CONFERENCE CENTRAL THEME
Hydro-Science and Engineering in the Changing World; Challenges,
Opportunities and Constraints. Because of the conference venue, special emphasis will be
laid on water-related issues special to the quickly developing transition economies.
CONFERENCE TOPICAL AREAS
A. Basics and Modelling Concepts
A1. Physics of transport and mixing processes
A2. Deterministic and numerical methods
A3. Stochastic and data driven methods
A4. Control and optimisation
A5. Software methods
B. Sub-Surface Hydraulics
B1. Groundwater resources
B2. Scale problems in hydrogeology
B3. Subsurface risks assessment and uncertainty in groundwater flow
B4. Multiphase transport processes in groundwater flow
C. Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics of Fluvial Systems
C1. Fluvial systems for sustainable development
C2. Hydrological extremes and risk protection
C3. Water and environmental quality modelling and protection
C4. Sediment transport, erosion, deposition and morphodynamic processes
C5. Low temperature and ice effects
D. Hydraulic Structures
D1. Design and operation
D2. Maintenance and rehabilitation
D3. Scouring and sedimentation processes
D4. Environmental and ecological impact assessment
E. Hydraulics of Coastal and Maritime Engineering
E1. Maritime structures and wave effects
E2. Coastal zone management
E3. Long-term evolution in coastal waters and beaches
E4. "Soft" type solutions for coastal protection
F. Water Management Systems
F1. Methodology of water resources planning
F2. Planning and management under strategic uncertainties
F3. Demand management approaches and instruments
F4. Incorporating stakeholders' preferences in systems management;
F5. Environmental/ecological aspects of water resources management
G. WEB based engineering and education
G1. Internet services on water related databases and GIS
G2. WEB based hydrological, hydraulic and water resources engineering
G3. Distributed project management in the Internet
G4. Development and management of distance learning
SPECIAL EVENTS
The following special events are planned to be organised during
the Conference (parallel sessions):
PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS
KEYNOTE LECTURERS
The ICHE-2002 participants will be given the opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art in the field
of hydro-sciences and hydro-engineering also through keynote presentations given by prominent sci-
entists of international reputation.At the moment participation of the following keynote speakers is
already arranged:
Prof. Forrest M. Holly, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Hydraulic
Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa, USA. President of the International Association of Hydraulic
Engineering and Research - "Classical Hydroscience and 21 st Ceuntry Education and Practice: Old
Wine in New Bottles?"
Prof. Helmut Kobus, Institut fuer Wasserbau der Universitaet Stutttgart, Lehrstuhl fuer Hydraulik und
Grundwasser, Stuttgart, Germany.
Prof. Oleg F. Vasiliev, Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Novosibirsk, Russia. Member
of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Prof. M. Selim Yalin, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- "Thermodynamic foundations of river morphology".
Prof. Yves Zech, Catholic University of Louvain, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of
Hydraulics, Louvain, Belgium.
