ASIA 2016: Sixth International Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower Development in Asia

ASIA 2016: Sixth International Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower Development in Asia is a conference and exhibition dedicated to the hydropower and dams and water resources industries in Asia.

Key Topics

• Financial, legal and contractual aspects
  • Selection and screening of projects for private development
  • New approaches to project finance
  • PPAs for transboundary power trading
  • Commercial and financial risk management
  • Procurement of concessionaires
  • Concession agreements (balancing the interests of the parties)
  • Construction arrangements (alternative procurement models)
  • Contractual aspects of private hydro development
• Development potential and planning
  • Potential, planning and new developments; regional insights
  • Regional overview and masterplans
  • New planning tools
  • Trans-boundary and cascade scheme planning
  • Flood early warning systems and mitigation measures
• Hydropower and sustainable development
  • The food-water-energy nexus approach
  • Maximizing and communicating the multiple benefits of hydro
  • Making hydro more competitive (managing and mitigating risk)
  • Synergy among the renewables
  • Innovations in hydraulic machinery: research and development
  • Regional development through power trading Hydropower technology
  • Recent developments in electrical systems
  • Use of hydro and pumped storage in the regulation of electrical systems
  • Powerplant safety
  • Operational and maintenance issues
  • Small and low-head hydro
  • Pumped-storage technology; applications in Asia
  • Marine energy potential
  • Engineering quality in a competitive hydro market
• Environmental and social aspects
  • Cumulative impact assessment and cross border cooperation
  • Design adaptations and adaptive resource management for climate change
  • Asset conservation including sedimentation management
  • Rapid Sustainability Assessment Tool: examples from the Mekong region
  • Fish protection and management of reservoirs and waterways
  • Problems with biological growth in hydro plants
  • Preserving and promoting cultural heritage assets
  • Biomass clearance and biodiversity offset creation
  • Hydrology and environmental flow assessment; downstream management
  • ESIA and IFI safeguard workshop
  • Capacity building and transfer to the next generation; a participatory approach
• Civil engineering
  • Advances in design and construction techniques
  • Materials for dams and appurtenant works
  • Innovative approaches to evaluating safety
  • Recent developments in dam construction
  • Underground works and tunnelling
  • Monitoring and engineering for safe structures and sites
  • Spillways and gates: design, function and innovation
  • Uprating and refurbishment of existing infrastructure
  • Low cost irrigation and storage solutions
  • Small dams