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24th IAHR Asia and Pacific Division Congress. 14-17 October 2024 | Wuhan, China
25th IAHR Asia and Pacific Division Congress. 2026 | Incheon, Korea | LOC-Chair: Sung-Uk Choi
The main objectives of the Division shall be:
to promote the science of hydraulics and its application in all relevant fields in the region;
to promote professional competence of individuals in the region engaged in the development and application of the sciences to the hydrosphere;
to contribute to the solution of regional problems in the field of hydraulics;
to provide a forum of exchange of information among researchers and practitioners in the regional community.
The Division's activities mainly include:
organizational development of the Division's areas of endeavour;
conduct of regional congresses and conferences;
publication of monographs, proceedings of congresses, papers in the Journal of Hydraulic Research;
cooperation and co-ordination with other divisions and sections;
provision of a regional clearing house for information related to all aspects of hydraulics and their practical application.
IAHR Hydro-Environment Asia and Pacific Division Heritage Award
The IAHR Regional Hydro-Environment Heritage Award is conferred by IAHR during one or more of the Asia and Pacific Division Congresses on a local infrastructure of lasting and international importance. It has the purpose of giving international professional recognition to the work of local hydro-environment engineers, and should demonstrably have stood the test of time (and be at least one hundred years old) and be accepted and valued nationally... » More
Distinguished
IAHR-APD Membership Award
AHR members of outstanding merit to the region may be awarded Distinguished IAHR APD Member of the Division by the Division executive committee. Not more than two Distinguished IAHR APD Members may be elected at each biennial business meeting of the committee... » More
APD Best Paper Award
The APD Best Paper Award was established by the IAHR Council in its meeting in Moscow of 3rd September 1983, to encourage presentation of results on hydraulic and water resources research at IAHR-APD biennial congresses. To this end biennially two awards can be credited by IAHR-APD to the authors of the two papers judged the most outstanding papers presented at the APD congress... » More