Conference Schedule – IAH 2024 World Groundwater Congress

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Davos Plenary Hall

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Congress Hall

iCal Opening Ceremony
08:30 am - 09:40 am
iCal Plenary 1: Mountain Cryosphere and Groundwater
01:30 pm - 02:25 pm
Topic : Plenary Session
Form : Oral

iCal Session 1.05.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 1.05. Advances in the characterization of alpine cryo-hydrogeological systems: monitoring, modelling and management solutions
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Clément Roques (UniNE), Dr. James Thornton (University of Bern) iCal Session 1.05. Poster Pitch
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Topic : 1.05. Advances in the characterization of alpine cryo-hydrogeological systems: monitoring, modelling and management solutions
Form : Poster
iCal Session 1.08. - Part A
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 1.08. Basin-scale groundwater flow, heat & mass transport processes: Looking beyond individual aquifers to address current hydrogeological challenges
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Laura Condon (University of Arizona), Dr. Etienne Bresciani (University of O'Higgins), Dr. Hanneke Verweij (Independent Expert Pressure and Fluid flow systems), Prof. Xiao-Wei Jiang, Prof. Dr. José Joel Carrillo-Rivera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ), Szilvia Simon (Eötvös Loránd University), Prof. Dr. Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, Prof. Chunmiao Zheng (Eastern Institute of Technology), Prof. Dr. Reed Maxwell (Princeton University) iCal Session 1.08. Poster Pitch
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Topic : 1.08. Basin-scale groundwater flow, heat & mass transport processes: Looking beyond individual aquifers to address current hydrogeological challenges
Form : Poster
iCal Session 1.08. - Part B
04:15 pm - 06:15 pm
Topic : 1.08. Basin-scale groundwater flow, heat & mass transport processes: Looking beyond individual aquifers to address current hydrogeological challenges
Form : Oral

iCal Session 1.06.- Part A
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 1.06. Coastal Groundwater: Advancements, Innovations, and Emerging Technologies
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan (Ruden AS), Claudia Bertoni (Oxford University), Prof. Lorenzo Lipparini (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) , Rome, Italy), Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Comte, Kaja Šušmelj (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering) iCal Session 1.06 - Poster Pitch
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 1.06. Coastal Groundwater: Advancements, Innovations, and Emerging Technologies
Form : Poster
iCal Session 1.06. - Part B
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 1.06. Coastal Groundwater: Advancements, Innovations, and Emerging Technologies
Form : Oral
iCal Session 1.06 Poster Pitch
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 1.06. Coastal Groundwater: Advancements, Innovations, and Emerging Technologies
Form : Oral
iCal Session 1.06. - Part C
04:15 pm - 05:45 pm
Topic : 1.06. Coastal Groundwater: Advancements, Innovations, and Emerging Technologies
Form : Oral

iCal Session 2.08. - Part A
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 2.08. Environmental tracers to investigate anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quality
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Lamine Boumaiza (University of Waterloo - UQAC), Frédéric Huneau, Prof. Dr. Viviana Re (Pisa University), Dr Karthikeyan Brindha (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) iCal Session 2.08. Poster Pitch A
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 2.08. Environmental tracers to investigate anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quality
Form : Poster
iCal Session 2.08. - Part B
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 2.08. Environmental tracers to investigate anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quality
Form : Oral
iCal Session 2.08. - Poster Pitch B
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 2.08. Environmental tracers to investigate anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quality
Form : Poster
iCal Session 2.08. - Part C
04:15 pm - 05:45 pm
Topic : 2.08. Environmental tracers to investigate anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quality
Form : Oral
iCal ECHN Annual General Meeting
06:30 pm - 07:30 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral

iCal Session 2.01
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 2.01. Groundwater and Climate Change – Impacts and Opportunities
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Tibor Stigter (IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft), Prof. Dr. Jianyao Chen, Steffen Birk (University of Graz), Prof. Okke Batelaan (Flinders University), Dr. Xinyang Fan (University of Bern) iCal Session 2.01. - Poster Pitch A
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 2.01. Groundwater and Climate Change – Impacts and Opportunities
Form : Poster
iCal Session 2.01.
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 2.01. Groundwater and Climate Change – Impacts and Opportunities
Form : Oral
iCal Session 2.01. Poster Pitch B
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 2.01. Groundwater and Climate Change – Impacts and Opportunities
Form : Poster
iCal Session 2.01.
04:15 pm - 05:00 pm
Topic : 2.01. Groundwater and Climate Change – Impacts and Opportunities
Form : Oral
iCal Focus Event: The emerging discipline of mountain cryo-hydrogeology: Identifying challenges & opportunities for science & practice
05:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Topic : Focus Event
Form : Oral
iCal GEWEX Global Groundwater Network Meeting
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral

