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August 2018
World Water Week
World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. In 2018, World Water Week will address the theme “Water, ecosystems and human development”. In 2017, over 3,300 individuals and around 380 convening organizations from 135 countries participated in the Week. Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing…
Find out more »World Water Week: Towards the circularization of hydroelectricity using the existing hydraulic infrastructure
Synergistic approaches to respond to both food and energy needs and an integrated management of water are essential to respond to the WEF Nexus, in particular to attain the SGDs 2, 6 and 7. Installing hydropower plants in the greenfield imposes high environmental and social impacts. On the other hand, in water infrastructures the waste of energy is common. A direction for the decarbonisation of energy sources, in the context of hydroelectricity, must be the fight against this energy waste.…
Find out more »September 2018
River Flow Conference 2018
River Flow has become since 2002 a major international conference in river engineering and fluvial hydraulics. It is a unique occassion to present and discuss the latest scientific researches, and to communicate with scientists, engineers, and researchers involved in areas such as fluival flow and structure processes or sediment transport. River Flow 2018 will focus on the latest findings in the field of fluvial hydraulics, addressing fundamental issues related to fluid processes of sediments and pollutants in rivers. More practical…
Find out more »December 2018
Fish Passage 2018
The 2018 International Conference on River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2018), Incorporating the First International Symposium on Hydropower and Fish Management, will bring together Northern and Southern Hemisphere fish passage researchers and practitioners to exchange findings and experiences on fish passage issues. Fish Passage 2018 will be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, funders, and regulators who have an interest in advancements in technical fishways, nature-like fishways, stream restoration and stabilization, dam removal, environmental flows and fish responses, and the myriad of…
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