Events
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19-23 Oct 2020 – Caracas, Venezuela
II Congreso Venezolano de Geociencias
Ciencias al servicio de la sociedad. XVI Congreso Venezolano de Geofísica
XI Congreso Geológico Venezolano
XI Congreso Venezolano de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica – CONVESIS
II Congreso Venezolano de Geoquímica
XI Jornadas Venezolanas de Espeleología.
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22-24 Oct 2020 – Nicosia (Lefkosia), Cyprus
12th International Hydrogeological Conference
Groundwater resources, protection and management, in our ever-changing environment. The Association of Geologists and Mining Engineers of Cyprus in collaboration with the Hellenic Committee of Hydrogeology member of the Geological Society of Greece organize the 12th International Hydrogeological Conference, which will take place on October 22nd to October 24th 2020, in Nicosia (Lefkosia), Cyprus at Cleopatra Hotel.
The 12th International Hydrogeological Conference envisages in convening people from academia, private and public sector, dealing with all aspects of groundwater. It will be held under the auspices of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus and it is supported by the Geological Survey Department of Cyprus and Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber. This conference aims in gathering and disseminating knowledge and good practices on dealing with increasing pressures and challenges on groundwater resources, protection and management, in our ever-changing environment driven by climate change.
The presentations of the conference will take place in Nicosia (Lefkosia), Cyprus on October 22nd to October 23rd 2020, at Cleopatra Hotel. On Saturday October 24th, a field trip at Troodos, UNESCO Global Geopark which is considered as a unique world geological heritage natural site, will be organized.Organised by Association of Geologists and Mining Engineers of Cyprus in collaboration with the Hellenic Committee of Hydrogeology member of the Geological Society/IAH Greece.
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28-29 Oct 2020 – Online
Online IWRA-IAH Conference on Groundwater & Climate Change
Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change. Currently, climate change has become an undeniable major pressure on the world’s freshwater resources. Yet, the effects of climate change on groundwater, the most significant freshwater resource on Earth, are still poorly understood. Somewhat neglected by policymakers and ignored by the public, groundwater management, governance and monitoring are less developed compared to surface water, globally. More up-to-date research and knowledge generation and sharing, as well as more efforts to raise awareness of the links between groundwater and climate change are also critical to ensure the sustainable management of this vital resource.
The online conference will address these challenges and priorities in order to manage resiliently groundwater resources under climate change. This conference’s main goal is to, ultimately, promote the sharing and exchange of state-of-the-art scientific and policy knowledge on the links between an increased resilience of groundwater resources and climate change for the sustainable governance, use and management of these resources in all regions of the world.
Send your proposals for oral presentations by Wednesday, July 15th, 2020. More info and details at https://iwraonlineconference.org/call-for-abstracts/.Organised by IWRA; IAH is lead partner.
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8-13 Nov 2020 – Malta
18th Europe-INBO International Conference
Discussing the future of European Water Directives and policies and the implications for hydrographic basin management. The 18th “Europe-INBO” International Conference will be held from Sunday 8th of November to Friday 13th of November 2020, this year at the invitation of the Energy and Water Agency (EWA) of Malta.
Organizations, administrations and other stakeholders interested in Basin Management are invited to participate in the event and share their experiences on basin management throughout the sessions of EUROPE-INBO (where interpretation in English & French will be available):
• The workshop “Greening the Common Agricultural Policy: stakes and solutions”
• The 4 sessions, which will focus on the following themes:
o Session 1. Engaging basin actors in the evaluation and evolution of the Water Directives
o Session 2. Economic tools for basin management: integrating environment and biodiversity in cost-recovery
o Session 3. Sustainable quantitative management of water resources
o Special Session International & transboundary cooperation for basin management
A technical and cultural visit will be organized on the last day, Friday 13th of November, with multiple options of sites to choose from.Price: 0 (registration is free ; no registration fees requested)
Organised by International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO).
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9-11 Nov 2020 – Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman
Oman’s International Conference on Water Engineering and Management of Water Resources
Towards a Sustainable Water Future. This conference provides an interesting opportunity to share ideas, discuss new technology, and explore innovative techniques and present the latest research result with international colleagues, academics, engineers, policymakers and government organizations.
The conference will cover a wide range of topics at the heart of water engineering and management of water resources, including treatment, resources management, distribution systems, water losses, sustainability, energy efficiency, reclamation, recycling, reuse, regulations, policies, costs, decision making, modelling, design, maintenance and construction of water infrastructure.Price: USD 260
Organised by Department of Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying, Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman.
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9-14 Nov 2020 – Delhi, India
36th International Geological Congress
The International Geological Congress is a mega event organised every four years. The next edition – the 36th – will be organised in Delhi, India, March 2-8, 2020. The Congress has 45 themes, covering practically all aspects of Planet Earth, has > 60 field trips, a GeoExpo, and a variety of other programs.
Each theme has several symposia each with many sessions. Abstracts should be submitted to the Congress website (www.36igc.org). Take the opportunity to participate in/organise a workshop or short course and also to look around India, enjoy its culture and culinary specialties, its art and architecture, its history and heritage!
Thanks to the munificence of the Government of India, we are able to offer a Geohost Support Program that is unprecedented in the history of IGC! We will be providing 1000 free registrations, 1000 airfares and 1000 local hospitality packages to geoscientists/ geoscience students. These will be provided either as full or partial support. So, hurry up and apply online for a Geohost grant!
Please visit our website www.36igc.org for all the details and more.
Revised deadline for abstract submission: October 31, 2019.
