22-24 November 2023. Online

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Present your work, get mentoring and network with other young professionals and experts in your field around the world!

The IAHR Young Professionals Congresses give young professionals, researchers and students the opportunity to present their work and access mentoring from leading global experts. Representing a unique opportunity for networking and promoting their work, the success of previous editions, with over 1,000 participants each, has ensured that the event is now established as an ongoing annual series organised by young professionals and for young professionals. Free and open to all!

120 abstracts from 39 different countries, 6 regions and 15 themes have been received!

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 Why participate?

The Congress is a wonderful opportunity to present your work and get mentoring from leading experts.

• It represents a unique opportunity for networking as well.

• You will meet with representatives of the IAHR technical committees.

• You will be invited to meet and interact with your peers and mentors through breakout sessions.

• You will be able to connect with other Young Professionals Networks (YPNs) worldwide and by areas of expertise.

• This is also the chance to make your work known.

• All the proceedings will be published and made available in the IAHR e-library after the congress.

• Selected works will be invited to publish a paper in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research.

 Benefits

FREE registration

Open to all!
IAHR Young Professional members and non-members.
Students but also to young professionals (35 years old and less)

Certificates of attendance will be issued upon request. 
Members: Free
Non members: 25 euro or 12 euro (depending on the income country level) which is equivalent to a membership fee so a one year free membership fee will be included.
To request your certificate please contact accounts@iahr.org

 Testimonies

"Thank you very much to the organisers, it is an excellent opportunity to see the great work that is done in all parts of the world, my congratulations to the entire team". Karina Ocaña, Mexico

 Key dates

• 3 July 2023: Call for abstracts opens.

• 8 September 2023: Call for abstracts closes.

• 24 September 2023: Call for abstracts extension.
  

• 25 October 2023: Notification of acceptance.

• 10 November 2023: Poster and final extended abstract submission.

• 22-24 November 2023: Congress.

 Congress themes (corresponding to the IAHR Technical Committees)

Hydraulics

• Fluid Mechanics

• Experimental Methods and Instrumentation

• Fluvial Hydraulics

• Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

• Hydraulic Structures

• Industrial Flows and Energy Exchange

Hydro-environment

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Ecohydraulics

• Coastal & Maritime Hydraulics

• Flood Risk Management

• Groundwater Hydraulics and Management

• Hydroinformatics

• Urban Drainage

• Water Resources Management

• Ice Research and Engineering

• Marine Outfall Systems
  

Innovation and Professional Development

• Education and Professional Development

• Global Water Security

• Higher Education and E-learning

 Organising Committee

• Chair: Michael Nones, Institute of Geophysics - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• David Ferras, IHE Delft, The Netherlands

• Arianna Varrani, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• Emanuele Quaranta, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy

• Eva Fenrich, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

• Gaetano Crispino, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

• Gonzalo García-Alén Lores, Universidade da Coruña, Spain

• Ingrid Silva, Sweco, Sweden
  

• José M. Carrillo, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

• Qian Yu, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China

• Manish Pandey, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India

 International Scientific Committee

• Alastair Gordon Barnett, HYDRA Software Ltd, New Zealand

• Alessio Radice, Politecnico di Milano , Italy

• Ali Pourzangbar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

• Amos Tiereyangn Kabo-bah, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
  

• Amparo López Jiménez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

• Ana Margarida da Costa Ricardo, CERIS, Intituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

• Andrea Sulis, University of Sassari, Italy

• Angelo Leopardi, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy

• Anton Bergant, Litostroj Power d.o.o., Slovenia

• Arthur Mynett, IHE Delft / TU Delft, Netherlands

• Arturo Leon, Florida International University, United States of America

• Benjamin Dewals, University of Liège, Belgium

• Benjamin Wullobayi Dekongmen, University Of Energy And Natural Resources, Ghana
  

• Binbin Wang, University of Missouri, United States of America

• Blair Johnson, University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

• Carlos de Oliveira Galvao, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brasil

• Chunjing Liu, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

• Claudia Adduce, Roma Tre University, Italy

• Claudia Prehn, PUCE Manabí, Ecuador
  

• Corrado Gisonni, Università della Campania ´Luigi vanvitelli´, Italy

• Daisuke Nohara, Kajima Technical Research Institute, Japan

• Damien Violeau, EDF, France

• David de Vicente, CIMNE, Spain
  

• David Wegner, National Academy of Sciences, United States of America

• Davide Vanzo, VAW - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  

• Donatella Termini, Università di Palermo, Italy

• Elena Pummer, NTNU, Norway
  

• Elpida Kolokytha, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  

• Frank Molkenthin, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany

• Gabriele Freni, University of Enna Kore, Italy

• Guinevere ViVianne Nalder, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, New Zealand
  

• Hamid Bashiri, Bechtel Global Corp., United States of America

• Harindra Joseph Fernando, University of Notre Dame, USA

• Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Canada

• Ibrahim Demir, University of Iowa, USA

• Joanna Wicher-Dysarz, Poznan University of Life Sicences, Poland
  

• John Okedi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

• José M. Carrillo, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

• José Manuel Adriasola-Velasco, Bechtel, Chile

• Juan Pablo Rodríguez Sánchez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

