Researchers, scientists, professionals, and policy-makers will gather at the Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences in Karunya Nagar, India, for the 10th (ICWRER 2025) from December 9 to 11, 2025. This year’s topic is “Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology, Ecology and Food Systems”.

The ICWRER sequence of conferences was initiated by Water Institute member Professor Keith Hipel, with support from ݮƵ's Department of Systems Design Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering. The first ICWRER conference was held at the University of ݮƵ in 1993 to honour the late Professor T. E. Unny for his life-long accomplishments in hydrology and hydraulics. The conference has grown in popularity over the years and gained a loyal following of delegates who attended past events in Kyoto, Japan (1996, 2016), Brisbane, Australia (1999), Dresden, Germany (2002), Adelaide, Australia (2008), Quebec City, Canada (2010), Koblenz, Germany (2013), Nanjing, China (2019), Orlando, Florida, USA (2022). A significant number of members of the steering committee have been with this series from the beginning.

Hipel and Unny

Prof. K.W. Hipel, Chair of the ICWRER of the conference series presenting to Prof. T. E. Unny the first conference poster on December 20, 1991

Further details and a template for the abstract are available on the portal of the conference:

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