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Taiwan-Netherlands Dialogue — The Relationships between Nature-based Solutions and Environmental, Social, and Economic Systems (701F)

October 28 (Tuesday), 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM

Moderator

Deputy Director-General, Water Resources Agency, MOEA Chien-Cheng Chen
Deputy Director-General, Water Resources Agency, MOEA

Chien-Cheng Chen

Mr. Chen, Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Department, has over 25 years of experience in hydraulic engineering. He has held various key positions in the Water Resources Bureau, including Director of Sixth River Management Branch, Deputy Chief Engineer, and Chief Secretary.

In 2025, he assumed the position of Deputy Director-General, where he is responsible for advancing water resource and flood control projects, operational management of water facilities, reservoir modernization and safety assessments, as well as water source scheduling and domestic water supply. He has been involved in projects such as the construction of the Niaozueitan Artificial Lake , river management and disaster preparedness and response.

Speaker / Panelists

Chin-Ming Lo
Division Chief, Marine Environment Management Division, Ocean Conservation Administration, Ocean Affairs Council

Chin-Ming Lo

Former Senior Specialist, Ministry of Justice.
Currently Division Chief at Ocean Conservation Administration.

Liliane Geerling
Programme Coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Liliane Geerling

Partners for Water works alongside local governments and partners in collaboration with the Dutch water sector, prioritising co-creation and long-term partnerships to enhance international water security. By facilitating strategic planning and support in the early stages of innovation, and encouraging nature-based approaches and a focus on biodiversity within water management and infrastructure projects, the programme aims to contribute to systemic change. Liliane is trained as a strategic spatial planner and designer at the Technical University of Delft and always had a focus in her professional career on socially inclusive and environmental planning. Planning with and for water became a recurrent theme the last twenty years. Before joining RVO she worked as a project and programme manager in urban and policy developments for the city of Rotterdam and for private spatial advisory firms and as a professor and researcher in international water management.

Jasper R.F.W. Leuven
Nature-Based Solutions specialist APAC, Haskoning (Member of EcohShape in the Netherlands)

Jasper R.F.W. Leuven

Jasper Leuven works as a Nature-based Solutions specialist at Haskoning. He holds a Cum Laude PhD degree awarded for his research on coastal resilience and rising sea levels. He has extensive knowledge and experience in preparation, design and implementation of nature-based solutions. Recently, he has been focusing on implementing NbS in South-East Asia to solve water-related problems in the region.

Kuei-Hsien Liao
Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University

Kuei-Hsien Liao

Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2022 ~
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2017 ~ August 2022
Visiting Fellow, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS). January 2017 ~ May 2017.
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). December 2013 ~ January 2017. Other academic affiliations at CUHK: Urban Studies Programme; Center for Land Resources and Housing Policy, Institute of Future Cities
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS). July 2012 ~ December 2013.

Agenda

  • 13:00~14:00
  • Registration
  • 14:00~14:15
  • Opening Remarks

    Chien-Cheng Chen Deputy Director General Water Resources Agency, MOEA

    Bas Pulles Representative Netherlands Office Taipei

  • 14:15~14:35
  • Keynote Speech
    Upscaling nature-based approaches

    Liliane Geerling, Program Coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO

  • 14:35~15:00
  • Keynote Speech
    Climate resilience and marine conservation strategies

    Jenn-Ming Lo Division Chief Ocean Conservation Administration, Ocean Affairs Council

  • 15:00~15:20
  • Networking Break
  • 15:20~15:40
  • Keynote Speech
    From Grey to Green: Designing Resilient Water Systems with Nature-Based Solutions

    Jasper Leuven, Nature-Based Solutions specialist APAC Haskoning (Member of EcohShape in the Netherlands)

  • 15:40~16:05
  • Keynote Speech
    Making Space for floodwater in Taiwan: Opportunities and Challenges

    Kuei-Hsien Liao Professor Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University

  • 16:05~16:50
  • Panel Discussion
    Moderator:

    Chien-Cheng Chen Deputy Director General Water Resources Agency, MOEA

    Panelists:

    Jenn-Ming Lo, Division Chief Ocean Conservation Administration Ocean Affairs Council

    Liliane Geerling, Program Coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO

    Jasper Leuven Nature-Based Solutions specialist APAC Royal HaskoningDHV (Member of Ecohshape in the Netherlands)

    Kuei-Hsien Liao Professor Graduate Institute of Urban Planning National Taipei University