Call for abstracts for the 11th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics ISEH2027
Submbit your abstract by 1 May 2026 ISEH 2027 Brochure
Invitation message
Dear members of the IAHR Technical Committees, academic community, industry partners, and interested participants,
The Organizing Committee is delighted to announce that abstract submission for International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics 2027 is now open (deadline May 1, 2026). This is an abstract-only conference. The Scientific Committee will review all abstracts as soon as possible and notify authors of acceptance decisions shortly.
For more information, visit https://iseh.conference.uiowa.edu/
International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics 2027, which will be held on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, USA, on June 1-4, 2027.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Best regards,
George Constantinescu
Symposium Chair
Conference themes
Fluvial and open channel hydraulics
Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
Environmental hydraulics
Urban hydraulics
Dispersion and mixing in natural water bodies with and without stratification effects
Jets, plumes, mixing layers
Gravity currents and their interactions with the environment (e.g., vegetation, dams, bedforms)
Extreme events and associated environmental hazards
Instrumentation, experiments, modeling
Key dates:
May 1, 2026: Abstract submission deadline
September 1, 2026: Notification of provisional acceptance
September 15, 2026: Online registration opens
October 15, 2026: Revised abstracts due
November 1, 2026: Notification of final acceptance
February 15, 2027: Application deadline for master classes and short courses
March 15, 2027: Early bird registration closes
May 30–31, 2027: Master Classes and Short courses
June 1–4, 2027: ISEH Symposium
Mini-symposia and Special Sessions
Mini-symposium 1: Experimental and numerical modelling of dense fluid flows interacting with the surrounding environment.
Organizers: Prof. Sandra Soares Frazao (UC Louvain, Belgium) and Dr. Andrea del Gaudio (UC Louvain, Belgium)
Special Session 1: Turbulence in open channels
Organizer: Prof. Michio Sanjou (University of Kyoto, Japan)
Special Sessión 2: Use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in field observation campaigns for environmental hydraulics
Organizer: Prof. Scott Socolofsky (Texas A&M University, USA)
Special Session 3: Sediment transfport in vegetated waterways
Organizer: Prof. Priscilla Williams (The University of Iowa, USA)
Special Session 4: River confluences: theoretical approaches, field investigations, physical and numerical modelling
Organizer: Prof. Carlo Gualtieri (University of Napoli, Federico II, Italy)
Special Session 5: Restoring river connectivity: forecasting tools and monitoring strategies
Organizers: Prof. Rui ML Ferreira; Dr. Isabel Boavida; Dr. Ana Quaresma; Dr. Teresa Alvarez (CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
More information can be found in the ISEH brochure
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