Events

2026

EurCOLD symposium in Bydgoszcz (Poland), 21-25 September 2026 

32nd meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams and their Foundations and 7th meeting of the European Working Group on Overflow and Overtopping Erosion in Delft (the Netherlands), 22-26 June 2026

ICOLD 2026 annual meeting in Guadalajara (Mexico), 23-29 May 2026

2025

ICOLD 2025 annual meeting and congress in Chengdu (China), 16-23 May 2025

Dam World 2025 Conference in Lisbon (Portugal), 13-17 April 2025

2024

92nd ICOLD Annual Meeting in New Delhi (India), 18-24 October 2024, 

XXXII Mexican National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering in Mexico City (Mexico), 5-7 September 2024

XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE-2024) in Lisbon (Portugal), 26-30 August 2024

10-13 June 2024, Vienna (Austria) – INTERPRAEVENT 2024

27-29 March, Aix-enProvence (France) – Digues 2024 (French langage)

2023

5-8 September, Interlaken (Switzerland) – 12th ICOLD European Club Symposium

11-15 June, Gothenburg (Sweden) – ICOLD annual meeting

2022

27 May – 3 June, Marseille (France) – 27th ICOLD Congress

2021

September 12 to 17, 2021 – Sydney (Australia) – 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

21 June – 25 June 2021, Budapest (Hungary)  FLOODrisk2021 – https://floodrisk2020.net

21-25 June 2021, Lyon (France) –  IS Rivers http://www.graie.org/ISRivers/a_index.php

4-11 June 2021 – ICOLD 27th Congress in Marseille (France) – 89th Annual Meeting http://cigb-icold2021.fr/en/

2020

15-18 Nov. 2020 – 10th International Conference on Scour and Erosion

26 Sept. – 01 Oct. 2020 Annual Meeting of ICOLD in New Delhi (India) https://www.icold2020.org

31st August – 3rd September 2020 – FLOODrisk2020 4th European Conference on Flood Risk Management – Science and practice for an uncertain future – https://floodrisk2020.net

2019

Workshop of ISSMGE TC 201 on November 20th 2019 in Cancun Mexico, part of the PanAmerican conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering http://panamerican2019mexico.com/panamerican/

9-12 Oct 2019, Combined NZSOLD / ANCOLD technical workshop and conference in October in Auckland (New Zealand) with a theme of Resilient Dams for Resilient Communities. The NZSOLD management committee has agreed to broaden the sub-themes for this conference to include Levees. See: https://nzsoldancold2019.co.nz/speaker/

2-4 Oct 2019, European Club Symposium Crete, abstract deadline is 18/02/2019, The following topics refer to all dams – large and small, reservoirs, levees and flood defenses. Symposium themes: Topic A. Dam Safety and Risk Management. Social impact and awareness; Topic B. Dams to address Climate change issues; Topic C. European directives on dams and the water sector; Topic D. Managing ageing infrastructure; Topic E. Dam monitoring /surveillance and rehabilitation; Topic F. Advances in dam engineering. See the announcement on http://cnpgb.apambiente.pt/IcoldClub/index.htm

1-6 Sept 2019, The XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Reykjavik (Iceland). Includes a session on dikes and levees. Also includes a workshop of ISSMGE TC201 on September 1st.
http://www.ecsmge-2019.com

4.-5 September 2019. DWA-Levee-day  in Koblenz (Germany) on Rhine
NB: the language of the event is German

9-14 June 2019, ICOLD Annual Meeting 2019 Ottawa, abstract deadline is 15/9/2018, Conference Theme is “Safety and Environment for Global Benefit”. Website under construction http://icold-cigb2019.ca/

8-12 April 2019, USSD Annual Conference 2019, abstract deadline is 18 July 2018, wide range of conference themes includes levees. See: https://ussdams.wildapricot.org/event-2907349

20-21 March 2019: Third French national conference on flood protection systems and structures in Aix-en-Provence (France)
NB: the language of the conference is French

2018

5-8 November 2018: 9th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, in Taipei (Taiwan)

01-07 July 2018: ICOLD Congress in Vienna (Austria) 26th Congress – 86th Annual Meeting

06-08 June 2018: 3rd International Conference on Protection against Overtopping – Lake District National Park (UK)

30 Apr – 04 May 2018: USSD 2018 conference, in Miami (USA, FL): A Balancing Act: Dams, Levees and Ecosystems

2017

29-30 Nov. 2017: Colloque CFBR/SHF Hydraulique des barrages et des digues, in Chambéry (France)
NB: the language of the conference is French

03-07 Apr 2017:  USSD 2017 conference, in Anaheim (USA, CA)

2016

17th – 21st October 2016: FLOODrisk 2016 conference, in Lyon (France):