last updated on 28/05/2008
1st circular: June 2008
2nd circular: March 30, 2009
Deadline of abstract submission:
Jan. 31, 2008
Notice of acceptance:
Feb. 4, 2008
Deadline of full paper submission:
March. 3, 2009
Deadline of early registration:
Dec. 31, 2008
Deadline of official registration:
March. 30, 2009
Deadline of hotel and tour
reservations through
official web site:
April 30, 2009
Important Dates
(Manado Standard Time GMT+8:00)
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organized by :
Committee Secretariat:
Head Secretariat:
Gedung G VI
Direktorat Sungai Danau dan Waduk,
Direktorat Jenderal SDA,
Departemen Pekerjaan Umum.
Jl. Pattimura 20 Kebayoran Baru ,
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
ph: +62-21-722-4531
fax: +62-21-7279-2263
info@hathi-manado.org

Local Secretariat:
Balai Wilayah Sungai Sulawesi I
Jl. A.A. Maramis Kairagi Dua
Manado
ph/fax: +62-431-81-3107
info@hathi-manado.org
    Issues on Climate change had been a long term debate. It had been started on
    1970's, based on a paradigm that everything in the world is interconnected, such
    that when irresponsible environment's unfriendly activities pursue, like
    deforestations and green house gases waste producing ones, an atmospheric
    hole will be formed causing an atmospheric temperature increase and in turn
    making polar ice melt and seawater rise. An overal change of wind
    characteristics and oceanic current accrue, and thusly the climate change. To
    date the issue imposes a central discourse in politics and science alike, due to
    its impacts to the world and its foreseeable future.

    The major impacts and threats of climate change in water resources is primarily
    on the change in its hydrologic cycle pitch, which is in turn will need the change
    of the engineering and management system and through these the socio-
    cultural-economic system. The increase in incidence of extremes, such as
    floods and droughts, would cause increased frequency and severity of disasters.
    The sea level rise would inundate wetland and increase lowlands, accelerate
    coastal erosion, exacerbate coastal flooding. Threaten coastal structures, raise
    water tables, and increase the salinity of rivers, bays, and aquifers will also
    accured (Barth and Titus, 1984).

The developing countries are considered as regions which have the most vulnerable to climate
change impacts because they have fewer resources to adapt: socially, technologically and
financially. Because of that, on December 2007 in the UNCC conference in Bali, all members of
a council made an agreement that will allow the Adaptation Fund to fund projects in developing
countries that will help people cope with the impacts of climate change over the next four years.
They were also agreed on a new programme to scale up investment for the transfer of clean
technologies to developing countries. .

Based on the above reasons, the Indonesian Association of Hydraulic Engineering (HATHI) as
one of the most leading professional organizations in Indonesia, and also as the “agent of
change” in the field of water resources and coastal engineering and management is prompted
to contribute in resolving these problems and reducing the impacts of climate change.

Together with the Ministry of Public Works, IAHR, UNESCO-IHE, TU-DELFT, DELFT
HYDRAULICS, and  Manado City Government, HATHI intend to host the International Seminar
on Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Coastal Management in Developing
Countries and invites  scientists, practitioners, and professionals in the field of water resources
and coastal engineering and management from all over the world to present their ideas,
exchange of experiences and expose their research results in this seminar.
BACKGROUND
Programme
The programme during conference could be seen in the Final Announcement that
can be download here.