8th IAHR Europe Congress: Last days to submit your abstract!

[Ana Mendonça]

Dear all,

Can you please announce the following congress?

Best regards,

Ana

8th IAHR Europe Congress
Water – Across Boundaries  4 - 7 June 2024 | Lisbon, Portugal


Last days to submit your abstract!

Submit your abstract by 30 September! 
>> Access the abstract template and guidelines for abstracts submission  
>> All key dates 


Call for Special Sessions

Submit your special session by 30 September!
Special sessions will be organised in parallel to the tradicional theme sessions, and directly organised by conveners, who will be in charge of proposing themes, inviting speakers and managing abstracts.
If you want to organise a special session, please fill in the session proposal form by 30 September 2023.


Call for MasterClasses

Submit your proposal for a MasterClass by 30 September!
If you would like to organise a MasterClass, please fill in the masterclass proposal form by 30 September 2023.


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Themes "Water - Across Boundaries"



THEME A: Aquifers, Rivers, Reservoirs and Dams

• Surface and groundwater hydraulics and hydrology 
• River morphodynamics and sediment transport 
• Ecohydraulics and river restoration 
• Reservoir sedimentation 
• Aquifer recharge and groundwater abstraction 
• Dams hydraulic design and case studies  

THEME B: Estuaries, Coasts and Ports

• Estuarine and coastal dynamics
• Coastal monitoring
• Protection, management and restoration of coastal systems
• Climate-resilient estuaries and coasts
• Ports and waterways design
• Marine renewable energy
• Coastal and offshore structures
• Nature-based solutions  

THEME C: Urban Water

• Floods and water scarcity in urban areas
• Efficient use of water
• Urban water cycle
• Water and energy with focus on urban water systems
• Climate-resilient urban water systems
• Nature-based and hybrid drainage systems  

THEME D: Numerical and Experimental Methods

• Computational methods in fluid dynamics and hydro-environmental problems
• Computational methods in sediment dynamics
• Computational methods in fluid-structure interactions
• Hydroinformatics
• Digital twins and cyber-physical systems
• Simulation and hybrid forecasting
• Data science, machine learning and data analytics
• Big data instrumentation, experimental facilities and field experiments
• Emerging hydraulic measurement technologies and analysis methods  

THEME E: Climate Change and Risk Mitigation

• Climate change and water management
• Hydraulic design in a changing climate
• Soft computing for modelling floods and droughts
• Monitoring, responding, and recovering from floods and droughts
• Extreme events and risk assessment
• Climate proof infrastructures   

THEME F: Governance and Water Resources Management

• Water security and water resources management
• Hydro-environmental education
• Water management and environmental protection
• Emerging solutions for water governance: monitoring, planning, design, operation and adaptation   

Confirmed Keynotes


Ana Maria Ferreira da Silva
Professor and Head Department of Civil Engineering
Queen’s University, Canada 
River bars and meanders: 
from the lab to the real world 

Anastasios I. Stamou 
Professor and Director of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
National Technical University of Athens, Greece 
Climate proof water infrastructure 


Íñigo J. Losada Rodríguez
IHCantabria Research Director; Coastal Engineering Professor,
University of Cantabria, Spain 
Challenges in coastal climate change adaptation 

Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski 
Professor, INSA Lyon, France 
Challenges and needs to quickly move toward really integrated urban stormwater management 


Sponsor & Exhibition Opportunities


The scientific program of the congress aims to encompass a broad range of cutting-edge topics, bringing together experts from diverse disciplines within this field. It promises to deliver a highly informative and educational experience while also offering abundant networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities for delegates. 

Sponsoring the 8th IAHR Europe Congress presents excellent prospects for market exposure and serves as a remarkable occasion to engage and collaborate with leading experts in Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research.

>> Confirmed sponsors