International Conference - Water Resources Assessment and Seasonal Prediction

Changes in water availability and quality are occurring mainly as consequences of global and local changes including environmental factors, climate change and human-induced changes. Science-based knowledge to assess water resources over a range of scales in space and time is essential to develop methodologies for water resources assessments to improve sustainable water management practices. Linked to the dynamic assessment of water resources is the ability to provide reliable seasonal predictions of water availability and water quality.

Important research efforts focus on issues such as possible changes or intensification of the hydrological cycle, predictions of freshwater availability under climate change, and the ability to predict the variations of global and regional hydrological processes and water resources. The capability for dynamic water resources assessment linked to seasonal and inter-annual variations of the water balance serves as a basis for interaction with water managers and policy makers at regional and national scales.

The conference is meant to provide a platform for scientists and practitioners to exchange their views on monitoring, assessment and prediction of key variables for water management.

Target Group

The conference aims to reach scientists and water managers actively involved in world water balance research, as well as the development and application of new approaches to water resources assessments and decision-making in water policies and water management. Demand driven-applications to meet requirements of the target group are expected to cover improvements in the observation of the elements of the world water balance, methods for water resources assessments, and the predictability of world and regional water balances. Likewise, quantifiable impacts of changes of the temporal and spatial availability of water resources for integrated water resources management practices will be addressed.

Further Information

•  Second Announcement (pdf, 530 KB)
•  Registration Form with Location Map and Hotel Recommendations (pdf, 665 KB)
•  First Announcement (pdf, 538 KB)
•  Call for Papers, Conference Schedule, Registration (pdf, 514 KB)
•  Draft Programme, Status 2nd January 2015 (pdf, 115 KB)

The Call for abstracts has now closed.  We thank all authors for submitting a large number of abstracts. We are delighted at the great interest shown in the International Conference "Water Resources Assessment & Seasonal Prediction” to be held from 13 to 16 October 2015 in Koblenz, Germany.

The abstracts are now under review, and after 30th July 2015, authors will be informed of the acceptance of their abstracts as full papers or posters. Authors of abstracts that will not be selected under the theme of the conference will be likewise notified. 

Authors with accepted papers/posters will receive a formal invitation by 10th August. Submission deadline for accepted full papers and posters will be 10th September along established guidelines.  

Electronic registration for the conference is already open. To register please visit the conference webpage, click on the PDF “Registration form with location map and hotel recommendations”, fill it at your PC and send it back by e-mail to contact@worldwaterbalance.org. 

Further information can be found in the second announcement of the conference which has been published on: www.worldwaterbalance.org