Key note Speaker1： Professor Peter Nijkamp (Free University, Amsterdam)

Tile of lecture： Governance for Sustainable River Basin Management

Key note Speaker2: Professor Norio Okada (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)

Title of lecture: Undecided

13：00-13：15	Opening
13：15-14：15	Lecture by Professor Peter Nijkamp
14:15-15:15	Lecture by Professor Norio Okada
15:15-15:30	Break
15:30-17:00	Panel Discussion

Panelist:

Organizer: Hokkaido University 21Century COE　Program “Sustainable Metabolic Systems of Water and Waste for Area-Based Society”

Auspices：Hokkaido Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Sponsorship：Foundation of Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Research Center

1. Introduction of River improvement and River Basin Planning in Europe
2. Pubic involvement for River Basin Improvement
3. Evaluation System on Alternatives for River Basin Planning
4. Governance for River Improvement and River Basin Planning
5. Panel Discussions (Topics) / New Ideas of Rive Improvement including River Basin Planning /Current Issues and Prospects on River Basing Environmental Management /River Improvement Planning and Watershed Conservation with Citizen Participation

(1) Appropriate Management on Nature and Human Society in the River? Sustainable River Improvement Management ?
(2) Introduction of Citizen Participation for River Improvement? Efforts toward Management of the Whole Watershed ?
(3)Determination of Objectives for River Basin Improvement and Evaluation of Performance ?