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- 16-18 October 2023
- The EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland
Programme themes
Once again, we will have a full and varied programme for our conference in October, covering a range of practical topics, and including some new session themes.
FACILITATING FUTURE HYDRO DEVELOPMENT
- Potential and development opportunities
- Innovative techniques for site identification
- Planning tools and project design
- Regional projects and cross-border collaboration
- Planning and design
- Hydrological risk
FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL ASPECTS
- Project financing and structuring
- Risk allocation and management
- Project and country risk management
- Concession agreements
- Valuing full economic benefits
- Attracting private finance
- Legal and insurance aspects
ENVIRONMENT
- Environment: Impact assessment and mitigation measures
- Environmental enhancements during upgrades
- Innovative solutions for fish protection and transfer
- Organizational level ESG management
- Management of greenhouse gas emissions
- Sedimentation management and removal systems
SOCIAL ASPECTS
- Stakeholder consultation and support
- Resettlement programmes
- Livelihood enhancement
- Benefit sharing
- Hydro heritage and historic sites
- The role of hydro in poverty alleviation
SAFETY AND RISK
- Dam and powerplant safety
- Managing hazards and risk
- Disaster risk management as part of design
- Seismicity: lessons from past experiences
- Flood and drought management: research and case studies
- Challenging site conditions
- Warning systems and evacuation planning
HYDRO EQUIPMENT
- Hydraulic machinery: R&D
- Operational issues and condition monitoring
- Modelling and testing
- Environmentally friendly technology
- Machinery design and safety
- Turbine upgrades
CIVIL WORKS
- Innovations in civil engineering
- Civil engineering: design, construction and upgrading
- Materials for dams
- Dam safety and monitoring systems
- Electronic and physical security of gates and spillways
- Gate operation in hot and cold climates
- Construction challenges and solutions
HYDRO IN SYNERGY WITH OTHER RENEWABLES
- Synergies between renewable energy systems
- Floating solar PV on reservoirs
- Grid benefits of pumped storage
- Latest European pumped storage projects
- Innovation and achievements in pumped storage technology
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
- Developments in electrical engineering
- Uprating of hydro generators
- High voltage interconnections
- Cyber security and control system management
SMALL, MINI AND MICRO HYDRO
- Small hydropower: potential and technology
- Ultra-low head hydro
- Innovative concepts
- Marine energy: wave and tidal power
- Retrofitting existing civil works with SHP
- Case studies
CAPACITY ISSUES
- Capacity building and new approaches to training
- Succession planning and opportunities for young professionals
- Young professionals’ research
CO-LOCATED EVENTS AND COLLABORATION
- The Conference will be preceded as usual by a one-day training session on small hydro plant design, and we hope to resume the series of Round Table meetings for Large Hydro Plant Operators. Within the programme, we welcome input to the programme from ICOLD, the International Energy Agency, and various EU-backed initiatives such as HYPOSO, HYDROPOWER EUROPE and HYPOS.
- Within the programme, we welcome input to the programme from ICOLD, the International Energy Agency, and various EU-backed initiatives such as HYPOSO, HYDROPOWER EUROPE and HYPOS.
Please note: The themes listed on these pages do not represent precise session titles, but rather a broad range of themes of relevance to HYDRO 2023. We therefore welcome submissions on other related topics, and can welcome suggestions for panel sessions, round table discussions or side events.
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