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- 18-20 November 2024
- Messe Congress Graz (MCG), Austria
Programme themes
Once again, we will have a full and varied programme for our conference in November, covering a range of practical topics, and including some new session themes.
Potential and development opportunities
- National plans and potential
- Policies and targets: Are they always realistic?
- New planning tools
- Integrated regional development
- Opportunities for cross-border trading
- Planning cascade developments
Hydro in the energy transition
- Hydro in synergy with other renewables
- Floating solar PV and dam-mounted PV
- Increasing hydropower flexibility
- Quantifying the value of hydro’s ancillary services
- The increasing importance of pumped storage
- Success stories and instructive case studies
Project financing and development
- Roles of the public and private sectors
- Risk allocation and management
- Concession arrangements and options
- Legal and institutional aspects
- Contractual issues
- Commercial and economic aspects
- Quantifying the value of hydro’s ancillary services
Safety and risk
- Disaster risk management
- Dam safety policies and practice
- Enhancing the safety of dams and powerplants
- Software systems and cyber security
Technology
- Increasing roles for artificial intelligence
- BIM for planning, design and operation
- Civil construction and automation
- Heightening dam
- Monitoring and instrumentation
- Hydraulic modelling of dams and spillways
- Machinery efficiency and turbine technology
- Small hydro, rural electrification and marine energy
- Transmission and electrical engineering
Operational issues
- Optimizing reservoir operation
- Operation and maintenance
- Enhancing efficiency
- Grid stability and dynamic power regulation of units
Climate and hydrology
- Hydrology and flood management
- GHG emissions: research updates
- Climate change and ESG
- Adaptation and resilience strategies
- Structural mitigation measures
Environmental and social aspects
- Fish protection: innovative technology
- Impact assessment and mitigation
- Residual and cumulative impacts
- Stakeholder consultations
- Sedimentation management
Social issues and capacity building
- Technical and institutional capacity building
- Benefit sharing for local development
- Knowledge transfer – on site and through training
- Inspiring the next generation of engineers
- Appropriate contracts for less developed countries
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 2024. 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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