMPLE, LOW COST, AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASED COMMUNITY RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS JORDAN S. M. AlAyyash, R. S. Shatnawi, A. N. Hamaideh and H. M. Saoub (Al al-bayt University, Jordan) ID 285: URBAN FLOODING ANALYSIS FOR DHAKA CITY USING 1D-2D COUPLED MODEL I. A. Taher, M. F. Islam, D. M. Khan, and N. F. Tasmeem (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 291: REHABILITATION OF BHUTIAR BEEL FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE PROJECT IN KHULNA DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH M. M. Rahman, Z. H. Khan, and S. N. Ala (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 315: THE STUDY OF COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES: CASE STUDY DAMANSARA RIVER

19 CATCHMENT Eng. Feroz Hanif Mohamed Ahmad, Norhan Abdul Rahman, and Abd. Jalil Hassan (Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam) ID 317: PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND UNDER TROPICAL CLIMATE: A CASE STUDY HUMID TROPIC CENTRE CONSTRUCTED WETLAND N.A., Mohd Noor, L., Mohd Sidek, S.,Beecham, M.R., Zainal Abidin, and A. Ab Ghani (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) ID 325: HYDROINFORMATICS FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT WITH INNOVATIVE FLOOD MITIGATION IN PAHANG RIVER BASIN F. N. Saher, M. A. Nasly, and A. K. Tuty (University Malaysia Pahang) ID 330: THAILAND FLOOD 2011 AND DEVELOPING OF FLOOD PREDICTION TOOL Supattana Wichakul and Yasuto Tachikawa (Kyoto University, Japan) Lunch Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 3C: WATER SUPPLY AND WATER ECONOMICS Venue: EMERALD ROOM (2 nd Room) Chairperson: Dr. Kuok King Kuok ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 188: ANNUAL VARIATION INDEPENDENT OPERATING POLICY FOR THE PENGGA RESERVOIR Widandi Soetopo, Dwi Priyantoro,, and Heri Suprijanto (University of Brawijaya, Indonesia) ID 191: OPTIMAL RESERVOIR OPERATION FOR HYDROPOWER GENERATION USING DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHM R. Arunkumar and V. Jothiprakash (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India) ID 195: IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT S IMPROVEMENT AND SOIL WATER CONSERVATION WITH THE INTEGRATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND Hassan Ghochani, Nader Karimi, and Farzane Yaghini (Expert of Simasazeh Consultants Engineering, Iran)

20 ID 206: WATER MANAGEMENT USING MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN IRRIGATION PROJECTS FOR INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION A. F. M. Afzal Hossain (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 209: SUSTAINABILITY OF SHALLOW AQUIFER BENEATH AN INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL TRACK-A CASE STUDY FROM WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA Mohammad Muqtada Ali Khan, Rashid Umar, and Izrar Ahmed (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan) ID 210: POTENTIALITY OF SURFACE WATER RESOURCES FOR MINOR IRRIGATION EXPANSION IN HAOR AREAS OF BANGLADESH Md. Rezaul Hasan and A.F.M. Afzal Hossain (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 214: A RANKING OF AGRICULTURAL FARMS IN A MULTI-CRITERIA WATER ALLOCATION PROBLEM: PROMETHEE APPLICATION Noor ul Hassan Zardari, Abdull Rahim, Nurfarhain Mohamed Rusli, and Zulkifli Yusop (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 221: A KNOWLEDGE DRIVEN GIS APPROACH FOR DELINEATION OF GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL ZONE AT THE MUAR BASIN, MALAYSIA Mohamad Abd Manap, Mohammed Hatta Karim, Noraini Surip, Hisam Ahmad, Norhazidi Masrom, and Nurul Nadia Abd Malek (Minerals and Geoscience Department) Lunch Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 3D: MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Venue: RUBY ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Mr. Aweng Eh Rak ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 117: MULTIVARIATE AND GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACHES IN ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATERQUALITY FOR DRINKING

