International Seminar on Hydropower Plants 2026
18–20 November 2026 - Vienna, Austria
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am to 9:30am |
REGISTRATION |
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| 9:30am to 12:00pm |
OPENING: Opening session Location: Theatre auditorium Opening Panel "Shaping vision for sustainable hydropower" Panelists.
This panel discussion will try to follow the title and shape visions for the future. Sustainability of Hydropower solutions are mandatory for any kind of future role. Social acceptance and societal readiness to support these visions and missions are a key point for implementation. Plennary speakers cover a wide range of different stakeholders in this process and will bring their view into this discussion. |
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| 12:00pm to 1:30pm |
LUNCH-1 |
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| 1:30pm to 3:00pm |
PANEL 1.1: Special Session on Social Aspects in Hydropower Location: Theatre auditorium Within this session a new aspect in hydropower research projects will be discussed, namely the social and societal needs. Projects having dedicated work packages on this topic will present their implementation, handling and results. Selected project contributing to this panel are: Social awareness projects: New Solutions for Hydropower Plants to Enhance Operational Range, Performance and Improve Environmental Impact - SHERPA Represented by : tbc Represented by : tbc Societal readiness pilots: Socially and Environmentally Harmonized Hydropower Operations - SE-Hydro Represented by : tbc Hydropower for Participatory Upscaling of Local Solutions and Ecosystem-based Strategies - HYDROPULSE Represented by : tbc Transforming Hydropower: Integrating Flexibility, Ecosystem Health, and Societal Needs - TIES Represented by : tbc |
SESSION 1.2: STEELWATER CONSTRUCTION Location: Marshall room More Hydro - Less Freeboard ? TU Dresden, Germany Using Rubber Dams to Increase Water Capacity in Existing Structures Floecksmühle Energietechnik GmbH, Germany Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Based Assessment of the Hydraulic Performance of an Ogee Spillway Nippon Koei Energy, Thailand Optimization of an Intake/Outlet Structure Graz University of Technology, Austria |
SESSION 1.3: ASSET MONITORING Location: Franz Josef room Advanced FBG-Based Monitoring for Structural Health Assessment in Pumped-Storage Hydropower Tunnels 1: Hottinger Brüel&Kjaer, Austria; 2: Hottinger Brüel&Kjaer, Portugal; 3: TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG, Austria Electric Actuators are bringing Sustainability, Reliability and Safety to Hydropower Plants SCHIEBEL Antriebstechnik GmbH, Austria Video Advised Quality (VAQ) enabling novel Digitization Processes for Plant Operation and Maintenance TopLab - Toplak Laboratory e.U., Austria AI-Supported Unified Asset Structuring and Classification in Hydropower Axpo Power AG, Switzerland |
| 3:00pm to 3:30pm |
COFFEE-1 |
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| 3:30pm to 5:20pm |
PANEL 2.1: Special Session on Ongoing Horizon Europe Research Projects at the Moment Location: Theatre auditorium The aim of this special session is to showcase the latest results from ongoing Horizon Europe (HEU) projects. Following running projects will join us and present their outcomes: Hydropower For You - Sustainable Small-scale Hydropower in Central Asia - Hydro4U New Solutions for Hydropower Plants to Enhance Operational Range, Performance and Improve Environmental Impact - SHERPA Innovative Storage Technology and Operations in Hydropower - STOR-HY Demonstration of Sustainable Hydropower Refurbishment - REHydro Novel Long-term Electricity Storage Technologies for Flexible Hydropower - Store2Hydro |
SESSION 2.2: SMALL HYDRO Location: Marshall room Base-load energy from hydrokinetic river turbines ARECOR Energy Canada Inc., Canada The efficiency of the small hydropower plants in comparison to other renewable energy projects in Ukraine UKRHYDROPROJECT PJSC, Ukraine From Research to Implementation: Integration of a Shaft Hydropower Plant into an Existing Irrigation Weir at At-Bashy, Kyrgyz Republic Technical University of Munich, Germany PAT CFD-based shape optimisation Czech Technical University of Prague, Czech Republic (Czechia) Tidal Range Generation, an alternative 0-D model. Lancaster University, United Kingdom |
SESSION 2.3: INTERNATIONAL CASES Location: Franz Josef room Hybrid Hydropower-Floating Solar Systems for Tropical Reservoirs: A Multi-Criteria Assessment of the Seven Forks - Kamburu Reservoir, Kenya KENGEN PLC, Kenya Harnessing Digital Twin Technology to Advance Hydropower in Africa KenGen, Kenya AI-Based Predictive Management in Hybrid Hydro-PV Virtual Power Plants to Enhance Urban Grid Resilience: A Structured Review Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Turkey (Türkiye) Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Hydropower Development in Kenya: Lessons from the Seven Forks Hydropower Cascade Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, Kenya Turbine Modernisation at Roxburgh, New Zealand: Efficiency, Reliability, and Extended Service Life Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co.KG, Germany |
| 5:20pm to 6:30pm |
TRANSFER-1 |
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| 6:30pm to 11:30pm |
EVENING-1 |
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