Program

The theme for the 34th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Biennial Congress is Balance and Uncertainty, Water in a Changing World. 

The scientific themes for the Congress are:-

THEME 1: Extremes and Variability
1.1 Floods
1.2 Storm surge
1.3 Drought
1.4 Natural disaster and mitigation
1.5 Stochastic hydrology
1.6 Adaptation to climate changes and variability

THEME 2:  Coastal Hydraulics: Form and Function
2.1 Advances in wave processes
2.2 Coastal processes and morphology
2.3 Estuarine processes
2.4 Coastal and offshore structures
2.5 Tsunamis

THEME 3: Understanding and Modelling a Limited Resource
3.1 Surface water hydrology
3.2 Groundwater hydraulics and hydrology
3.3 Lake and reservoir hydraulics
3.4 Contaminant transport and interactions
3.5 Urban hydrology

THEME 4: Managing a Limited Resource
4.1 Decision-support systems
4.2 Water resources management
4.3 Flow conveyance systems
4.4 Hydraulic structures and machinery
4.5 Urban water cycle management including drainage and stormwater systems
4.6 Wastewater treatment

THEME 5: Environmental Hydraulics and Hydrology
5.1 Ecohydraulics including Low Flows
5.2 Ecohydrology
5.3 Water quality modelling
5.4 Fluvial hydraulics

THEME 6: Professional Development: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice
6.1 University education
6.2 Professional development
6.3 Research into practice
6.4 Interactions between hydraulics and hydrology

THEME 7: Hydroinformatics
7.1 Computational hydraulics and hydrodynamics
7.2 Emerging computational methods
7.3 Data mining and data-driven modelling
7.4 Applications of models and hydroinformatics tools
7.5 Cyber infrastructure in water