21 PURPOSE IN SHALLOW WELLS(OF AMOL-BABOL PLAIN, IRAN) TahooraSheikhy Narany, Mohammad Firuz Ramli, Ahmad Zaharin Aris, Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman, and Kazem Fakharian (Universiti Putra Malaysia) ID 136: REVIEW ON FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION IN OPEN CHANNEL FLOW MODELLING Ali Hekmat, Zulkifli Yusop, Airil Yasreen Mohd. Yassin, and Erwan Hafizi Kasiman (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 143: 1-D SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING OF SG PERAK Azwin Abdul Razad, G.A. Maheswaran, and Kamarul Khizir Abdul Rahman (TNB Research Sdn Bhd) ID 166: SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT THROUGH MATHEMATICAL MODELLING Md. Tarikul Islam and AFM Afzal Hossain Peng (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 170: ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MODELLING NITRATE CONCENTRATION IN GROUNDWATER GAZA COASTAL AQUIFER, PALESTINE AS A CASE STUDY. Jawad S. Alagha, Md Azlin Md Said, and Yunes Mogheir (Universiti Sains Malaysia) ID 177: A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HOURLY EXTREME RAINFALL PATTERNS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Syafrina, A. H, Zalina, M. D, and Juneng, L.(Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 181: OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE-SCALE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM USING MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING Afzan Hudzori and Haslenda Hashim (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 234: HYBRID MODEL OF PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION PRESERVING APPROACH AND SELF-ORGANIZING MAP (SOM) IN ESTIMATION OF MISSING DAILY RAINFALL Ho Ming Kang, Fadhilah Yusof, and Zulkifli Yusop (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Lunch Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 3E: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Venue: DIAMOND ROOM (2 nd Floor)

22 Chairperson: Mr. Mohsen Salarpour Goodarzi ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 276: VALUING THE WATERSHED SERVICE OF TROPICAL FOREST Ismariah, A., Norliyana, A., and Vincent, J.R. (Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) ID 279: SATELLITE-BASED ANALYSIS OF LAND SURFACE VARIABLES AND ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CULTIVATED AREA IN GASH DELTA, SUDAN K. A. E. Elamin, H. Tanakamaru, and A. Tada (Kobe University, Japan) ID 282: ESTIMATION SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT SOURCES AND TRANSPORT FOR ISHIKARI RIVER BASIN IN HOKKAIDO USING SPARROW MODEL Weili Duan, Bin He, Kaoru Takara, Pingping Luo, and Yosuke Yamashiki (Kyoto University, Japan) ID 287: SEDIMENT BUDGET OF MEGHNA ESTUARY M. Z. Rahman and G. Mohiuddin (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 296: IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A BRIDGE ON SURMA RIVER IN BANGLADESH, A CASE STUDY M.M. Hossain, R.M. Chowdhury, and S. Jahan (Institute of Water Modelling, Dhaka) ID 299: ZONING OF THE RIVER SYSTEMS- AS STRATEGY TOWARDS THE RIVER MANAGEMENT Ratna Raj Timsina and Siddhartha Bajra Bajracharya (National Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, Nepal) ID 304: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF STRATIFICATION STUDY IN SEMBRONG RESERVOIR, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Nor Bakhiah Baharim, Zulkifli Yusop, Muhamad Askari, Ismail Yusoff, Wan Zakaria Wan Muhd Tahir, Zainudin Othman, and Mohamed Roseli Zainal Abidin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 307: ESTIMATION OF HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT OF AXONOPUS COMPRESSUS ( COW GRASS ) IN SWALE CHANNEL Noor Aliza Ahmad, Aminuddin Ab Ghani, Nor Azazi Zakaria, and H.M. Azamathullah (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Lunch Day 2

