ISFF2017: International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) Muscat, Oman, December 5-7, 2017

This event is the third in a new series of annual International Symposia on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems. Furthermore this symposium is supported by the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) and the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GARDI) of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan. The First International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems held in October 2015 in Kyoto, Japan, was attended by about one hundred scientists, practitioners and stake holders from 11 countries (Japan, Arab Region, Europe; see http://ecohyd.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/index/1.html). The Second Symposium was held at Technische Universität Berlin, Campus El Gouna, Egypt. The Third International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems will consist of oral and poster presentations.

Submission Guidelines

Please use this link to submit your abstract: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isff2017

More information avaialable at http://isff2017.gutech.edu.om/call-for-abstracts/

List of Topics

• Modelling and forecasting.
• Risk assessment, management and hazards mitigation.
• Water harvesting and sediment management.
• Ecosystem and environment.
• Public participation, decision making, governance, and urban planning.
• Monitoring, meteorology and climate changes.
• Designing of dams and drainage systems.
• SATREPS/ Egypt Wadi Flash Flood Project.

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Prof. Ekkehard Holzbecher, Ekkehard.Holzbecher@gutech.edu.om

• Prof. Sameh Kantoush, kantoush.samehahmed.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp

• Eng. Ahmed Al Barwani, ahmed.albarwani@gmail.com

• Dr. Mohamed Saber, mohamedmd.saber.3u@kyoto-u.ac.jp

• Dr. Saif Al Hinai,  Saif.AlHinai@duqm.gov.om

• Dr. Ahmed Hadidi, Ahmed.Hadidi@gutech.edu.om

• Khalid Al Hooti, alhootikhalid@gmail.com

International Scientific committee

• Prof. Osman Abdalla, Sultan Qaboos University
• Dr. Saif Alhinai, SEZAD
• Prof. Jens Grundmann, TU Dresden     
• Prof. Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Prof. Reinhard Hinkelmann, TU Berlin
• Prof. Ekkehard Holzbecher, German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
• Prof. Sameh Kantoush, Kyoto University
• Dr. Mohamed Saber, Water Resources Research Center, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. Anton Schleiss Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Dr. Philippe Ker Rault, Wageningen Environmental Research
• Prof. Uwe Tröger, Technische Universität Berlin
• Prof. Ruud Schotting, Utrecht University
• Dr Aisha Al-Qurashi, Surfacewater and Flood Studies Expert

Venue

Muscat is the capital city with usually cold climate during December; approximately 27^oC in the day and 15^oC at night. Omani Rials, Credit Cards and USD are acceptable in Muscat. The exchange rate is approximately 1 Omani Rial to 2,60 USD or 2.29 Euro as of July 2017. For more information on Oman, visit the website http://www.oman.org, on GUtech http://www.gutech.edu.om.

More information and updates about the Venue are available at http://isff2017.gutech.edu.om/venue/

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to isff2017@gutech.edu.om

or:

Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Holzbecher

ekkehard.holzbecher@gutech.edu.om
Tel: +968 22061177
German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
P.O. Box 1816, Athaibah, PC 130, Sultanate of Oman

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