Hohai University, China’s foremost university in water and the environment, recently hosted the 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER 2019). From June 14th to 18th, over 300 delegates, including over 70 international attendees from 13 countries, visited Hohai University in Nanjing, China, to participate in the conference.
Initiated by University Professor Keith Hipel and with support from Waterloo’s Department of Systems Design Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering, the first ICWRER conference was held at the University of Waterloo in 1993 to honour the late Professor T.E. Unny for his life-long accomplishments in hydrology and hydraulics. The conference has grown in popularity over the years and gained a loyal following of delegates who attended past events in Kyoto, Japan (1996, 2016), Brisbane, Australia (1999), Dresden, Germany (2002), Adelaide, Australia (2008), Quebec City, Canada (2010) and Koblenz, Germany (2013).
2019 International Conference on Water Resources and Environmental Research Participants
The ICWRER brings together physical and societal systems experts from around the globe to better understand water resources and environment systems in order to reach more informed decisions when addressing complex problems. Conference topics included areas such as climate change, geographical information systems and remote sensing, stochastic hydrology, sustainable water management, surface water and groundwater interaction, ecosystem modelling, conflict resolution, scaling problems in hydrology and water resources, environmental management, and risk analysis.
Water Institute participants in the 2019 ICWRER included:
- Keith Hipel, Systems Design Engineering, Conference General Chair and Chair of the ICWRER Steering Committee
- Roy Brouwer, Executive Director, Water institute, Conference Keynote Speaker and Session Chair
- Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam, Systems Design Engineering, Session Chair and Member of the ICWRER Steering Committee
- Ajar Sharma, PhD student in Systems Design Engineering
Takasao Best Student Paper Award Winners:
- Aidin Akbari (Master’s student in School of Planning, University of Waterloo) and his co-author, Nayyer Mirnasl (Master’s student in Department of Geography and Environment Management, University of Waterloo)
Members of the Conflict Analysis Group within the Department of Systems Design Engineering who assisted in organizing ICWRER 2019:
- Keith Hipel, University of Waterloo
- Liping Fang, Ryerson University
- Yi Xiao, University of Waterloo
The Water Institute congratulates the 2019 ICWRER General and International Scientific Committee Chairs:
General Chairs
- Keith Hipel, FRSC, FCAE, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Hui Xu, President, Hohai University, China
- Shengshui Chen, President, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China
International Scientific Committee Chairs:
- Huimin Wang, Changjiang Professor, Hohai University, China
- Liping Fang, FCAE, Ryerson University, Canada
- Guoqing Wang, Professorate Senior Engineer, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China
- Zhongbo Yu, Changjiang Professor, Hohai University, China; Water Institute External Advisory Board Member
Mark your calendar to join Keith and his ICWRER team for the next ICWRER conference in May of 2021 in Orlando, Florida.