Welcome to the 3rd IAHR Young Professionals Congress call for abstracts

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

29 November - 1 December 2022. Online

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 the inaugural YP Congress in 2020 with 924 registered participants has ensured that the event is now established as an ongoing annual series organised by young professionals and for young professionals.

Why to 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 professionals members and non-members.

  • Students but also to young professionals.

Key dates

• 8 July 2022: Call for abstracts opens.  

• 10 September 2022: Call for abstracts closes.

• 30 October 2022: Notification of acceptance. 

• 10 November 2022: Poster and final extended abstract submission. 

• 29 November - 1 December 2022: Congress

List of Topics

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

• Higher Education and E-learning

• Global Water Security

Organising Committe

• Chair: David Ferras, IHE Delft, The Netherlands

• 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

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

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

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

• Ingrid Silva, PhD candidate in geotechnic at Luleå University of Technology, Venezuela/Sweden

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

Guidelines for extended abstract submission

• Your extended abstract must be submitted through the online submission form using the following template  and guidelines in Word. The deadline is 10 September 2022 . 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 2022. Instructions on its submission will be provided at a later stage. 

• Presenters will do a 3-5 minute presentation at the 3rd IAHR Young Professionals Congress supported by the poster.

• 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.

More information

For any questions concerning the Congress, please contact iahr@iahr.org

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