Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), Lahore University of Management Sciences Presents:
A Symposium on
History and Future of the Indus Basin: Connecting Water to Culture, Economy and Technology
Date: January 29, 2017
Venue: Ali Institute of Education, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
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Programme |
Time |
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Session 1: Background to the Environmental History of the Indus Basin What is Environmental History? Why Should a Water Practitioner Care? Ms. Fazilda Nabeel (University of Sussex) |
9:00 – 9:30 |
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Keynote Address Historical Geography of the Indus Basin: from Pre Mughal Period to Present Professor Dr. James Wescoat (Massachusettes Institute of Technology) |
9:30 -10:30 |
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Tea and Networking |
10:30-11:00 |
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Sesssion 2: Indus Waters in the Age of Large Irrigation Infrastructures Agricultural Colonisation of the Punjab during British Rule Dr. Imran Ali (Karachi School of Business and Leadership) |
11:00-12:00 |
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Geography, colonialism and society: Canal colonization in the British Punjab, 1880-1940 Dr. Adeel Malik (University of Oxford) |
12:00-13:00 |
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Lunch |
13:00-14:00 |
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Session 3: Indus Waters and the Making of Pakistan – Then and Now Keynote Address Environmental History and the Creation of Pakistan Professor Dr.David Gilmartin (North Carolina State University) |
14:00-15:00 |
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Ghadaar, Samraaj, Environment, Development: Co-Production of the Indus Basin through Conflict Dr. Daanish Mustafa (King’s College London) |
15:00-15:45 |
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The Post Independence development of the Indus Basin Dr. Daniel Haines (University of Bristol) |
15:45-16:30 |
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Session 4: Climate Change, Technological Transitions and Other Future Scenarios Indus Basin in the face of Current Challenges Mr. Khalid Mohtadullah (Global Water Partnership) |
16:30-17:15 |
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Future of the Indus: The vision of a Smart Water Grid Dr. Abubakr Muhammad (LUMS) |
17:15- 18:00 |
