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IAH 2026 Budapest – Public Agenda Overview
| Monday – 14 September 2026 | |
| 07:00–18:00 | Field trips |
| 19:30–22:00 | Welcome Reception |
| Tuesday – 15 September 2026 | |
| 08:00–09:00 | Opening Ceremony — Room: Pátria |
| 09:00–09:30 | Keynote: Xiao-Wei Jiang — Room: Pátria |
| 09:30–10:00 | Keynote: John Molson — Room: Pátria |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee break & Group photo 1 |
| 10:30–12:30 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 5.3 – Part I — Room: Pátria
Session 6.2 – Part I — Room: Brahms
Session 2.1 – Part I — Room: Lehár
Session 1.3 – Part I — Room: Bartók
Session 6.1 – Part I — Room: Mozart
Session 1.4 – Part I — Room: Liszt 1
Session 6.5 — Room: Liszt 2 |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | Keynote: Miklós Antics — Room: Pátria |
| 14:00–14:30 | Keynote: Tom Gleeson — Room: Pátria |
| 14:30–14:45 | Technical break / room change |
| 14:45–15:45 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 6.2 – Part II — Room: Brahms
Session 6.1 – Part II — Room: Mozart
Session 3.6 – Part I — Room: Liszt 2
Session 5.3 – Part II — Room: Pátria
Session 1.4 – Part II — Room: Liszt 1
Roundtable 1: The Groundwater Debate: Open Issues in Hydrogeology — Room: Lehár |
| 15:45–16:45 | Posters and coffee break |
| 16:45–18:45 | Parallel oral sessions:
Prof. Joe Tóth Special Session — Room: Liszt 1
Session 2.2 — Room: Brahms
Session 3.8 — Room: Mozart
Session 2.1 – Part II — Room: Lehár
Session 3.6 – Part II — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.3 – Part II — Room: Bartók
Session 5.3 – Part III — Room: Pátria |
| 19:00–20:00 | Coastal Groundwater Network — Room: Mozart
Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network (ECHN) Annual General Meeting — Room: Lehár |
| 20:00–22:00 | Social event hosted by ECHN |
| Wednesday – 16 September 2026 | |
| 08:30–09:00 | Keynote: Chunmiao Zheng — Room: Pátria |
| 09:00–09:30 | Keynote: Bridget R. Scanlon — Room: Pátria |
| 09:30–10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:00–12:30 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 1.2 – Part I — Room: Mozart
Session 4.3 – Part I — Room: Brahms
Session 5.4 – Part I — Room: Lehár
Session 1.8 – Part I — Room: Liszt 1
Session 4.8 – Part I — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.7 – Part I — Room: Bartók
Session 4.1 – Part I — Room: Pátria |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:30 | Plenary Session 1: Groundwater at the Heart of the 2026 UN Water Conference: IAH Positions and UN Perspectives — Room: Pátria |
| 14:30–14:45 | Technical break / room change |
| 14:45–17:15 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 1.2 – Part II — Room: Mozart
Session 4.3 – Part II — Room: Brahms
Session 5.4 – Part II — Room: Lehár
Session 1.8 – Part II — Room: Liszt 1
Session 4.8 – Part II — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.7 – Part II — Room: Bartók
Session 4.1 – Part II — Room: Pátria |
| 17:15–18:15 | Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change — Room: Bartók
Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters — Room: Lehár
IAH-Liaison with UN Activities (LUNA) Network — Room: Mozart
Posters and coffee break |
| 18:15–19:45 | General Assembly — Room: Pátria |
| Thursday – 17 September 2026 | |
| 08:30–09:30 | Plenary Session 2: Towards a Transdisciplinary Global Groundwater Sustainability Network (GGSN) — Room: Pátria |
| 09:30–10:00 | Coffee break & Group photo 2 |
| 10:00–12:00 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 1.2 – Part III — Room: Mozart
Session 5.2 — Room: Brahms
Session 1.1 – Part I — Room: Fortuna
Session 5.4 – Part III — Room: Lehár
Session 4.2 – Part I — Room: Liszt 1
Session 3.3 – Part I — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.7 – Part III — Room: Bartók
Session 5.1 – Part I — Room: Pátria |
| 12:00–13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00–15:00 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 6.4 — Room: Mozart
Session 4.3 – Part III — Room: Brahms
Session 1.1 – Part II — Room: Fortuna
Session 4.4 – Part I — Room: Lehár
Session 4.2 – Part II — Room: Liszt 1
Session 3.3 – Part II — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.7 – Part IV — Room: Bartók |
| 15:00–16:00 | Posters and coffee break |
| 16:00–17:00 | Urban Groundwater Network — Room: Brahms
IAH-SHG — Room: Fortuna
National Chapters Committee Members Meeting — Room: Mozart
Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development — Room: Liszt 1
IAH Regional Groundwater Flow Commission — Room: Liszt 2
Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge — Room: Lehár
Roundtable discussion 2: Model Uncertainty in Hydrogeology — Room: Bartók |
| 19:00–22:00 | Gala Dinner — Room: Pátria |
| Friday – 18 September 2026 | |
| 08:30–09:00 | Keynote: Marc F.P. Bierkens — Room: Pátria |
| 09:00–09:30 | Keynote: Joanna Doummar — Room: Pátria |
| 09:30–10:30 | Posters and coffee break |
| 10:30–12:30 | Parallel oral sessions:
Session 4.5 — Room: Bartók
Session 3.5 — Room: Brahms
Session 4.4 – Part II — Room: Lehár
Session 4.2 – Part III — Room: Liszt 1
Session 4.6 — Room: Liszt 2
Session 1.6 — Room: Mozart
Session 5.1 – Part II — Room: Pátria |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | IAH Distinguished Lecture: Jay Famiglietti — Room: Pátria |
| 14:00–15:00 | Closing Ceremony — Room: Pátria |
| 15:00–17:45 | WREG meeting — Room: Bartók
Short course: General introduction to COMSOL – Subsurface and groundwater flow simulation — Room: Lehár |