• Kamal el Kadi Abderrezzak, EDF R&D LNHE, France

• Katinka Koll, TU Braunschweig, Germany

• Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kobe University, Japan

• Kwaku Amaning Adjei, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana
  

• Leonardo David Donado, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  

• Liege Fernanda Koston Wosiacki, Brasil

• Majid Mohammadian, University of Ottawa, Canada

• Manousos Valyrakis, University Of Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Margaret Chen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

• Mario J. Franca, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

• Micah Mukungu Mukolwe, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya

• Mourad Guesri, University of M'sila, Algeria
  

• Muhammad Waqar, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  

• Nadia Penna, Università della Calabria, Italy

• Natalia García Estévez, ACCIONA, Spain

• Nicola Paccanelli, Atkins, Hong Kong

• Nils Rüther, TUM, Germany
  

• Orazio Giustolisi, Politecnico di Bari, Italia

• Pavel Rudolf, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

• Pengzhi Lin, Sichuan University, China

• Peter Goodwin, University of Maryland Venter for Environmental Science, United States of America

• Ramesh Teegavarapu, Florida Atlantic University, United States of America
  

• Ravindra Vitthal Kale, National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, India

• Reza Ahmadian, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

• Rita F. Carvalho, University of Coimbra, Portugal

• Roger Falconer, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

• Rui Aleixo, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

• Rui M.L. Ferreira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  

• Satoru Oishi, Kobe University, Japan

• Sean Mulligan, VorTech Water Solutions Ltd, Ireland
  

• Sebastien Erpicum, Université de Liege, Belgium

• Seith Mugume, Makerere University, Uganda
  

• Senlin Zhu, Yangzhou University, China

• Shaohua Marko Hsu, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

• Sharad K Jain, IIT Roorkee, India
  

• Silke Wieprecht, University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Slaven Conevski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

• Stefan Felder, UNSW Sydney, Water Research Laboratory, Australia

• Stefan Haun, University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Sylvie Spraakman, City of Vancouver, Canada
  

• Taís Yamasaki, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
  

• Tobias Bleninger, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

• Tomasz Dysarz, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

• Tomasz Kolerski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

• Tong-Chuan Che, Hohai University, China

• Van Thanh Van Nguyen, McGill University, Canada 
  

• Valentin Heller, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Vladimir Nikora, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  

• Weiling Sun, Peking University, China

• Xin He, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China

• Xinlei Guo, IWHR, China
  

• Zhiguo He, Zhejiang University, China

• Zhihua Xie, Cardiff University, UK

• Zulfequar Ahmad, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

 Guidelines for extended abstract submission

• Your extended abstract must be submitted through the online submission form using the following template in Word. The extended deadline is 24 September 2023. All extended abstracts must be submitted in English. Please note that proofreading English text is compulsory. The use of native English reviewers is highly recommended. Your extended abstract must be 2 pages maximum and a count of 850-1000 words (including a short abstract of 150 words and a maximum of 5 keywords).

• The International Scientific Committee will review all the submissions during the month of September/October. If your extended abstract is accepted, it will be assigned to one of the sessions. You will then need to submit a one-page poster (using a 3 columns template or a 4 columns template) by 10 November 2023.

• Presenters will do a 3-5 minute presentation at the 4th IAHR Young Professionals Congress supported by the poster. Download official virtual background
  

• Proceedings will be published and made available in the IAHR e-library after the Congress. Only works presented during the Congress will be included in the proceedings.

• The sessions will be livestreamed and also recorded and uploaded to the IAHR website. Video recordings and proceedings will be always freely available for IAHR members, while non-members will be able to access them only six months after the Congress.

  Submit Your Abstract

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 Advertising and sponsorship opportunities at IAHR Young Professionals Congress

Sponsoring IAHR YP Congresses and being featured on the Congress online platforms is a cost-effective way to advertise to our membership base and reach the next generation of hydro-environment professionals and leaders while attracting and retaining young talent in your community.

As our young professional’s membership grows, and the need for a greater diversity of professional development and networking opportunities arise, your sponsorship will ensure that our members continue to receive quality opportunities for growth as young professionals.

As a sponsor of the 4th IAHR Young Professionals Congress, you will enjoy a high level of visibility on a variety of IAHR platforms and channels of promotion, including:

• Displaying your logo and linked company name on the event webpage

• Displaying your logo and linked company name on the promotional emails

• Displaying your logo and linked company name in social media campaigns

• Displaying your logo on the certificate of participation and attendance

• Verbal recognition by the organising committee at the opening and closing of the Congress
  

• A 2-minute exhibit (video) to promote/introduce your products or services can be arranged during the break of the Congress

• 1-year FREE Institute membership (for non-members)

Minimum sponsorship amount:

• 1800 euros for non IAHR Members (institute large >450 employees)

• 1200 euros for non IAHR Members (institute small <450 employees)

• 500 euros for IAHR Institute Members

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