Keynote Speaker
DATO’ IR AHMAD HUSAINI SULAIMAN
Director General , Department of Irrigation and Drainage,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia
Dato Ir Husaini Sulaiman obtained his first degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough United Kingdom
in 1978 and Master degree from Leuven Belgium in Irrigation Engineering in 1986. He served various
designation in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) started as an Engineer (1986-1988),
state DID Melaka director (1988-1990), DID Selangor deputy director (1990-1996), DID Johor deputy
director (1996-1999), National Hydraulic Research Institute Malaysia (NAHRIM) as head of hydraulic
Engineering (1999-2002), Project Engineer for Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor (2002-2003), DID
state Negeri Sembilan director (2003-2006), DID Headquarters as a deputy director general (2006-2007)
and currently, he is a Director General for DID Headquarters.
PROFESSOR HOWARD WHEATER
He obtained a first class degree in
Engineering Science from the University of Cambridge and worked
for Rolls-Royce as a fluid mechanics specialist before undertaking a PhD in
Hydrology at Bristol University. Professor of Hydrology at Imperial College and he is past-President of
the British Hydrological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil
Engineers, and is a life member of the International Water
Academy (Oslo). He has a wide international experience of
flood, water resource and water quality studies, including
the Middle East, Far East, Africa and South America, and
recently acted as Counsel and Advocate for Hungary at the
International Court of Justice, concerning the environmental impact of the GNBS Danube Dams.
PROFESSOR MOHAMMAD KARAMOUZ
He obtained his PhD in Hydraulic and System Engineering, Purdue
University, West Lafayette. Professor
of Water Resources Engineering at
School of Civil Engineering, Fanni College,
University of Tehran, a Fellow of American Society of Civil
Engineers. He served as Visiting Professor of Water
Resources at University of Arizona, Tucson, served as Dean
and Professor of Civil Engineering at Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York. His academic research projects
mainly related to decision support system, decision
making in water resources, optimal management of water
quantity and quality, drought management strategy,
reservoir operation and flood control. Professor Karamouz
serves nationally and internationally as a consultant.
PROFESSOR VAN THANH VAN NGUYEN
He obtained his PhD in Hydrology and
Water Resources, University of Montreal, Canada. He is endowed
Brace Professor Chair in Civil Engineering. Professor Nguyen's teaching
and research contributions have been mostly in the areas
of hydrology and water resources management. More
specifically, his teaching duty in the past several years
includes: hydrology, water resources management,
systems analysis, statistics and stochastic processes. His
research experience includes: modelling and simulation of
hydrologic processes, modelling of urban storm drainage
and river basin systems, and multi-purpose reservoir
systems operation and management. He has been involved
in a number of projects with various engineering companies in Canada.