IAH 2026 Budapest

IAH 2026

World Groundwater Congress

53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists
14-18 September 2026
Budapest Congress Center
IAH 2026 Budapest

Agenda - Program at glance

Tentative Program 1.0 (The organizers reserve the right to make changes)

Monday, Sept 14 Tuesday, Sept 15 Wednesday,Sept 16 Thursday, Sept 17 Friday, Sept 18
8:00 Field Trips from 8:00 REGISTRATION from 8:00 REGISTRATION from 8:00 REGISTRATION from 8:00 REGISTRATION from 8:00 REGISTRATION
8:30 Opening ceremony Keynote: Chunmiao Zheng Plenary Session 2
Towards a Transdisciplinary Global Groundwater Sustainability Network (GGSN)
Keynote: Marc F.P. Bierkens
9:00 Keynote: Xiao-Wei Jiang Keynote: Bridget R. Scanlon Keynote: TBD
9:30 Keynote: John Molson Coffee break Coffee break Posters & Coffee break
10:00 Coffee break Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 1.7 - Part I
Room 2: Session 1.2 - Part I
Room 3: Session 5.4 - Part I
Room 4: Session 4.1 - Part I
Room 5: Session 4.3 - Part I
Room 6: Session 1.8 - Part I
Room 7: Session 4.8 - Part I
Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 1.7 - Part III
Room 2: Session 1.2 - Part III
Room 3: Session 5.4 - Part III
Room 4: Session 4.1 - Part III
Room 5: Session 4.3 - Part III
Room 6: Session 1.8 - Part III
Room 7: Session 6.4
10:30 Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 5.3 - Part I
Room 2: Session 6.2 - Part I
Room 3: Session 2.1 - Part I
Room 4: Session 1.3 - Part I
Room 5: Session 6.1 - Part I
Room 6: Session 1.4 - Part I
Room 7: Session 6.5
Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 5.1 - Part III
Room 2: Session 4.2 - Part III
Room 3: Session 4.4 - Part III
Room 4: Session 1.6
Room 5: Session 3.5
Room 6: Session 4.5
Room 7: Session 4.6
11:00
11:30
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00 Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 1.7 - Part IV
Room 2: Session 1.2 - Part IV
Room 3: Session 5.1 - Part I
Room 4: Session 4.2 - Part I
Room 5: Session 4.4 - Part I
Room 6: Session 3.3 - Part I
Room 7: Session 1.1 - Part I
13:30 Keynote: Miklós Antics Plenary Session 1
Groundwater at the Heart of the 2026 UN Water Conference: IAH Positions and UN Perspectives
IAH Keynote
14:00 Keynote: Tom Gleeson Closing ceremony
14:30 Technical break / room change time Technical break / room change time
14:45 Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 5.3 - Part II
Room 2: Session 6.1 - Part II
Room 3: Session 1.4 - Part II
Room 4: Session 1.3 - Part II
Room 5: Session 3.8 - Part I
Room 6: Session 2.2 - Part I
Room 7: Session 3.6 - Part I
Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 1.7 - Part II
Room 2: Session 1.2 - Part II
Room 3: Session 5.4 - Part II
Room 4: Session 4.1 - Part II
Room 5: Session 4.3 - Part II
Room 6: Session 1.8 - Part II
Room 7: Session 4.8 - Part II
15:00
15:30 Posters & Coffee break
15:45 Posters & Coffee break
16:00
16:30 Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 1.7 - Part V
Room 2: Session 5.2 - Complete session
Room 3: Session 5.1 - Part II
Room 4: Session 4.2 - Part II
Room 5: Session 4.4 - Part II
Room 6: Session 3.3 - Part II
Room 7: Session 1.1 - Part II
16:45 Parallel scientific sessions
Room 1: Session 5.3 - Part III
Room 2: Session 6.2 - Part II
Room 3: Session 2.1 - Part II
Room 4: Session 1.3 - Part III
Room 5: Session 3.8 - Part II
Room 6: Session 2.2 - Part II
Room 7: Session 3.6 - Part II
17:00
17:15 Posters & Coffee break
17:30
18:00
18:15 General Assembly
18:30 Commission / network meetings + roundtable
Room 1: Roundtable discussion 2
Room 2: Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge
Room 3: Urban Groundwater Network
18:45 Commission / network meetings + roundtable
Room 1: Roundtable discussion 1
Room 2: Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change
Room 3: Coastal Groundwater Network
Room 4: IAH Regional Groundwater Flow Commission
Room 5: Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network (ECHN)
Room 6: IAH-SHG
Room 7: Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development
19:00
19:15 Commission meeting
Room 1: Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters
Room 2: IAH-Liaison with UN Activities (LUNA) Network
19:30 Gala Dinner
20:00 Welcome reception ECHN event
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
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Venue
Budapest Congress Center
1123 Budapest, Jagelló u. 1-3.
+36 1 372 5400
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