The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
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Conference Title: Hydrological Extremes and Related Risk and Uncertainty
We are pleased to welcome you to the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3), which will be held online, promoted by the open access journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water.
After the first two International Electronic Conferences on Water Sciences (ECWS-1 and ECWS-2) successfully addressed this vitally important subject, we recognized the need for hosting a third conference, aiming at deepen the discussion on the issues of hydrological extremes, i.e., floods and droughts and the associated risk and uncertainty.
Global climate change and variability is probable to affect the frequency and severity of extreme hydrological events (e.g. floods and droughts). It is necessary to develop models and methodologies for better understanding, forecasting, hazard prevention of weather induced extreme hydrological events and assessment of disaster risk. The ECWS-3 considers extreme hydrological events that lead to hydrological hazards induced by severe weather and climate change and the related risk and uncertainty. Assessing the risk and uncertainty of hydrological extremes is a crucial step towards decision making. Decision makers are interested in determining and quantifying risk and uncertainty of existing and proposed hydrotechnical projects.
The ECWS-3 welcomes contributions that develop novel methodologies to model the hydrological processes within the context of risk and uncertainty analysis in the following topics/sections (Responsible Conference Committee member):
- Advances in flood estimation and modeling (Prof. J. Szolgay)
- Hydrological drought methods and modeling approaches (Prof. A. Cancelliere)
- Uncertainty and hydrological extremes (Prof. G. Di Baldassarre and Prof. G. Aronica)
- Risk and engineering design of hydrotechnical structures and projects (Prof. Luis Garrote)
- Impacts of climate change on hydrological extremes (Prof. K. Banasik)
- Applications of geoinformation systems in hydrological extremes (Dr. L. Vasiliades)
- Socio-economic assessment of hydrological extremes (Prof. M.-C. Llasat-Botija)
Conference Chair
| Prof. Dr. Athanasios G. Loukas Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydrology and Aquatic Systems Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece |
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Meet the Event Chair
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineOct 15, 2018
- Abstract acceptance notificationOct 19, 2018
- Full file submission deadlineOct 31, 2018
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Luis Jesús Mediero Orduña
Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain;
Dr. Luis Mediero is a professor on Hydraulic Engineering at the ‘ETSI de Caminos, Canales y Puertos’ of ‘Universidad Politécnica de Madrid’. He teaches subjects related to Hydraulic Engineering at the ‘Graduate on Civil Engineering’, ‘MsC on Civil Engineering’ and ‘MsC on Civil Engineering Systems’. In addition, he also gives lectures in the ‘International MsC on dam management and safety’, organized by the Spanish Committee on Large Dams, and in the ‘MsC on Water Resource Management’ organized by Aqualogy.
He belongs to the UPM consolidated research group on ‘Hydroinformatics and water management’. His main research lines are on statistical hydrology, non-stationarity time series, rainfall-runoff modelling, climate change, dam safety, reservoir management and water resources. He has been the principal investigator (PI) of one national project (POSEIDON) and one European project (SAFERPLACES). He has been also involved in various national projects (MODEX and E-Virtual) and European projects (DRIHM, FLASH and BASE).
Prof. Dr. George Tsakiris
Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA;
Prof. George Tsakiris is the director of the Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and director of the Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA. He has PhD from the Civil Engineering Dept. of Southampton University, U.K. He is a full Professor since 1988 teaching engineering hydrology, hydraulic works and water resources management. His research interests (among others) include topics of hydro-meteorological extremes (droughts and floods), non-stationary hydrological processes, and adaptive water resources management under uncertainty. He has completed more than 50 European and national research projects, most of which as scientific coordinator. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers in international scientific journals and a large number of papers in Proceedings of international and national conferences. He is the author/co-author of five textbooks in Greek and one
- ECWS-3. Submission
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Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 October 2018
Notification of Acceptance: 19 October 2018
Deadline for Submission of Full Paper/Poster/Power Point: 31 October 2018
Conference Open: 15-30 November 2018