Prof. Orawan Siriratpiriya

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
The Resources Management for Sustainability (3R) Foundation, Thailand

Biography: Orawan Siriratpiriya graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a degree B.Ed. in Chemistry and Biology and M.Sc.in Environmental Science from Kasetsart University. Soon after graduating she started working at the Institute of Environmental Research, Chulalongkorn University. She received fellowship for 1 year research from Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) and furthered her study for D.Sc.in soil management- Waste Disposal/Utilization at Department of Soil Fertility and Management, The Agricultural University of Norway, NORWAY. She has been selected not only from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1990 for International Leadership in Sustainable Environmental Management with a fellowship at Center for Environmental Management, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA under “Intensive, International Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Management” specialized in Risk Assessment and Analysis, but also from APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Univ.) as Fellow in 2004 on Globalization and the Environment: Multidisciplinary Perspective at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA., and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. Her working experiences around 30 years as principal investigator, project director/integrator/manager/coordinator, lecturer and thesis adviser in the area of Waste Disposal and Utilization, Zero Waste, Heavy Metals in Soil and Plant, Soil Management, Wastewater Management, Nutrient Cycle, Climate Change (GHGs, carbon sequestration), Environmental Education, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Sustainable Development. She was Expert in Environmental Impact Assessment (License) of Juristic Person ‘Chulalongkorn University’ (1991-2017), Southeast Asia Programme Officer, The International START (HDP/IGBP/WCRP) Secretariat, Washington DC, USA (1994-1995), [START = Global Change System for Analysis, Research, and Training], Thai National Expert for EIA/SEA (Environmental Impact Assessment/Strategic Environmental Assessment) guidelines development in the Mekong River Basin (2002-2003), including Committee for The Thai Environment Dictionary, Royal Institute Edition (2003-2022), Board member as Environmental Expert for National Fertilizer Board, Thailand (2009-2014), Resource Person in Expert Meeting and International Conference organized by SWAPI (Solid Waste Management Experts in Asia and Pacific Islands) and Ministry of Environment, Japan (2005-present), Member of Drafting Committee “State of the 3Rs in Asia and the Pacific”, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (2017), At present, she still active as Chair Conference, Keynote Speaker, Session Chair in the International Conference, Peer Review, Editor, Editorial Board in Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Springer. Her related publication such as Municipal Solid Waste Management in Thailand: Challenges and Strategic Solution in “Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands” Agamuthu Pariatamby and Masaru Tanaka (eds.), Springer-Verlag Singapore 2014. ISBN: 978-981-4451-72-7. She has been published approximately 150 publications.

Speech title "Sustainable Use and Zero Waste for Water Resources"

Abstract-The demand for water in both quantity and quality kept rising. As water is life, it is a need to have equitable manner that work in harmony with nature and respect to environmental quality of an immutable hydrological cycle. Environmental sustainability is complex needed integrated approach, coherence, innovation, and balance under space and time scale. Zero waste is a philosophy signified waste as a resource lead to developing technologies about turning the materials recovered from water used or waste water treatment system into new products provided similar environmental quality and/or benefits. The concept of using used water or recycled water to produce new products not only virtually eliminating the need for water consumption from natural resources but also need acceptance and interest of consumer to used and purchase. One of the best management practices (BMPs) in Thailand as a case study was presented by using agro-processing waste and by-product to be reused in direction of zero waste through innovations to reduce the impact of green-house gas emissions as well as generate innovations to enhance bio-energy recovery and provision of clean freshwater resources in entry point for sustainable use and zero waste for water resources.

 

 

Prof. Keiji Ujikawa

Yokohama National University, Japan

Biography: Keiji Ujikawa is a full professor in the Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan. He specializes in environmental economics, environmental policy studies, environmental valuation, and economic statistics. Professor Ujikawa's research interests include indicators, decision making, and impact assessment of sustainable development. He is also interested in economic, social, and environmental effects of renewable energy (energy conservation) expansion. In 2002, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University. In 2007, he was a visiting researcher in the Business School at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. He published several books and a large number of academic articles, and he served as the representative of research projects. In addition, he has trained many Master's and Ph.D. students from abroad.He is an editorial committee member of the Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS). He is also a member of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) and many other academic organizations.

Speech title "Integrated Economic Environment modelling based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) and policy analysis"

Abstract-More recently, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), a satellite system of the SNA, has become an international statistical standard for analysing integrated policies on climate change/circular economy/SDGs issues and their interaction with the economy. Furthermore, in 2017, the United Nations Statistical Commission endorsed the SEEA as a supporting framework for the application of the SDGs to policy. Related previous studies have also attempted to assess SDG targets in Natural Capital Accounting and Integrated Economic Environment modelling. In this research, we attempted to apply a new SEEA based on the environmental extension of official statistics through monetary and physical hybrid accounts to IEEM modelling. According to the research question above, we have constructed SEEA-IEEM models using these SEEA accounts for SDGs policy analysis. We have systematically captured the flows from the environment. Simulations were carried out with changes in environmental factors and economic variables in several scenarios. Nowadays, SEEA is widely used to provide relevant policy information for policy issues such as circular economy, climate change and green growth. Regarding the novelty of the research, we believe that our research is one of the pioneering attempts by compiling SEEA composite accounts with Natural Capital and IEEM model for application to policy analysis including SDGs as described above, and hope that our research will contribute to the analysis for related integrated policies.

 

 

Prof. Nur Islami

Universitas Riau, Indonesia

Biography: Nur Islami received his B.Sc. from Universitas Riau and his M.Eng from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia, and Ph.D. degrees from University of Malaya, Malaysia. He worked in Caltex Pacific Indonesia (an Oil Company) in 1997-2000. He joined Universitas Riau, Indonesia as Lecturer from 2000 until now. He was as Visiting Senior Lecturer in University of Malaya (70 QS World Ranking), Malaysia from 2006 to 2015. During this period (2006-2015) he also was an instructor and consultant for the environment and exploration company that was related to the geophysics. He received the Professor since 2020 in the field of Geophysics from Universitas Riau, Indonesia. Now, Prof Nur Islami, Ph.D is the Vice President of Physics Society of Indonesia Riau. He is a reviewer in several Scopus-Indexed Journals and also associate editor of Arabian Journal of Geoscience. His research is correlated with the geophysical method for the environment and earth resources exploration. Prof Nur Islami has many publications in the reputed Scopus-indexed journals.

Speech title "Understanding the quality and potential of groundwater for human purposes and peat fire disaster mitigation"

Abstract-Issues related to groundwater sources in peat coastal areas are very complex. These include sea water intrusion and the quality of the groundwater itself. An additional issue is the source of water to extinguish peat fires. The study area of this research is located in the coastal zone of the Siak River delta, Indonesia. The coastal zone is covered mainly by peat soil, and it is vulnerable to fires in the peat during the dry season. This study investigates the potential of groundwater for preventing a peat fire disaster and for the possibility of domestic use in the community. Subsurface resistivity data were obtained by using 14 geoelectrical resistivity surveys with the Schlumberger configuration. Characteristics of the eight groundwater samples and 14 soil samples were analyzed. The resistivity of the peat soil ranges from 40 to 50 Ω-m, and the soil is distributed throughout the study area except the middle and east parts. Relative proportions of sand and gravel at various depths were observed through resistivity data. This zone is considered a potential aquifer. The water in the aquifer has a relatively high chloride content (63 to 1189 mg L−1). The brackish water in the aquifer is believed to be ancient seawater trapped in the aquifer during the sedimentation process in the geologic past. However, the groundwater in the study area is more than enough to mitigate a peat fire disaster in the entire study area.