Guest Speeches


BRIDGING THE SCIENCE-POLICY CHASM TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY: THE CASE OF WATER MANAGEMENT
Professor Hector M Malano
Professor of Water Resources Management
Department of Infrastructure Engineering,
University of Melbourne, Australia.
RETIREMENT: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES-TOWARDS DEVELOPING A COPING BEHAVIOUR
Professor Tilak Hettiarachchy
Former Vice Chancellor,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
3RS IN WATER SECTOR - ACHIEVING WATER SECURITY THROUGH WASTEWATER REUSE
Professor C. Visvanathan
Professor & Dean,
School of Environment, Resources and Development,
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
UPDATES ON PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
Professor W.S.B. Yeung
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital,
Hong Kong.
SUSTAINABLE USE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Prof. Emeritus C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke
Emeritus Professor of Botany,
Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY: SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Professor Santosh C. Panda,
Dean, Faculty of Economics,
South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
ANAMMOX PROCESS – FROM MICROBIOLOGY TO PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Professor Satoshi Okabe
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Hokkaido University, Japan
FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY AND THE ROLE OF LIVESTOCK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Dr. B.M.A. Oswin Perera
Former Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
(Former Regional Expert, IAEA, Vienna)