Side Events
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Side Events
The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the XIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly 2025 and IAHS is pleased to invite applications for organizing side events during the Assembly. These events are an excellent opportunity to engage with the global hydrological community and showcase your work, project, or initiative in an interactive format.
Important Dates
Interested organizers are requested to submit their proposals by Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Please note that side events will not run in parallel with the main assembly sessions to ensure maximum visibility and participation.
Types of Side Events
A. Events organized by the IAHS Management Team
B. LOC supported side events
C. Individual / Organization / Community / Project-led side events
D. Sponsored side events
Tentative Side Events Proposed During the IAHS SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY 2025
| Event Title | Day-1 Date, Timing (IST), Venue | Day-2 Date, Timing (IST), Venue | Organizers Information | Participation Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSJ Editors' Retreat 2025 | Sunday, Oct. 5, 15:00- 18:00 (IST), Digital Learning Studio, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee |
Monday, Oct. 6, 17:30-19:00,Digital Learning Studio, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee | 1. Attilio Castellarin, EiC, IAHS-HSJ, University of Bologna 2. Stacey Archfield, Co-Editor, IAHS-HSJ, USGS 3. Aldo Fiori, Co-Editor, IAHS-HSJ, University Roma Tre 4. Riddhi Singh, Co-Editor, IAHS-HSJ, Indian Institute of Bombay 5. Konstantinos Soulis, Co-Editor, IAHS-HSJ, University of Athens 6. Charlotte Rundall, HSJ Edit. Manager, IAHS Ltd. 7. Kate Hill, HSJ Submiss. & Review Coord., IAHS Ltd. |
Only for HSJ Editors (By invitation only) |
| IAHS ECC & YHS India workshops for Early Career Researchers in Hydrology | Sunday, Oct. 5, 15:00-17:00, Room No. APJ AKB-001, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
Saturday, Oct. 11, 10:00-12:00 Room No. APJ AKB-002, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Moctar Dembele, Researcher - Spatial Hydrology, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 2. Abinesh Ganapathy, Research Scholar, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkeee And Members of IAHS ECC and YHS India |
Open for all |
| Co-Creating Water Knowledge - Working Group Meeting | Sunday, Oct. 5, 10:00-15:00 Room No. APJ AKB-002, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Giulio Castelli, WG Leader and moderator, University of Florence, Italy 2. Kwok P Chun, Decolonisation WG Leader, University of the West of England, UK 3. Dhiraj Pradhananga, Head, Department of Meteorology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal 4. Anandharuban Panchanathan, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, UK 5. David Gwapedza, Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science, University of Namibia, Namibia |
Open for all | |
| Hydrological Modelling for a Resilient Future: Innovations at the Water-Climate Nexus | Sunday, Oct. 5, 15:00-18:00 Room No. APJ AKB-003, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Dr. Alok Sikka, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 2. Dr. Mohammad Faiz Alam, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
Open for all | |
| Critical Writing Workshop | Sunday, Oct. 5, 17:00-19:00 Room No. APJ AKB-104, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Mahua Mukherjee, Secretary General, SAADRI | Open for all | |
| One Health Solutions to tackle global water and health challenges | Sunday, Oct. 5 , 16:00-18:00 Room No. APJ AKB-004,APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Stefan Krause, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, UK 2. Alena Bartsova, SMHI – Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden 3. Wouter Buytaert, Imperial College London, UK |
Open for all | |
| Advances in Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources | Sunday, Oct. 5 , 09:00-18:00 Room No. APJ AKB-005, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Mandalagiri S. Mohan Kumar 2. Prof. Elango Lakshmanan 3. Dr. YRS Rao 4. Prof. Rajendra Prasad Patury |
Open for all | |
| Innovating for Sustainable Rural Water Security (Jal Jeevan Mission Session) |
Sunday, Oct. 5, 15:00 Room No. APJ AKB-103, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Himanshu Joshi, IIT Roorkee, India 2. Manoj Jain, IIT Roorkee, India 3. R. P. Pandey, IIT Roorkee, India 4. Ashutosh Sharma, IIT Roorkee, India 5. Sumit Sen, IIT Roorkee, India 6. JJM Representatives |
Open for all | |
| SYSTA Lunch | Monday, Oct. 6, 12:30-13:30 Placement and Internship Cell IIT Roorkee |
1. Claire Lupton, IAHS Executive Secretary, IAHS Ltd, UK 2. Kate Heal, Emerita Professor of Catchment Biogeochemistry, The University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Crew Building, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, Scotland, UK |
Only for SYSTA Awardees(By invitation only) | |
| ROBIN: Workshop to Build Reference Networks from Hydrological Data and Develop Drought and Low-Flow Indicators | Monday, Oct. 6,18:00-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-005, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Steve Turner, Hydrologist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Open for all | |
