..................................................................................................................................................... Host: Amare Haileslassie (IWMI) Co-Convenors: Water Land and Environment (WLE) and International water Management Institute (IWMI) Programme: NN (NBI) (TBI) : Welcome remarks and introduction NN / Nile-TAC member or Nile-SEC] : Keynote_State of irrigated agriculture in the Nile basin Prof. Stefan Uhlenbrook (IWMI) :Keynote_Resilience and sustainability through scaling irrigation intensification: what for Nile basin? Dr. Kiran Chandrasekharan, Dr. Amare Haileslassie, Dr. Semu Ayalew Moges (Ethiopia) :Paper_Mapping land suitability for irrigation in the Nile Basin Dr. Semu Moges and Amare Haileslassie (Ethiopia) :Paper_Rethinking cooperative irrigation management in the Nile Basin: projected irrigation development scenarios and the role of water-saving and cooperative water management Paul Ayella, Prof. Ishii Atsushi, Prof. Satoh Masayoshi (Uganda) :Paper_An analysis of water management for high productivity in large paddy irrigation schemes in Uganda Dr. Tewodros Assefa et. al. (Ethiopia) :Paper_Impacts of conservation agriculture with drip irrigation in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands: an experiment and modeling study Dr. Fitsum Hagos, Dr, Tewodros N. Kahsay and Dr. Amare Haileslassie (Ethiopia) Economic value of water for irrigation in the Nile Basin Leul Kahsay and Dr Amare Haileslassie. :Paper_Need and approach for initiating benchmarking irrigation performance in the Nile Basin Dr. Amgad Elmahdi, Dr. Amare Haileslassie, and Dr. Alan Nicol. (Ethiopia) :Paper_New policies direction for irrigation development in the Nile Basin Moderator: Dr Abdulkarim Seid : Panel discussion and additional contribution Panelists contribution with guided questions Dr Abdulkarim Seid : Wrap up and summary of key messages ............................................