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by Yasmine Wiersema (yasmine@ygenwys.com)

Invitation and programme

(07 September 2026)

Plenary talks

Prof. dr. Michelle van Vliet (Utrecht University)

Water scarcity under changing climate and extremes: Complex interplay of water quality, availability, and sectoral water use

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Schüttrumpf (RWTH Aachen University)

The role of large dams to mitigate droughts

Deborah Dotta Correa (IHE Delft / Wageningen University)

Reflecting together on sustainable and balanced water availability in the Meuse Basin (interactive session: presentation + Mentimeter)

Parallel programme A: Water quantity and transport

Floods

Benjamin Dewals (Université de Liège)

Stijn Rombauts (Vlaamse Mi-lieumaatschappij)

Moelingen/Mouland and the Berwijn/Berwinne after 3 floods in 6 years: surrender of resilience?

High and low flows

Bernhard Becker (Deltares)

Anaïs Couasnon (Deltares)

Using SEAS5 synthetic time series to improve extreme discharge quantification - Perspective and Challenges from the Flood Wisdom project

Alexander Van Braeckel, Hanne Van Gompel & Merlijn Jocque (INBO)

Drivers in vegetation management and flood control: the crossborder Meuse case in the Flood Wisdom project

You Wu (RWTH Aachen University)

A Regional Analysis of Hydrological Drought Under Human and Natural Impacts: A Case Study of the Rur Catchment

Hajar el Khalfi (Université de
Lorraine LOTERR - Centre de
recherche en Géographie)

Towards semi-distributed modelling for low-flow simulation: comparing four hydrological models in the French Meuse catchment

Climate change

Laurène Bouaziz (Deltares)

Christelle Dère (Service Public de Wallonie, Mobilité et Infrastructures)

Climate change impacts on Walloon waterways: a prospective study for the management of low flow periods

Environment and fish migration

Sébastien Erpicum (Université Liège)

Sam Maijvis and Tom O'Mahoney (Deltares)

Fish Friendly Weir Operation in the Dutch Meuse

Parallel programme B: Getting grip on organic micropollutants in the Meuse Basin

Water quality modelling

Roel Kwanten

Aline Grard (University of Liège - PeGIRE (Aquapôle)

Modelling of micropollutants in rivers at the watershed scale to assess the quality of water and sediments

Ivo Freriks (Rijkswaterstaat)

Monitoring and modeling microplastics in Dutch rivers and possibilities of discharge permits

The detection of harmful substances in water

Marjolein Jacobs-van Eerd

Liesa Brosens (VITO)

From source to tap: tracing back the origins of 1,2,4-triazole in Belgian drinking water

Roel Kwanten (Rijkswaterstaat)

Successful search of propamocarb in the Meuse: international cooperation between Wallonia and the Netherlands

Using models to predict water quality

Merle Gerritsen

Joost van Dijk (Nelen-Schuurmans)

Predicting water quality using machine learning: introduction of an ML model for WFD monitoring

Melissa Palos Ladeiro (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne)

Modelling the microbiological and ecotoxicological dynamics of transboundary water bodies using active monitoring of sentinel species and mathematical models

The governance of water quality issues

Marjolein Jacobs-van Eerd

Charlotte Offringa (Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University)

Governing Agricultural Nutrient Pollution under the Water Framework Directive: Explaining Policy Instrument Choices Across Dutch Regions.

Annemiek Pas Schrijver (Wageningen University)

A forgotten river? The status quo in the transboundary Geer

Posters

Hanne Van Gompel, Merlijn Jocque and Alexander Van Braeckel (INBO)

Ecological impact of Low water Management in the Common Meuse