Flow Regime from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND)
FRIEND-Water2014: 7th Global FRIEND-Water Conference
Hydrology in a Changing World: Environmental and Human Dimensions
Hanoi, Vietnam, 24-28 February 2014
Organized by:
UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme; German IHP/HWRP Hydrological Committee; IRD; UNESCO Office, Jakarta; Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific; UNESCO Office Hanoi; Vietnam National Committee for IHP
Conference topics
1. Hydrological databases: how to cope with future questions
2. Trends in hydrological regimes and extremes
3. Coastal Eco-Hydrology and Changes in Ecological flows
4. Erosion and sediment transport processes and trends and management options at various scales
5. Innovative regional observational-hydrological modelling frameworks to attribute causes for change, incl. anthropogenic data and uncertain climate model output
6. Water resources and prospective scenarios: climatic, environmental, demographic, socio-economic, public policies
Authors are invited to submit papers which demonstrate how knowledge and best practice sharing can be stimulate a dialogue between at the interface between science, society and decision and policy makers. Examples of incorporating research results in decision making processes and water resource planning are welcome. Papers are encouraged from a broad range of institutions including operational hydrological agencies, water users, policy specialists, research organisations and universities.
FRIEND Publications
In addition to the conference proceedings published in cooperation with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS Red Book Publication Series), a web based brief summary of the FRIEND programme facts per Regional FRIEND Groups such as project groups, list of members per project group, meetings; list of publications will be available for the conference.
CALL for Papers
Papers are invited which address one of the six topics of the conference. Participants intending to present a paper or poster are requested to complete the attached provisional registration form and send an extended abstract in English or French of 300 words to the conference secretariat. Abstracts must reach the conference secretariat by ……….. Authors should identify whether the paper is submitted for oral presentation or as a poster and state the topic number that the paper is submitted to. Papers will be selected following a review of submitted abstracts and will be pre-published in the IAHS conference publication series (Red Books). Papers may be submitted and presented in English.
Dates for abstraction submission will be announced shortly......
