Brief Introduction to General Reports and Keynote Speeches at
XXIX IAHR Congress

General report 1: “World Water Vision.”

Presented by Mr. William J. Cosgrove, Vice-President of the World Water Council, former Vice-President of the World Bank and former Director of the World Water Vision Unit. Mr. Cosgrove received his M. Eng. from McGill University in 1962. With over forty years’ experience in Canada and around the world, his primary fields of consulting are in strategic planning, institution building and sustainable development in the water and power sectors. 

General report 2: “Recent Progress of Water Science-and-Technology in China.”

Presented by Zhu Erming, Technological Advisor of Ministry of Water Resource, President of Council of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, Guest Academician of Russian Academic of Engineering. Mr. Zhu graduated in the Department of River Engineering, East China Institute of Water Engineering in 1963.  

Keynote Speech 1: “Hydraulic Engineering and Poverty Reduction.”

Presented by Dr. S. T. Su, Vice President and Area Manager, for Asia for Harza Engineering Company International, USA and Past President of Chinese American Water Resources Association. Dr. Su received a Ph. D. Degree in Water Resources Engineering from Colorado State University and has over 28 years experience in water resources development. 

Keynote Speech 3: “Sustainable Groundwater Management – Problems and Solutions”

Presented by Prof. Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Professor, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Engineering at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He earned a doctorate from the University of Karlsruhe in the fields of environment engineering. He has been a professor Working at the University of Kassel and then Heidelberg. His current focus is on soil and ground water, including the sustainable management of water resources in semi-arid and arid regions. 

Keynote Speech 4: “Sedimentation Studies in China – Past and Future” Presented by Dr. Zhaoyin Wang, Professor of Tsinghua University, Deputy Secretary-General of International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation, Editor in Chief of International Journal of Sediment Research. Dr. Wang has been working in China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Karlsruhe University of Germany. He earned his doctor degree in the field of river dynamics in China Institute of Water Resources and  Hydropower Research. This speech is co-authored by Dr. Binnan Lin, Academisian of Chinese Academic of Science.