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Celebrated every two years, IAHR World Congresses are one of the most important activities of the association and attract more than a thousand participants from all over the world. The Congresses provide scientists, engineers, organisations, central and local authorities, companies, and young professionals early in their careers with a stimulating opportunity to meet, share and discuss recent advances and experiences, identify innovative and emerging trends in hydro-environmental science and engineering, and get inspired.
IAHR World Congresses provide the best platform to receive global recognition and ultimately support for your work.
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The IAHR Global Award (organisation category) is established by the IAHR Council of 2024 to recognise the very best in the global activities and contributions of an organisation for knowledge, practice and/or innovation related to holistic water engineering.
The IAHR Global Water Award (individual category) is established by the IAHR Council of 2024 to recognise the very best in the global activities and contributions of an individual for knowledge, practice and/or innovation related to holistic water engineering.
The IAHR Global Award (young professional category) is established by the IAHR Council of 2024 to promote and support the emerging generation of engineers and professionals in the water sector. The award is conferred biennially...
Since 1940, the Honorary Membership Award, rewards IAHR members, as well as individuals and entities outside the IAHR community, for their life-time contributions to hydro-environment engineering and research, and for outstanding service to the association.
The M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred upon an IAHR member whose experimental, theoretical, or numerical research has resulted in significant and enduring contributions to the understanding of the physics of phenomena...
The Arthur Thomas Ippen Award recognises an IAHR member who has demonstrated conspicuously outstanding ability, originality, and accomplishment in basic hydraulic research and/or applied hydraulic engineering, and who holds great promise for...
The Harold Jan Schoemaker Award is granted to the author(s) of the paper judged the most outstanding paper published in the IAHR Journal of Hydraulic Research (JHR) in the two years preceding the IAHR World Congress. The award was established in 1980...
The John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition recognises conference papers from undergraduate and postgraduate students on the basis of written and oral presentations at the IAHR World Congress. The Award was established in 1992 to honour the memory...
The Willi H. Hager JHR Best Reviewer Award is presented to up to three reviewers, preferably under 45 years of age, judged to have provided the most outstanding reviews of the papers submitted to the IAHR Journal of Hydraulic Research during the preceding...
The IAHR Hydro-Environment World Heritage Award is conferred on a local infrastructure of lasting and international importance. It has the purpose of giving international professional recognition to the work of local hydro-environment engineers, and...
The IAHR Industry Innovation Award is conferred by IAHR on a recent local innovation in design of lasting and international importance. It has the purpose of giving international professional recognition to the work of local hydro-environment engineers.
The Donald R. F. Harleman Lectureship recognises the early contributions to engineering hydraulics by Prof Harleman and focuses on two areas of IAHR endeavour: artificial intelligence in the context of water science and engineering, and ecohydraulics.
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