iCal Session 4.01.
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 4.01. Groundwater Mapping: methodological developments from the sub-national to continental scale
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Donald John MacAllister (British Geological Survey), Daniela Benedicto van Dalen (Acacia Water) iCal Session 4.01. Poster Pitch
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 4.01. Groundwater Mapping: methodological developments from the sub-national to continental scale
Form : Poster
iCal Session 3.04.
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 3.04. People and Groundwater in the Anthropocene - Socio-hydrogeology for addressing human-groundwater relationships in a changing world
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Prof. Dr. Viviana Re (Pisa University), Dr. Xander Huggins (University of Victoria) iCal Session 3.04. Poster Pitch
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 3.04. People and Groundwater in the Anthropocene - Socio-hydrogeology for addressing human-groundwater relationships in a changing world
Form : Poster
iCal Session 3.04
04:15 pm - 05:00 pm
Topic : 3.04. People and Groundwater in the Anthropocene - Socio-hydrogeology for addressing human-groundwater relationships in a changing world
Form : Oral
iCal Latin America and Caribbean Hydrogeologists Meeting: Building Networks and Collaborative Work Plans
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Luis Suescun (DHI)

iCal Session 1.15.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 1.15. Advances in aquifer characterization and protection: assessment, monitoring and modelling of microorganisms, biocolloids and particles
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Prof. Nadine Goeppert (Free University Berlin) iCal Session 1.15. Poster Pitch
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Topic : 1.15. Advances in aquifer characterization and protection: assessment, monitoring and modelling of microorganisms, biocolloids and particles
Form : Poster
iCal Session 1.12. - Part A
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 1.12. Processes in the Unsaturated Zone
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Christian Moeck (Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Dr. Emmanuel Dubois (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)), Prof. Dr. Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez (EAWAG - ETH Zurich) iCal Session 1.12. - Poster Pitch
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Topic : 1.12. Processes in the Unsaturated Zone
Form : Poster
iCal Session 1.12. - Part B
04:15 pm - 06:15 pm
Topic : 1.12. Processes in the Unsaturated Zone
Form : Oral
iCal Meeting of the Regional Groundwater Flow Commission
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Prof. Dr. Judit Mádl-Szőnyi (Eötvös Loránd University, VAT NO: HU 1530 8744)

iCal Session 4.07. - Part A
10:00 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 4.07. Approaches to sustainable groundwater management in a changing world
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Prof. Margarida Antunes (University of Minho), Prof. Manuela Lasagna (Turin University), Andreas Stoll (ERM Swiss GmbH) iCal Session 4.07. - Poster Pitch A
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 4.07. Approaches to sustainable groundwater management in a changing world
Form : Poster
iCal IAH Groundwater Quality Commission Meeting
12:30 pm - 01:25 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral
iCal Session 4.07. - Part B
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 4.07. Approaches to sustainable groundwater management in a changing world
Form : Oral
iCal Session 4.07. Poster Pitch B
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 4.07. Approaches to sustainable groundwater management in a changing world
Form : Poster
iCal Session 4.07. - Part C
04:15 pm - 05:15 pm
Topic : 4.07. Approaches to sustainable groundwater management in a changing world
Form : Oral
iCal Meeting of the IAH Groundwater and Climate Change Commission
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Tibor Stigter (IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft)

iCal Session 3.07.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Topic : 3.07. Open data and software for hydrogeologists
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Raoul Alexander Collenteur (Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Prof. Philippe Renard (University of Neuchâtel), Jeremy White (INTERA Incorporated), Dr. Thomas Reimann (TU Dresden) iCal Session 3.07. - Poster Pitch
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Topic : 3.07. Open data and software for hydrogeologists
Form : Poster
iCal LUNA Working Group
12:31 pm - 01:26 pm
Topic : Assemblies & Network/Commission Meetings
Form : Oral
iCal Session 5.05. - Part A
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Topic : 5.05. Hydrogeophysics to close subsurface data gaps
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr Landon Halloran (University of Neuchâtel), Prof. Dr. Niklas Linde (University of Lausanne), Prof. Ty Ferre (University of Arizona) iCal Session 5.05. Poster Pitch
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 5.05. Hydrogeophysics to close subsurface data gaps
Form : Poster
iCal Session 5.05. - Part B
04:15 pm - 05:45 pm
Topic : 5.05. Hydrogeophysics to close subsurface data gaps
Form : Oral

iCal Session 5.02.
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Topic : 5.02. Advances in Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport of Solutes and Energy at Different Scales
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Prof. Alper Elçi (Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering), Dr. Carolina Guardiola-Albert (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) iCal Session 5.02. - Poster Pitch
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Topic : 5.02. Advances in Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport of Solutes and Energy at Different Scales
Form : Poster
iCal Session 5.04 - Part A
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Topic : 5.04. Applying Machine Learning and Big Data to Understand Complex Hydrogeologic Systems
Form : Oral
Chair(s): Dr. Kenneth Belitz (U.S. Geological Survey), Paul Stackelberg (U.S. Geological Survey), Dr. Mason Stahl (Union College) iCal Session 5.04. - Poster Pitch
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Topic : 5.04. Applying Machine Learning and Big Data to Understand Complex Hydrogeologic Systems
Form : Poster
iCal Session 5.04. - Part B
04:15 pm - 06:15 pm
Topic : 5.04. Applying Machine Learning and Big Data to Understand Complex Hydrogeologic Systems
Form : Oral

iCal Poster presenters are present at their posters
12:45 pm - 01:25 pm
iCal Poster presenters are present at their posters
03:30 pm - 04:10 pm

iCal Coffee
09:30 am - 10:00 am
iCal Lunch & Posters
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm
iCal Opening of Music of Glaciers Art Exhibition - Entrance Area
01:00 pm - 01:25 pm
Topic : Focus Event
Form : Oral
iCal Coffee & Posters
03:30 pm - 04:15 pm