15th CONGRESS OF ASIA AND PACIFIC DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH
and
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MARITIME HYDRAULICS
August 7-10, 2006, CHENNAI, INDIA

TOPICS
Main Theme: Water for Life - Development and Management
I. Surface and Ground Water Resources
· Assessment and development
· Remote sensing and GIS applications
· Watershed development and conservation
· Inter-basin transfer
· Surface and sub-surface flow interaction
· Integrated water resources management
· Hydro informatics
· Climate change and its effects
· River hydraulics
II. Conveyance and distribution systems
· Pipe hydraulics and network analysis
· Water quality modeling
· Leak detection
III. Environmental Management
· Water quality and health
· Contaminant transport modeling
· River and ground water pollution
· Environmental impact assessment
· Recycling and reuse
· Desalination
IV. Maritime Hydraulics
· Coastal erosion and protection
· Sediment transport and Dredging
· Intake / Outfall systems
· Wave structure interaction
· Risk assessment
· Mathematical and Physical Modeling
· Integrated Coastal Zone Management
V. Socio-economic and institutional aspects
· People participation
· Gender issues
· Conflict resolution
· Water Regulations and Law
· Society, Technology and Values
· Impact of dams
VI. Tsunami and its impact
· Modeling of tsunami and storm surge
· Impact of tsunami and storm surge – Social and Economical aspects
· Impact of tsunami and storm surge – Infra-structural damages and rehabilitation
· Warning systems

CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers on relevant topics are invited. Prospective authors should submit three copies of a two-page abstract to the Secretariat not later than October 15, 2005. Recent theoretical and experimental work, case studies on relevant topics, as well as interesting applications of theory to practical problems, are welcome.
The abstract should present the motivation and objectives, of study, and key results and discussion, including figures. The name of the corresponding author should be underlined with affiliation, mailing and email addresses. Submission can be made by post or by email, in the form of an attached file in Word or PDF format.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of abstracts 15 October 2005
Notice of acceptance of abstracts 15 November 2005
Submission of full papers 1 Febuary 2006
Notification of acceptance of papers 31 March 2006

Conference web: http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/iahr

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