Date: July, 10-14, 2017
Venue: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Summary: The South African National Committee of the International Association of Hydrological Scientists (SANC-IAHS  is hosting 2017 IAHS Scientific Assembly "Water and Development: scientific challenges in addressing societal issues”. The theme of the meeting is "Water and Development: scientific challenges in addressing societal issues” which is particularly appropriate in the context of an IAHS Scientific Assembly meeting being held for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa and is well aligned with the IAHS Panta Rhei.

The conference will feature 26 thematic sessions. UNESCO- IHP will convene the session on "Facilitating Scientific contributions in water diplomacy and cooperation processes" (session #26) and will also co-convene the sessions "Hydrology and the Anthropocene" (session #1); "Understanding spatio-temporal variability of water resources and the implications for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the semi-arid east and southern Africa" (session #3); "Extreme events: links between science and practice" (session #13); and "Graduate Schools in Water Sciences" (session #25)

URL: http://iahs.info/IAHS-2017.do