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.
ASIA 2016: Sixth International Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower Development in Asia covers topics such as:
- 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
