Highlights 4th IAHR Young Professionals Congress
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The 4th edition of the IAHR YP Congress took place online between Wednesday 22 and Friday 24 of November, 2023.
During these three days, more than 100 posters were presented by young professionals from all over the world, and discussed together with experts and peers.
The Congress was opened by a keynote lecture given by Ehsan Foroumandi on “Bridging Large Language Models and Earth Sciences: The Dawn of ChatGPT Era", a young professional has shown not only his expertise despite the "young academic age", but also that the YP Congress might be a good opportunity to showcase the work of young scholars.
Over the three days, twelve technical sessions address all IAHR themes, pointing out the interest of the young generation in all water-related topics, spanning from fluid mechanics to hydraulic structures and climate change adaptation. The sessions were chaired by experts coming from both IAHR Technical Committees and Congress Supporters, a mix of practitioners and scientists that not only mentored the young speakers, but also suggested new ways for collaborating to eventually increase the impact of the YP research and the IAHR community as a whole.
A few highlights of the Congress were
- the constant interactions between speakers and chairs, with speakers sometimes asking questions to expert chairs, to clarify their research questions or to eventually connect to foster future collaborations;
- the international character of the Congress, with speakers, chairs and attendees from all over the world, which shown the potentiality of IAHR in connecting people worldwide
- the mixed audience, which was composed of both young researchers and recognized experts, which indicates the interest that seniors have in the studies performed by the younger colleagues, which might eventually result in trans-generational collaborations
Looking at the numbers (130+ submitted abstract, 900+ registrations), the YP Congress proved, once again, to be a key part of IAHR online activities, also because it reaches less developed countries and allow presenters to showcase their work in a more relaxed and friendly manner.
Michael Nones, Chair of the 4th edition of the IAHR Young Professionals Congress