23 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 4A : ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Venue: THE BAYVIEW BALLROOM Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Faridah Jaffar Sidek ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 298: RESTORATION OF SPAWNING GROUND AND ASSESSMENT OF SALINITY INTRUSION IN HALDA RIVER Hasan, M.M, Khan, Z.H., Azadi, M.A, and Beg, M.N.A (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 319: WASTE LOAD ALLOCATION IN RIVERS USING FALLBACK BARGAINING: A CASE STUDY Mohammad Bizhani-manzar and Najmeh Mahjouri (Toosi University of Technology, Iran) ID 326: HEAVY METALS IN FISH AS A BIOINDICATOR FOR MONITORING OF METAL RECALCITRANTS IN MALAYSIAN RIVERS Maimon Abdullah, Salem Alzahrani, and Abdullah Samat (National University of Malaysia) ID 328: THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND WATER POLLUTION: A REVIEW FROM THE RIVER BASINS AROUND THE WORLD Abul Bashar Bhuiyan, Mazlin Mokhtar, Mohd Ekhwan Toriman, Muhd Barzani Gasim, Goh Choo Ta, Rahmah Elfithri, and Muhammad Rizal Razman (University Perlis Malaysia) ID 174: REMOVAL OF ARSENIC FROM MINE TAILING WATER BY COLUMN ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS Norinsafrina Mustaffa Kamal and Shamsul Kamal Sulaiman (Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia) ID 295: TURBIDITY CONTROLLED SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SAMPLING FOR RUNOFF EVENT LOAD ESTIMATION Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Maznah Ismail, and Noor Baharim Hashim (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 235: THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCALIZED RAINFALL VERSUS URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) PARAMETERS AND AIR POLLUTION Mohd Nazmi Ahmad, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, A. Selamat and Roseli Zainal Abidin (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) Refreshment Closing Ceremony

24 Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 4B: ADAPTIVE SOFT COMPUTING APPLICATIONS & OTHER RELATED DISCIPLINES Venue: CRYSTAL ROOM (3rd Floor) Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shamsuddin Shahid ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 107: VARIANTS OF PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION FITNESS FUNCTION FOR MLP LEARNING Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Shafaatunnur Hasan, and Jong Chin Hua (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 116: AN APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES TECHNIQUES FOR WATER QUALITY PREDICTION A. Najah and A. El-Shafie (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) ID 119: COMPARATIVE HYDRAULIC SIMULATION OF WATER HAMMER IN TRANSITIONAL PIPE LINE SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT DIAMETER AND PIPE TYPES Fardin Sharif and Seyed Mehdi Esmat-e-saatlo (Azad university, Iran) ID 225: WATER ELEMENT IN TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF BASHKIRS Y.A. Absalyamova (Russian Academy of Science, Russia) ID 233: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FALAJ AUCTION MARKETS Dennis Powers, Abdullah Al-Ghafri, and Timothy Schettino (University of Nizwa, Oman) ID 236: PROHIBITIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS RELATED TO WATER IN TRADITIONAL BASHKIR CULTURE E.V.Migranova (Russian Academy of Science, Russia) ID 300: DAILY RAINFALL PREDICTION USING CLONAL SELECTION ALGORITHM N.S.Noor Rodi, A.R.Ismail, and M.A.Malek (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia)

25 Refreshment Closing Ceremony Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 4C: WATER SUPPLY AND WATER ECONOMICS Venue: EMERALD ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Lariyah Mohd Sidek ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 240: STUDY ON RICE WATER REQUIREMENT AND IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY IN KABUYE SWAMP OF GASABO DISTRICT, RWANDA Suresh Kumar Pande and Hakizimana Anselme. (Higher Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Busogo, Musanze, Rwanda) ID 254: INVESTIGATION ON EFFECTIVE OF LINING OF IRRIGATION CHANNEL NETWORKS IN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. (CASE STUDY: NAYSHABOUR BAR WATERSHED) Abbas Khashei-Siuki, Hassan Shojaei-Siuki, and Matin Hooshmandi (University of Birjand, Iran) ID 284: CURRENT STATUS AND PROBLEM OF WATER SUPPLY DEMAND BALANCE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE OF QIRA, XINJIANG, CHINA A. Muhammadimin, H. Tanakamaru, and A. Tada (Kobe University, Japan) ID 288: DEVELOPING AN ALL PIPES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MODEL FOR MEGA CITY DHAKA D. M. Khan, R. Chowdhury, and A. K. Hasan (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 320: EMERGENT CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN WATER SUPPLY: IS IT AN ISSUE FOR MALAYSIA? Md. Pauzi Abdullah, Fouad F. Mohamed, and Nurfaizah Abu Tahrim (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) ID 308: AN EVALUATION OF M5 MODEL TREE FOR ESTIMATING REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT Ali Rahimikhoob (University of Tehran, Iran) ID 318: PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE OPTIMAL OPERATION OF RESERVOIR SYSTEMS USING OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION METHODS F. Othman, M. S.Sadeghian, M.Heydari, and A.Rezaei (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

