IAHR NEWSFLASH

May, 1999

This is our first electronic Newsletter which will complement/alternate with, on a regular basis, the bi-monthly IAHR Newsletter.  Newsflash publishes information which would be outdated if published in our bi-monthly Newsletter

We hope that it provides useful information and links which will help you in your professional career. If you have suggestions or comments please contact Cheryl van der Zee - zee@iahr.org

Newsflash is available free of charge to anyone interested in hydraulics; if you know of anyone who would like to receive it please ask them to forward their e-mail address to us.

Newsflash is also available on our homepage: http://www.iahr.nl/html/Newsflash.htm

All IAHR members will receive a free copy of the second edition of the IAHR Research Agenda with the mailing of the next Journal at the beginning of June. The Agenda summarises the current state of research as seen by our seventeen different technical sections. Additional copies are available from the Secretariat: iahr@iahr.nl

1. Graz - the venue for our 28th Biennial Congress: June 1 deadline!

In need of professional stimulation? In need of a fresh mountain breeze? Whatever you are looking for Graz has it!

However, not all goods things in life are free! To profit from the advance registration fee you must register before June 1st. The discounted registration fee is 20% less than the full fee of ATS 7500,- (543.- Euro/633.75  US dollars) For more information visit the homepage: http://www.joanneum.ac.at/events/iahr

Or just click here to register  

Following the last San Francisco Congress, IAHR is set to sign a collaboration agreement with officials from the new ASCE "Wet" Institute. So all are invited to come along to Graz to renew the San Francisco spirit.

Graz - Additional Maritime Workshop - Watch this Space The maritime hydraulics section is hoping to organise an additional workshop during the Graz Conference on the interesting topic of integrating coastal zone management with river basin management. Anyone interested in more details should contact Christopher George at the Secretariat: chris.george@iahr.nl

Classics in the City - June 18 until August 31, 1999 Every evening during the summer a classical programme is offered in the wonderful setting of the Renaissance courtyard of the Landhaus. Musicals, theatre performances, operas, operettas, contribute to the lively scene of the old town quarter of Graz. The culinary offers and a top quality programme attract more then 600 spectators every night for a cultural experience free of charge. For more information on what Arnold Scharwzenegger called "The most beautiful city in the world" click on: http://www.graztourism.at/

With still 3 months to go the exhibitors area at the Graz Conference centre is virtually totally allocated - so if you are interested in exhibiting you had better hurry! Amongst the organisations which have booked stands there are:

2. News from the European Graduate School of Environment Water (IAHR-EGW) - Course Calendar 1999

ENVIRONMENTAL FLUIDS MECHANICS
June 14-18, 1999 Technische Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

GIS IN URBAN WATER SYSTEMS
June 1999 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK

VISUAL MODFLOW: THE PROVEN STANDARD FOR 3-D GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT
June 28 - July 1, 1999 University of Sheffield, UK

FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
July 5-10, 1999 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING
July 5-9, 1999 National Technical University of Athens, Greece

HYDROINFORMATICS SYSTEMS
August 30 - September 3, 1999 Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany

DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENTS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
September 6-10, 1999 University of Porto, Portugal

HIGH HEAD HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE
September 20-25, 1999 University of Karlsruhe, Germany

MODELLING FLOW AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN THE SUBSURFACE WITH EMPHASIS ON MULTIPHASE FLOW
October 18-23, 1999 Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

For detailed information on the courses and the IAHR-EGW please refer to the IAHR-EGW home page at: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/iws/IAHR/home.html
or contact: Dr. H.J. Lensing
Institut fur Wasserbau, Universitat Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 61, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel.: +49 711 685-7014, Fax: +49 711 685-7020
e-mail: hoerby@iws.uni-stuttgart.de

3. Droplets

IAHR Corporate member Danish Hydraulics is preparing an application for funding under the EU Fifth Framework Programme to "enhance access to research infrastructures". European researchers interested in using the facilites at DHI for physical experiments as well as research on software packages are requested to contact: Jens Christian Refsgaard as soon as possible.
e-mail: jcr@dhi.dk
fax +45 45 179 200

The first newsletter of Delft3D, the modelling framework of WL|Delft Hydraulics, will be published this month. The newsletter will provide current and future users with new and coming-up developments, user experiences, schedules of new releases, training and courses. The newsletter will be issued by mail, e-mail and will be published on the homepage http://www.wldelft.nl/d3d. For more information on Delft3D please contact the product manager dr. Gerrit Verboom, e-mail: delft3d.info@wldelft.nl

The next release of Delft3D is scheduled for June next. The first user conference will be held in October this year; for early registration a flyer is included in the newsletter.

This programme offers 10 scholarships for a Masters level postgraduate study programme, and is open to nationals from regional member countries of the AfDB who are under 40 years old and possess a degree and a minimum of two years experience in a development-related field which could include the following fields: public health, agriculture and related sciences, engineering, education, and other development-related fields such as environmental studies.

Deadline is 30 June 1999. Please contact the Secretariat for more information.

HR Wallingford:

	Graduates Engineering & Science
	Industrial Placements
	Senior scientist specialising in hydraulics
	Project Leader - Urban Drainage Modelling

Contact: HR Wallingford Ltd., Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8BA, U.K.
tel: +44 (0)1491 835381
fax: +44 (0)1491 832233
e-mail: hrinfo@hrwallingford.co.uk
homepage: http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/company/opportunities.html

Danish Hydraulics Institute:

Software Developers at DHI.

