4 August 2023, Turkestan, Kazakhstan

On August 4, 2023, by invitation of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well as the Governor Office of the Turkestan Province of Kazakhstan, Country Manager of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Regional Representative Office for Central Asia, Mr. Oyture Anarbekov, as well as IWMI Central Asia’s project consultant Mr. Abdikhamid Urazkeldiyev participated and contributed to the International Conference: Improving the environmental situation in the region through the development of green spaces and issues of agricultural development.

For further information visit: В ТУРКЕСТАНЕ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ УЧЕНЫЕ ПРИНЯЛИ РЕЗОЛЮЦИЮ (www.gov.kz)

28-30 Juni 2023, Wallgau, Germany

This year, the Hydro4U project coordination from the Technical University of Munich participated in the 2023 Hydraulic engineering symposium in Wallgau, Germany, jointly organised with the ETH Zurich and the Technical University of Graz. Thereby, a special session on the Hydro4U demo site in At-Bashi was held as well as articles published, focusing on the demo sites in At-Bashi and Badam.

For further information: Symposium Wallgau 2023 – Lehrstuhl für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft (tum.de)

Picture credits: Antonia Dallmeier

14-16 March 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Aqua~Media International team, with the support of the Malaysian Government, the Malaysian Committee on Large Dams, and the State Power utilities, welcomes the global water and energy community to this event.

Peninsular Malaysia, as well as Sarawak and Sabah, have wide experience of large and small hydropower development and multipurpose dams. Study tours will visit to some of the large cascade developments in Peninsular Malaysia. Hydropower supplies about 20 per cent of Malaysia’s approximately 34 GW of installed capacity, with hydro supplying more than 20 TWh/year. The Government is strongly committed to increasing the share of renewable energy in the country’s generation mix, with a target to add 4 GW of renewables across the thirteen states by 2030.

A major element of the ASIA 2023 event will be the Technical Exhibition, running for three days alongside the conference. The exhibition pavilions will be the main hub for business networking, between delegates and industry representatives who will be exhibiting their supplies and services.

In addition, there will be a Special Session on IEA activities and Hydro4U, promoting small hydro development in Central Asia, chaired by project partner Klaus Jorde, International Energy Agency. The content of this session will reflect the current activities of IEA Hydro, and Hydro4U project coordinator Bertalan Alapfy from the Technical University of Munich will host a session on the support of small hydro in Central Asia. A new element to the session will be papers on Hydro4U (see also Hydropower & Dams, Issue 5, 2022), in which IEA is involved.

Further information: Conference Themes | ASIA 2023 (hydropower-dams.com) and Conference programm: ASIA 2023

07-10 August 2022, Berlin, Germany

Central Asia features large-scale irrigated agriculture with a plethora of hydro-technical infrastructure and diversion schemes developed since the 1960ies. At the same time, it is regarded as a data-deficient region regarding freshwater biodiversity and biogeography.

To fill these knowledge gaps, the following study presents an in-depth analysis of human impacts and fish community status of a mountain river flowing from the northern slopes of the Alai and Turkestan ranges (Western Tyan-Shan) to the Ferghana valley. Here, Hydro4U partners present results from fish ecological surveys conducted 2021-2022 in the 112km long Shohimardon River, a transboundary river between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, within the framework of the Hydro4U project funded by the European Union.

Read more: SIL Congress Karimov et al. 2022

 23–27 May 2022 in Vienna, Austria and online (hybrid event)

The General Assembly 2022 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna, Austria, and online from 23–27 May 2022.

The EGU General Assembly 2022 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career scientists, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

Hydro4U partner HSOL will give a short oral presentation on “Accountability and Transparency through Water-Energy-Food Nexus Accounting in Central Asia” (EGU22-7012) in Session HS5.1 “Water resources policy and management – managing trade-offs at the nexus between water, food, energy and the environment” (room 3.29/30) on Monday, 23 May 2022, 10:42 CEST. Read more about this contribution here.