26 ID 292: IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MULTI-SOURCE RESERVOIR OPTIMAL OPERATION Tarmizi Ismail, Sobri Harun, Zaitul Marlizawati Zainuddin, Usman Ullah Sheikh V.T.V. Nguyen, M. Karamouz, and Nurul Nadrah Aqilah Tukimat (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Refreshment Closing Ceremony Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 4D: MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Venue: RUBY ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Mr. Zulkiflee Ibrahim ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 248: ASSESSMENT OF UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIPITATION PREDICTIONS FOR KOSHI RIVER BASIN, NEPAL USING MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLES Anshul Agarwal, Mukand S. Babel, and Shreedhar Maskey (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) ID 253: PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FOR EXTREME HYDROLOGICAL VALUES-SERIES IN THE YODO RIVER BASIN, JAPAN AND KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA N. E. Alias and K. Takara (Kyoto University, Japan) ID 259: TWO DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELLING TO SUPPORT PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED GANGES BARRAGE IN BANGLADESH F. Noor, T. Afrin, M. Musfequzzaman, S. Jahan, and M.M.Kamal (Institute of Water Modelling, Bangladesh) ID 262: USING HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL IN ANALYSIS OF DAILY RAINFALL OCCURRENCE OVER PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Wei Lun Tan, Fadhilah Yusof, and Zulkifli Yusop (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) ID 269: MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF TANK MODEL FOR SIMULATING HIGH AND LOW FLOWS WITH ACCEPTABLE ACCURACY

27 H. Tanakamaru and A. Tada (Kobe University, Japan) ID 309: MIGRATION OF NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS IN DOUBLE-POROSITY SOIL: NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS N. A. Rahman, S. K. Ngien, R. Sa ari, and M. Mustaffar (Taibah University, Saudi Arabia) ID 311: EVALUATION OF HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS OF STEPPED SPILLWAY BY NUMERICAL MODELING Reze Mohammadpour, Mahdi Attar, Aminuddin Ab. Ghani, and H. Md. Azamathulla (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Refreshment Closing Ceremony Day 2 6 th November 2012 (Tuesday) SESSION 4E: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Venue: DIAMOND ROOM (2 nd Floor) Chairperson: Mr. Vasukey Palany Kumar ( shown includes Paper Presentation, and Question and Answer) ID 310: GEOSTRATEGIC PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIVER NIGER BASIN Ibraheem A. Olomoda, Major General Collins R.U Ihekire, and Bachir T. Alkaly (Niger Basin Authority, Niamey NIGER) ID 316: REVISITING WATER GOVERNANCETO REDUCE THECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON WATER RESOURCES IN MALAYSIA Rasyikah Md. Khalid, Mazlin Mokhtar, and Suhaimi Ab Rahman (UniversitiTeknologi MARA) ID 321: CALIBRATION OF DAILY XINANJIANG MODEL PARAMETERS USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION Kuok King Kuok and Chiu Po Chan (Swinburne University of Technology) ID 322: INFLUENCE OF TURBULENCE ON BED LOAD SEDIMENT TRANSPORT M. S. Sulaiman and S.K. Sinnakaudan (Universiti Teknologi MARA) ID 323: VARIATION IN THE LOCAL BED SHEAR FOR BED LOAD MOTION IN THE PRESENCE OF PROTUBERANT CLAST

28 M. S. Sulaiman and S.K. Sinnakaudan (Universiti Teknologi MARA) ID 327: USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) APPROACH FOR ANALYZING CHANNEL PLANFORM CHANGE WITH EXAMPLES OF LANGAT RIVER, MALAYSIA M.E. Toriman, M.Mokhtar, M.B.Gasim, R. Elfithri, and Nor Azlina A.B (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) ID 329: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF RIVER FLOW SIMULATION FOR INDOCHINA PENINSULA REGION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE Duc Toan Duong, Yasuto Tachikawa, and Michiharu Shiiba (Kyoto University, Japan) ID 333: WATER RESORCES AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIETNAM Hoang Minh Tuyen (VietNam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment) Refreshment Closing Ceremony

29 Day 3 7 th November 2012 (Wednesday ) Edu-Tourism Tour Optional.

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