Revised deadline for Early Bird registration: November 30, 2019.Price: See fees on website
Organised by IGC.
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11-15 Jan 2021 – Mexico City
14th International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Water, Technology, science. (NOTE NEW DATES, OWING TO COVID-19)
Humanity currently faces great challenges and, without question, the most pressing one has to do with the management of water; an element without which it is impossible to conceive life on our planet. Scientific progress has enabled water systems in the world to be more efficient and, above all, more sustainable.
The advent of the so-called digital age and information and communication technologies (ICTs), have led water scientists to develop and use smart monitoring systems that foster a more efficient management of water resources and have promoted the evolution of water infrastructure administration and operability and the use of hydrological data.
These advances and accomplishments have given way to the emergence of a new era in hydraulic engineering: hydroinformatics, a multidisciplinary specialty that includes environmental, sociological, and ethical aspects.
Hydroinformatics uses simulation models and ICTs to solve hydraulics, surface and subsurface hydrology, and environmental engineering problems in order to obtain a better management of water-based systems.
One of the main objectives of hydroinformatics is to generate information and technology to support the decision making of authorities and specialists when structuring public policies.Organised by Mexican Institute of Water Technology and UNAM.
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17-20 May 2021 – Maastricht, the Netherlands
LuWQ2021 – 5th International Conference on LAND USE and WATER QUALITY: Agriculture and the Environment
LuWQ2021 is an interdisciplinary conference on the cutting edge of science, management and policy to minimise effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. The conference aims to discuss the entire ’policy cycle’ to enable enhancing the quality of the water environment, which includes problem recognition, formulation of technical options, policy formulation, interaction between policy makers and stakeholders (i.e. pressure groups), policy implementation, monitoring and research. The conference also aims to facilitate networking opportunities and to intensify contacts (a) between soil/water related scientists, agro related scientists, social scientists, ecological scientists and economists, and (b) between scientists, water managers and policy makers.
The conference themes and topics are characterised by the following keywords: agronomy, agro-economics, agro-sociology, water management, water policy, hydrology, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, unsaturated zone, groundwater, surface waters, drinking water, monitoring, modelling, water quality, nutrients, pesticides and other organic agrochemicals, heavy metals.
To give you a feeling for the essence of LuWQ… The key strength of the conference is twofold. On the one side, LuWQ has a well-defined narrow focus on ‘agriculture and water quality’. On the other side, the conference is broadly oriented with regard to the various professional disciplines related to the conference topics. Based on the experience from previous Land Use and Water Quality conferences, it is just the diversity in professional background of participants which results in a multi-faceted conference programme. Consequently, LUWQ offers sessions on a broad variety of topics, all of them however dedicated exclusively to agriculture and water quality. In this sense, the conference topics range – to illustrate by a few randomly chosen examples – from scientific research on denitrification and travel time, …, challenges in monitoring and modelling at different scale (parcels, field, region), …, practice-oriented and technical measures to limit leaching of nutrients and agrochemicals, …, development of management options to mitigate effects on water quality in drinking-water protection areas, including cooperation between local governments, water supply companies and farmers, …, to policy development, and lessons to be learned from policy implementation, e.g. comparison of farmers’ behaviour between top-down and bottom-up implementation of agri-environmental measures.Organised by Organised by RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands (principle organiser); Aarhus University (DCE and Department of Bioscience), Denmark; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS); and Umweltbundesamt (UBA), German Environment Agency, Germany. IAH is Scientific Sponsor of the conference.
https://www.luwq2021.nl/ karel.kovar@rivm.nl ; dico.fraters@rivm.nl -
25 Jul - 1 Aug 2021 – Savoy, Mont Blanc, France
18th International Congress of Speleology
Karst: Heritage and Resources. This conference has 20 topics, including Karst, heritage and resources; Karst hydrogeology, physical Chemistry; Topography, Mapping, 3D, Documentation and many more of interest to the hydrogeological community.
Organised by French Federation of Speleology and partners.
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6-10 Sep 2021 – Brussels, Belgium
48th IAH Congress – IAH 2021 – Inspiring Groundwater
IAH 2021 - Inspiring Groundwater. The IAH Belgian National Chapter (CBH-BCH) has been appointed to organize the 48th IAH Congress in 2021. It is a great honor, a wonderful pleasure and an exciting challenge to organize such an event. So there we go.
The congress will be held in Brussels, Belgium, from September 6-10 September, 2021, in the very heart of the Belgian and European Capital.
The History of the world shows us that water and groundwater have constantly inspired Mankind to develop techniques for the production of drinking water, to transport water to people, to control and manage watercourses, to the search for new sources, to combat scarcity. Access to safe water in sufficient quantities is essential to Mankind, to prosperity and economic development
Let the past inspire us to prepare a better future.
Let our failures inspire us to constantly improve our techniques.
Let research inspire us to turn challenges into opportunities, and to make groundwater part of the solution towards a society without fossil energy sources.
Let our children inspire us to give our grandchildren a better planet.
In 2021, we will also celebrate together the 65th anniversary of the IAH and the 20th anniversary of our National Chapter. Did you know that the first president of the IAH was Belgian ?
Belgium is a small country, but we have a lot to give… To the organization of the congress, we will also do our best to make you discover some aspects of our culture, of our history, of our architecture, of our gastronomy.
You are all welcome to join us and to learn from others, to exchange and to transfer knowledge, to learn to know people, to build solutions.
Follow us here and on the website of the congress for more information in the coming months (www.iah2021belgium.org).Organised by IAH Belgium (CBH-BCH).
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