Further information on the conference website: https://www.egu22.eu/

22-23 March 2022, Garching (Munich), Germany

On 22 and 23 March 2022, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) will jointly organise the Hydrology Day 2022 under the motto: “In Transition – Climate, Water and Society Processes – Methods – Communication”

Not least the extreme flood and drought events in Europe, but also the sixth assessment report of the IPCC have clearly shown us that water resources and social action are interdependent and influence each other. Under the guiding theme “Water and Society”, the following scientific questions will be addressed:

• Modelling and prediction of extreme events
• Non-stationary behaviour of hydrological processes
• Water-Food-Energy Nexus

Further information: https://tdh2022.hydrologie.ed.tum.de/

9 March 2022 in Ferghana, Uzbekistan (hybrid event)

A workshop on the assessments and benefits sharing in the context of the Water-Food-Energy-Climate NEXUS in Shakhimardan river basin will be held on March 09, 2022 in Ferghana city. The event is organised by the International Water Management Institute Office for Central Asia (One CGIAR), ‘UZBEKGIDROENERGO’ JSC, and ‘TIIAME’ NRU under  the Hydro4U project in order to discuss with local stakeholders about the importance of understanding the nexus between Water-Energy-Food and Climate with regard to the installation of Small Hydro Power (SHP).

Hydro4U partners will contribute to the workshop with the followig topcis:

Hydro4U project coordinator TUM will be contributing to the Welcome speech.

IWMI will present different approaches to assess and analyse the water-food energy-ecosystems nexus and the experience from their application as well as findings and lessons learned from river basin nexus assessments.

TIIAME NRU will do a presentation on the assessment of the anthropogenic impact of the Shakhimardansoy River on ecosystems within WEFE NEXUS.

Hydro4U project partner hydrosolutions Ltd will present an innovative, fact-based WEF Nexus monitoring system for small hydropower.

The wokshop will also give the opportunity to discuss with local stakeholders about different topics related to the nexus between Water-Energy-Food and Climate with regard to the installation of Small Hydro Power (SHP).

3-4 March 2022, Salzburg, Austria

European meeting point of the hydropower industry

The industry experts meet at the hub between Eastern and Western Europe. The fair shows what contribution hydropower makes to a safe, sustainable, affordable and climate-neutral energy supply. In 2022, Europe’s meeting point for hydropower will again offer a unique platform for knowledge transfer, exchange of experience and new contacts.

Hydro4U project coodinator Technical University of Munich (TUM) will present the project at the event.

Further information: https://www.renexpo-interhydro.eu

23-25 February 2022, online

Within the framework of the ‘Green Central Asia’ Initiative, the Kazakh-German University is organising the international conference – “The Silk Road of Knowledge: Science Meets Green Policy”. The conference will contribute to the exchange of existing scientific knowledge in Central Asia, thus supporting the development of policy proposals for decision makers in the region.

Objective of the conference: the conference aims at providing innovative solutions for the five Central Asian economies (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan).

A high level session will be attended by the ministries of Germany and Central Asia.

The thematic sessions will be covering: climate security; disaster risk reduction and adaptation; water resources and water security in Central Asia; satellite data and digitalisation for optimising water distribution in the Aral Sea Basin; small scale renewable energy generation; sustainable soil management in steppe ecosystems; water, sanitation and gender; resource-saving production logistics.

Policy briefs will be presented during the thematic sessions.

Scientists are invited to submit working papers for each thematic sessions via the registration form.

Targeted audience: policymakers, sectoral experts from governmental institutions and ministries, environmental scientists interested in scientific exchange, representatives of private sector, business sector, young scientists.

Language of the conference: English, Russian.

Registration is open until 20 February 2022. Please click here to register.

Further information:

Conference website: http://conference.academic-waters.org/

Event information by Green Central Asia:

EN: http://greencentralasia.org/en/posts/1603259067/1028

RU: http://greencentralasia.org/en/posts/1603259067/1027