| Advancing in situ Soil Moisture Monitoring and Utilization through Innovation and Community Building | Monday, Oct. 6, 17:30-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-401, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Tunde Olarinoye, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, Koblenz, Germany 2. Justin Sheffield, Professor of Hydrology and Remote Sensing Head of School Geography and Environmental Science University of Southampton, UK |
Open for all | |
| Cool Tools for Research: What’s Useful, What’s Next | Monday, Oct. 6,17:30-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-402, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Faculty, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee 2. Abinesh Ganapathy, Research Scholar, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee and Members of YHS India |
Open for all | |
| Inter-continental comparison of current drought impacts and drought research approaches | Monday, Oct. 6, 17:30-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-404, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Eva Paton, Technical University of Berlin, Germany 2. Jose David Henao Casas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Open for all | |
| Advanced 3D Vector Resistivity Method for Subsurface Mapping of Geological In-homogeneities | Monday, Oct. 6,17:30-19:00 Room No. APJ AKB-503, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 17:30-19:00 Room No. APJ AKB-001, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Dr. Lagudu Surinaidu, Scientist-D,National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee | Open for all |
| Transformative Approaches to Integrated Flood and Drought Management: International Insights and Innovations | Monday, Oct. 6, 17:30-19:00 Room No. APJ AKB-103,APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Dr. Idhaya Chandhiran Ilampooranan Assistant Professor, WRD&M,IIT Roorkee 2. Dr. João Pedro Nunes Associate Professor, Soil Physics and Land Management, Department of Environmental Sciences Wageningen University and Research |
Open for all | |
| Water and Climate Exploratorium: Inspiring Rural Minds through Science | Monday, Oct. 6,09:00-16:00 Room No. APJ AKB-103,APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Faculty, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee 2. Prof. Sumit Sen, Faculty, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee |
Open for all | |
| Introducing CAMELS-IND: A Hydrometeorological and Catchment Attributes Dataset for Peninsular India | Monday , Oct. 6, 18:00-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-501, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee 2. Dr. Pankaj Dey, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee |
Open for all | |
| Unlocking advances in numerical solutions for hydrological models | Wednesday, Oct. 8, 18:00-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-002, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Julien Lerat, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment | Open for all | |
| Young Water Champions for a Green, Prosperous, and Peaceful Sahel | Wednesday, Oct. 8, 17:30-19:00 Room No. APJ AKB-003, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Moctar Dembélé, Researcher - Spatial Hydrologist, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) | Open for all | |
| Introducing GEOtop and GEOframe: Open-Source Tools for Hydrological Modelling in Mountain Catchments | Wednesday, Oct. 8, 17:30-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-103, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Dr. Giacomo Bertoldi, Senior Researcher, EURAC research Bolzano, Italy 2. Prof. Riccardo Rigon Professor, University of Trento, Italy (To be confirmed or maybe online) 3. Dr. John Mohd Wani Postdoctoral researcher, C3A, University of Trento, Italy 4. Prof. Giuseppe Formetta Professor, University of Trento, Italy (To be confirmed or maybe online) |
Open for all | |
| Himalayan Freshwaters: Services and Vulnerability of Freshwater Ecosystems in the Himalayas | Wednesday, Oct. 8,17:30-19:00 Digital Learning Studio, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee | Open for all | |
| Innovation Pitch for Resilient Water Solutions | Thursday, Oct. 09, 17:30-19:30 Room No. APJ AKB-103, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1.Mahua Mukherjee, Secretary General, SAADRI | Open for all | |
| IYGP 2025 and Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences 2025-2034 | Saturday, Oct. 11, 10:00-12:00 Room No. APJ AKB-001, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Dhiraj Pradhananga, Vice-President, ICSIH-IAHS 2. Melody Sandells, President, ICSIH-IAHS 3. James McPhee, President-Elect, ICSIH-IAHS 4. Timothy Link, Secretary, ICSIH-IAHS |
Open for all | |
| WMO HydroHub - MOXXI Working Group IAHS co-organized Innovation Workshop | Saturday, Oct. 11, 09:00-17:00 Room No. APJ AKB-103, APJ Block, IIT Roorkee |
1. Prof. Sumit Sen, Professor & Head, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee 2. Prof. Salvatore Manfreda, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
Open for all |
All the registered participants can apply to attend one or more side events. We will soon open the application form here.
