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1st Flood Risk Management Webinar - Extreme Flood Events in Latam, Europe and Asia

March 20, 2025, Thursday
16:00 UTC I 17:00 Central European Time I 11:00 Peru Time | 12:00 New York

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This webinar described the extreme flood events due to heavy rainfall occurred in the last years in Latam, Europe and Asia and treat diverse topics on integrated flood risk management, river engineering and storm urban drainage.

Speakers

Chairs

Program

Opening address (10 mins)

• Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak | Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR), Direction Exploitation, CESAME

• Daniela Molinari | Chair of Committee on Flood Risk Management IAHR, Politecnico di Milano

• Stefan Haun | Head of Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Graz University of Technology

• Cesar Alvarado Ancieta | Academic Leader Postgraduate Flood Risk Management, University of Technology and Engineering, Lima-Peru

Presenters (25 mins x 4)

• Flood Risk Reduction using Nature-Based Solutions in Climate Change Conditions, Case Agia Triada, Greece
  Georgios Mitsopoulos | School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

• Extreme flood events in France in 2023/2024
  Régis Thépot | Deputy Secretary General, Société Hydrotechnique de France (SHF)

• The role of critical flows in flood hazard analysis and management, cases in Austria
  Christoph Hauer | Senior Scientist, BOKU, University of Vienna

• 2023-2024 Extreme Flood Events caused by El Niño Phenomena - Intertropical Convergence Zone and Climate Change in Latam, Europe and Asia
  Cesar Alvarado Ancieta | Academic Leader Postgraduate Flood Risk Management, University of Technology and Engineering, Lima-Peru

Open Discussion (15 minutes)

Closing Remarks (5 mins)

• Daniela Molinari | Chair of Committee on Flood Risk Management IAHR, Politecnico di Milano

Introduction

This webinar described the extreme flood events due to heavy rainfall occurred in the last years in Latam, Europe and Asia and treat diverse topics on integrated flood risk management, river engineering and storm urban drainage.

More Information

• How to participate: This webinar will be held via ZOOM Webinar, please click here to register the Zoom Webinar.

• More about IAHR Committee on Flood Risk Management.