09:00 - 09:15	Welcome Remark H.E. Mrs. Merete Fjeld Brattested Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Royal Norwegian Embassy, Bangkok Thailand
09:15 – 09:45	Welcome and Introduction to ADPC and Regional Initiatives Dr. Bhichit Rattakul, Executive Director Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
09:45 – 10:15	Round of Introductions of Seminar Participants (background and perspectives) Group Photo
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00	Brief overview of the IPCC process Dr. Anand Patwardhan, Indian Institute of Technology, India
11:00 – 12:00	Synergies between Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation Present By Dr. Lisa Schipper,  Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand Moderate by  Mr. Atiq Kainan Ahmed, Social Scientist, ADPC  This presentation aims to outline the main similarities and differences between disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change.  This is based on experiences from the field in Central America, as well as the result of focus group discussions in various international fora. It concludes by raising some key questions for discussion.  Discussion
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch (joined by International and local media)
13:30 – 14:30	Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study for Bangkok Metropolitan Region Present by Mr. Brad Philips, Director, Public Health in Emergencies, ADPC This report focuses on climate change and considers a number of issues in detail: changes in the inundation pattern, impact on the population and socioeconomics, and coping mechanisms to deal with the changed situation. An analysis of climate change impacts and adaptation options for the Bangkok Metropolitan Region is provided. Discussion
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00	Livelihoods Adaptation to Climate Change: Adaptive Learning Experiences of Managing Climatic Risks in Agriculture Sector Present by Mr. Atiq Kainan Ahmed, Social Scientist, ADPC The impact of increasing climatic variability and change has been a concern all over the world but more pronounced in some of the Asian countries. Livelihoods systems of the people in these Asian countries where people’s life and livelihoods are chronically exposed and vulnerable to increased intensity and frequency of natural hazards remained as an issue to manage. Agriculture is often indicated as the largest sector which is anticipated to be impacted deeply. Increasing climate variability and climate change are expected to aggravate vulnerabilities further by causing more frequent and intense floods, droughts, sea level rise, increasing temperatures etc. Within this context, ADPC with various partners are leading a process called "Livelihood adaptation to Climate Change (LACC)” and trying to manage risks posed to peoples livelihoods. This presentation will talk about this “cutting edge” LACC process focusing the recent experiences of ADPC in various parts of Bangladesh and will discuss the unique methodological and institutional development issues to manage the climatic extremes. The presentation will discuss how livelihoods based adaptation system can be developed using livelihoods system specific solutions and makes use of different cutting edge tools of CFA, DRM, and “End-to-End” early warning systems in an adaptive learning process. Discussion
18:00 – 20:00	Social Event – Dinner cruise along the Chaopaya River