Keynote Lectures Mark Twain, the Mississippi, and modern river engineering G.E. Galloway, Dam safety in the USA and numerical dam-break modeling for decision support in critical infrastructure protection M.S. Altinakar, Exploiting surface turbulence metrics and secondary flows in straight river reaches and open channels E.A. Cowen, S.A. Schweitzer, V.R. Citerone, A.T. King, E.D. Johnson & R.O. Tinoco, Science to inform management for resilient river systems in a changing world , P. Goodwin & A.W. Tranmer, Fluvial dike overtopping: Experimental advances W.H. Hager, Messy rivers are healthy rivers: The role of physical complexity in sustaining ecosystem processes E. Wohl.
A. River flow and transport processesA1.Laboratory and eddy-resolving numerical investigations of fundamental physical processes and transport in open channels
A2. Field studies and numerical investigations of flow and transport in natural streams
A3. Innovative field and laboratory instrumentation for the study of flow in open channels
Special session: Experimental techniques used in fluvial hydraulics. Organizer: C. di Cristo, University of Lazio, Italy
Special session: Image-based measurements and video analysis. Organizer: Y. Ozeren, University of Mississippi, USA
Special Session: Estimation of uncertainty in hydrometric measurements and other flow measurements of environmental scale. Organizer: J. Gonzalez, South Florida Water Management District, USA
Special session: Environmental role of hydraulic interfaces. Organizers: A. Marion, University of Padua, Italy; F. Ballio, Politechnic University Milan, Italy; J. Aberle, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway & M. Zaramella, University of Padova, Italy
Special session: Buoyancy-driven flows. Organizers: C. Adduce, University of Rome Tre, Italy & M. Franca, EPFL, Switzerland
B. Sediment transport and river morphodynamics
B1. Mechanics of sediment transport
B2. Dynamics of bedforms and meandering streams
B3. Large-scale river morphology and morphodynamics
B4. Local scour around hydraulic structures
B5. Numerical aspects of sediment transport and hyper-concentrated/granular flows
Special session: Reservoir sustainability. Organizer: A. Cox, Saint Louis University, USA
Special session: Applications of hydro-acoustics to river morphodynamics. Organizers: D. Hanes, Saint Louis University, USA & S. Wright, USGS, USA
Special session: Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of river confluences. Organizer: B. Rhoads, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Special session: Dynamics of meander cutoffs. Organizer: K. Konsoer, Louisianan State University, USA
C. River Floods
C1. Numerical prediction of floods
C2. Channel-floodplain interactions driven by floods
C3. Geomorphic dam-break flows and breach formation
C4. Flood propagation and control
Special session: Flood science for flood prediction, mitigation, and resilience. Organizers: M. Muste, L. Weber & N. Young, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, USA
D. River management, ecology, and restoration
D1. Sustainable engineering solutions for management of natural streams
D2. River training and design of river restoration structures
D3.Ecological aspects of river flows
D4. Flow in vegetated channels
Special session: Large wood in fluvial ecosystems. Organizer: V. Ruiz-Villanueva, University of Bern, Switzerland
Special session: Fish passage. Organizer: M. Politano, University of Iowa, USA