OWN at British Hydrological Society Annual Meeting
This year the British Hydrological Society National Symposium welcomed more than 200 hydrologists at Oxford. The two-day event showcased research and practice across the hydrological community and included presentations, workshops, discussions, a field visit to the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme, and a conference dinner at Christ Church College.
OWN members, Professor Louise Slater and Linda Speight partaking in the workshop.
OWN members actively participated in the event showcasing broad expertise on various aspects of hydrology to colleagues from the UK and beyond.
Professor Simon Dadson, OWN Leadership Team member and a BHS Scientific Committee member, welcomed participants with an opening address. Sessions and workshops were running in parallel attracting a lot of interest. A "Science into practice" flood hydrology workshop attracted academics, practitioners and other industry partners from the hydrological community to share their understanding of the challenges and solutions for improving the way science is translated into practice between different sectors.
Professor Robert Hilton
OWN members also delivered insightful presentations in several sessions ranging from "Ecohydrology, water quality and biogeochemistry" to "Modelling and data for hydrological extremes". Solomon Gebrechorkos had a presentation on observed changes in global droughts and future floods, Tom Willis evaluated the hydrological impacts from targeted woodland planting from a multi-benefit perspective, and Professor Robert Hilton spoke about leaks of old CO2 from river surfaces across an Andes to Amazon floodplain transect.
Abdalla Mohammed, a recent WSPM graduate, delivering his presentation.
It was great to see the involvement of not only the experienced researchers from OWN community but also recent Water Science, Policy and Management course graduates.
The poster sessions sparked insightful discussions and witnessed an impressive presence of OWN members.
BHS Symposium also attracted new members to OWN increasing its interdisciplinarity and welcoming researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences and Physics.
