Friday, 13 October 2017, Liège (Belgium), Aquapôle (Campus de l'Université de Liège - Sart Tilman)
Organizing committee: Bernhard Becker (Deltares), Benjamin Dewals (Université de Liège)
Programme
Introductory talk
Jos Brils and Benjamin Dewals: Towards the inclusion of supersites from the Rhine/Meuse-North Sea system in DANUBIUS-RI
Morning session 1: Hydrological modelling of the Meuse basin (1), chaired by Guillaume Thirel (irstea)
Lieke Melsen (Wageningen UR): What's the role of the modeller in hydrologic modelling?
Laurène Bouaziz (TU Delft) and Jaap Schellekens (VanderSat/Deltares): The use of Satellite derived soil moisture for hydrological modelling in the Meuse basin
Edouard Goudenhoofdt (Institut royal météorologique de Belgique): Rainfall estimation, nowcasting and warnings for the Meuse basin
Morning session 2: Hydrological modelling of the Meuse basin (2), chaired by Remko Uijlenhoet (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
Niels van den Brink (TU Twente): Comparison of extreme hydrological events
Guillaume Thirel (IRStea): The CHIMERE21 project: a multi-hydrological model climate change impact assessment on the French Meuse
Jan De Niel (KU Leuven), Laurène Bouaziz (TU Delft), Lieke Melsen (Wageningen UR): Plans for follow-up on the joint modelling exercise of hydrological modelling (plenary discussion)
Afternoon session 1: Water management and developments in the Meuse basin, chaired by Bernhard Becker (Deltares) and Jiri Nossent (Flanders Hydraulics Research)
Niels van Steenbergen (De Vlaamse Waterweg): Low water on the Albert Canal: You’ve got to pump it up!
Christof Homann (Wasserverband Eifel-Rur): Modeling, operation and management of Reservoirs in the Rur catchment during low flow
Martin Bruwier (Université de Liège): Future flood risk in the Walloon region under various urbanization scenarios
Afternoon session 2: Real-time control and hydrological processes, chaired by Patrick Willems (KU Leuven)
Jorn Baayen (Deltares): On the nonlinear optimization of water systems
Evert Vermuyten and Vincent Wolfs (KU Leuven): Model Predictive Control – example from the river Demer basin
Mohamad Rammal (Université de Liège): Comparison between tracer and non-tracer techniques of subflow separation