Contact: Lars Christian Larsen
DHI, Agern All‚ 5, DK-2970 Horsholm, Denmark
tel: +45 45 179 357
fax: +45 45 179 200
e-mail: lcl@dhi.dk
homepage: http://www.dhi.dk/general/vacant.htm

Looking for anything in particular? Looking for a job opportunity? Let us help, we will publish it in either our bi-monthly Newsletter (even months) or in our bi-monthly E-Bulletin (uneven months). Send an e-mail to Cheryl van der Zee: zee@iahr.nl

4. Latest News on Events

(Events in italics denote co-sponsoring which allow IAHR members reduced registration fees)

Int. Symposium - The Learning Society and the Water Environment
Paris, France, June 2-4, 1999
Contact: Pierre Hubert, Laboratoire de G‚ ologie Appliqu‚ e, Universit‚ Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 123, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex, France
fax: +33-1-4427-5125,
e-mail: hubert@cig.ensmp.fr

3rd International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 13-16 July, 1999, - Workshops: 12 July, 1999
Contact: Symposium Chair, 3rd International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Utah State University, 5005 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, USA
tel: 1-435-797-1349
e-mail: ecohyd@aaron.cee.usu.edu
homepage: http://www.ext.usu.edu/confer/ecohydra.htm

The 22nd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
The University of Birmingham, UK, July 18-30, 1999.
Contact: IUGG99, School of Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 5 2TT, UK
tel: +44 121 414 6165
fax: +44 121 414 4942
e-mail: IUGG99@bham.ac.uk
homepage: http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwiahs/

8th Int. Conference on Urban Storm Drainage
Sydney, Australia, 30 August - 3 September 1999
Contact: Dr. J. Ball (ICUSD99), UNSW Water Research Laboratory, 110 King Street, Manly Vale NSW 2093, Australia
fax: +61 2 9949 4188
e-mail: J.BALL@UNSW.edu.au

1st Int. Silting problems in Hydropower Plants
6-8 October, 1999, New Delhi, India.
Contact: Mr. C..V.J. Varma, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri,, New Delhi-110021, India
fax: 91-11-611-6347
e-mail: cbip@dell.vsnl.net.in
homepage: http://www.cbip.org

Hydropower into the Next Century
18-20 October 1999, Gmunden, Austria
Contact: Hydropower & Dams: HINC Conference, Aqua~Media International Ltd, Westmead House, Westmead Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4JH, UK
fax: +44 (0)181 643 8200
e-mail: conf@hydropower.cix.co.uk
homepage: http://www.hydropower-dams.com/

Medcoast 99 - Emecs 99 Joint Conference
November 9-13, 1999, Antalya, Turkey
Contact:Medcoast Secretariat, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey
tel: +90-312-210-5429, 210-5430
fax: +90-312-210-1412
e-mail: medcoast@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr
homepage: http://www.medcoast.org.tr/

Int. Symposium of Sedimentological & Dynamic Processes in Estuaries & on Coasts
November 10-15, 1999, Shanghai, China
Contact: ’99 Conference Secretary, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine & Coastal Research, East China Normal University, No. 3663 Rd. (N) Zhongshan, 200062 Shanghai, China
fax: +86-21-625-46441
e-mail: jjlu@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn

3rd Int. R&D Conference - Sustainable development of Water and Energy Resources
February 29-March 3, 2000, Aurangabad, India
Contact: Mr. C..V.J. Varma, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri,, New Delhi-110021, India
fax: 91-11-611-6347
e-mail: cbip@dell.vsnl.net.in
homepage: http://www.cbip.org

2nd World Water Forum,
17-22, March 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands
The World Water Vision Commission will present the World, Thematic and Regional Visions at the 2nd World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference in , from 17-22 March 2000. Your organisation will be able to participate in this meeting through its exhibition and in many other interactive ways to be developed over the next year and a half. If you have innovative ideas on how the stakeholders can communicate with each other and with the world at this event, please contact the Vision Management Unit. Other events organised around World Water Day 2000 may link with the 2nd World Water Forum to focus the eye of the world on the issues of sustainable water resources management.
World Water Vision Management Unit, William J. Cosgrove, director wjcosgrove@compuserve.com
Frank R. Rijsberman, deputy director f.rijsberman@unesco.org, c/o UNESCO, Div. of Water Sciences, 1 rue Miollis, 75352 Paris Cedex 15 - France.
tel: +33(0)1 45 68 39 04;
fax: +33(0)1 45 68 58 11
homepage: http://www.worldwaterforum.org/

Int. Symposium on Flood Defence
September 20-23, 2000, University Of Kassel, Germany, .
Contact: Dr. Manfred Koch, o. (full) Professor and Director, Department of Geohydraulics and Engineering Hydrology, University of Kassel, Kurt-Wolters-Strasse 3, D-34109 Kassel, Germany
tel.: +49-(0)561-804-3198
fax.: +49-(0)561-804-3953
e-mail: kochm@hrz.uni-kassel.de
homepage: http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb14/geohydraulik/Welcome.html