The Committees

IAH 2026

World Groundwater Congress

53^rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

14-18 September 2026
Budapest Congress Center

Local Scientific Committee

Judit Mádl-Szőnyi
Scientific Committee Chair
Eötvös Loránd University

Péter Szűcs
University of Miskolc

Attila Kovács
University of Miskolc

Ildikó Erhardt
Scientific Committee Secretary
Eötvös Loránd University

Local Organizing Committee

Petra Baják
University of Milan, Italy

Tamás Buday
University of Debrecen, Hungary

Brigitta Czauner
Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Katalin Hegedűs-Csondor
Budapest Spas cPlc., Hungary

András Jakab
Jakab és Társai Ltd., Hungary

Rita Miklós
University of Miskolc, Hungary

Ádám Tóth
Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Zsóka Szabó
SARA Geological Survey, Hungary

János Szanyi
HUN-REN EPSS Rybach Research Centre, Hungary

Márk Szijártó
Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Teodóra Szőcs
Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary

Ágnes Tahy
General Directorate of Water Management, Hungary

Extended Scientific Committee

Abou Amani, UNESCO
Bartolomé Andreo Navarro, University of Malaga, Spain
Okke Batelaan, Flinders University, Australia
Serge Brouyère, Université de Liège, Belgium
Catalin Stefan, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Pierre-Yves Jeannin, Swiss Institute of Speleology and Karstology, Switzerland
Joanna Doummar, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
John Cherry, The Groundwater Project, Canada
Marco Petitta, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
John W. Molson, Université Laval, Canada
Nina Rman, Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia
Beth L. Parker, University of Guelph, Canada
Nataša Ravbar, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia
Seifu Kebede Gurmessa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zoran Stevanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Wendy Timms, Deakin University, Australia
Zheng Chunmiao, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Martin Sauter, University of Göttingen, Germany
John Doherty, Watermark Numerical Computing, Australia
Adam Porowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Thomas Boving, University of Rhode Island, USA
Grant Ferguson, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Andrew H Manning, U.S. Geological Survey, USA
Tibor Stigter, IHE Delft, The Netherlands
Karen Grothe Villholth, Water Cycle Innovation Ltd., South Africa
Daniela Benedicto van Dalen, Acacia Water, The Netherlands
Sandra Garcia Gabas, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Peter Malik, State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur, Slovakia
Masaki Hayashi, University of Calgary, Canada
Jodie Miller, Isotope Hydrology Section, IAEA
Aqeela Parker, GEOSS, South Africa
Shammy Puri, Centre for Sustainable Solutions with Practical Hydrogeology, UK

Venue

Budapest Congress Center

1123 Budapest, Jagelló u. 1-3.
+36 1 372 5400

Website

Platinum sponsor

Tóth József és Erzsébet Hidrogeológia Professzúra Alapítvány

Platinum sponsor

Gold sponsor

Silver sponsor

Silver sponsor

Silver sponsor

2025 Diamond Congress Ltd. (secretary)

General terms

Supported by the University Excellence Fund of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (ELTE)

IAH 2026

World Groundwater Congress

53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

The Committees

Local Scientific Committee

Local Organizing Committee

Extended Scientific Committee

Budapest Congress Center

53^rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists