1st IAHR YPN Congress: 1st IAHR Young Professionals Congress November 17-18, 2020

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

17-18 November 2020Format: Online

https://ypncongress.iahr.org/

Introduction 

The Committee on Education and Professional Development of IAHR is organising the first virtual congress for Young Professionals. The aim is to give the opportunity to present your work and get feedback from mentors. 

Young Professionals will be presenting their works by submitting an extended 2 pages abstract which will be reviewed by the International Scientific Committee and once accepted will be assigned to one of the sessions and on the date of the event they will need to be supported by a one page poster and do a 3 to 5 minutes presentation.

Objectives and Benefits 

• Connect YPNs worldwide and by areas of expertise 

• Mentoring opportunities 

• Open to students but also to young professionals 

• Free registration 

• Proceedings will be published and made available in the IAHR elibrary after the congress 

Key Dates 

• 1 July 2020: Final themes will be announced 

• 7 July 2020: Call for abstracts will open  

• 31 August 2020: Call for abstracts closes 

• 30 September 2020: Notification of acceptance 

• 15 October 2020: Poster submission 

International Scientific Committee 

• Alessio Radice (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

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

• Arturo Marcano (Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Venezuela)

• Asaad Shamseldin (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

• Claudia Adduce (Roma Tre University, Italy)

• Daniel Horna (Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia - UTEC, Peru)

• David Ferras (IHE Delft, The Netherlands)

• David Wegner (UMCES, USA)

• Eva Fenrich (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

• Gensheng Zhao (NHRI, China)

• GOH Hui Weng (River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre, Malaysia)

• Gregory Pasternack (UC Davis, USA)

• Hamed Sarkardeh (Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran)

• Ibrahim Demir (University of Iowa, USA)

• José Adriasola (Bechtel, USA)

• Jose Anta (Universidade da Coruña, Spain)

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

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

• Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak (EDF, France)

• Majid Mohammadian (University of Ottawa, Canada)

• Mário J. Franca (IHE Delft, The Netherlands)

• Martina Siena (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

• Massimo Guerrero (Università di Bologna, Italy)

• Matthew Wood (HR Wallingford, United Kingdom)

• Moez Louati (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China)

• Qi Wang (, China)

• Riaan van der Merwe (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

• Rita Carvalho (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)

• Roberto Ranzi (University of Brescia, Italy)

• Ronald R. Gutierrez (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Peru)

• Rui ML Ferreira (Técnico Lisboa, Portugal)

• Sanjay Giri (Deltares, The Netherlands)

• Satoru Oishi (Kobe University, Japan)

• Silke Wieprecht (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

• Silvia Meniconi (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy)

• Stefan Felder (The University of New South Wales, Australia)

• Stefan Haun (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

• Stefan Riedelbauch (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

• Victor Hugo Hidalgo Diaz (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador)

• Xiaobing Chen (Hohai University, China)

• Xiaohui Lei (IWHR, China)

• Yongping Chen (Hohay University, China)

• Zhiguo He (Zhejiang University, China)

Programme 

• Regular Sessions organised by regions and break out sessions/groups by topics 

• Special session: Overview from YPNs activities “YPN strengthening” good examples of YPN activities   

• Coffee breaks  

• and more 

Congress Themes

Hydraulics

• Fluid Mechanics

• Experimental Methods and Instrumentation

• Fluvial Hydraulics

• Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

• Hydraulic Structures

Hydro-Environment

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Ecohydraulics

• Coastal & Maritime Hydraulics

• Flood Risk Management

• Groundwater Hydraulics and Management

• Hydroinformatics

• Urban Drainage

• Water Resources Management

Innovation and Professional Development

• Education and Professional Development

• Higher Education and E-learning

Working Groups

• Global Water Security 

• Marine Outfall Systems

• Reservoir Sedimentation

• Sustainable Development Goals 

• Transient Flows

Call for Abstracts 

• Online abstract submission system (coming soon)

• Download the extended 2 pages abstract template in Word and LaTeX (coming soon)

• Download the poster template (coming soon)

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