The Congress will also provide the opportunity for companies and organizations to exhibit their products and

services. Dedicated rooms will be provided for special sponsored events or round-tables. The Municipality of Rome is kindly hosting one of the social events in a prestigious historical building. Post-congress tours will offer participants the chance to experience a mixture of hydrogeology, art, and italian food in fantastic scenarios such as Ischia and Sorrento, Tuscany, the Venice lagoon, Alps and others.

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LANGUAGE KEY DATES

ORGANIZING CoMMITTEE

The ofcial language of the Congress is English.

The Organizing Committee of AQUA2015 comprises the members of the IAH Italian National Chapter (www.iahitaly.it) and groundwater scientists representative of scientic institutions located in Rome. Marco Petitta, Congress Chair Alessandro Gargini, Congress Co-Chair Daniela Ducci, Scientic & Logistic Secretariat Fulvio Celico, Scientic Programme Chair Paolo Cerutti, Sponsors & Exhibitors Desk Vincenzo Piscopo, Field Trips & Pre-Congress Courses Manager Giovanni Barrocu Antonio Dematteis Paolo Fabbri Maria Dolores Fidelibus Francesco La Vigna Marco Masetti Roberto Mazza Maurizio Polemio Elisabetta Preziosi Viviana Re Giuseppe Sappa Andrea Sottani

2nd circular: September 2014 Call for abstracs: October 2014 Deadline for abstract submission: March 2015 Acceptance of abstract: May 2015 Deadline for early-bird registration: June 2015 3rd circular: August 2015 Congress Opening: September 13th 2015

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REGIstrAtIoN FEE

Registration fees are to be dened and will include all coffee breaks and lunches, the ice-breaker event on September 13th, a special social evening event, the mid-week technical eld trip and the Congress kit.

GrANts

The Organizing Committee intends to offer grants, subsidised by sponsors, to participants from developing countries.

with the high patronage of

ProCEEdINGs

Accepted abstracts will be published as a Congress Volume on digital support.

PATRoNAGES

CONTAcTS

EFG (European Federation of Geologists), IRSA-CNR (Water Research Institute - National Research Council), SGI (Italian Geological Society), AIGA (Applied Geology Italian Association), CNG (National Council of Geologists), Tiber River Basin Authority, National Academy of Sciences CoNGRESS MANAGEMENT

President of the Italian Republic

Minister of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea

AQUA2015, Rome
www.iah2015.org organizing@iah2015.org (secretariat & logistics) scientic@iah2015.org (scientic programme) sponsors@iah2015.org (sponsors & exhibitors)

ROME, ITALY SEPTEMBEr 13th-18th, 2015 ANGELiCUM CONGrEss CENTrE

FIRST CIRcULAR

Via Lucilio 60 - 00136 Rome Italy www.triumphgroupinternational.com

www.iah2015.org

MAIN THEmES OF AQUA2015

1. Groundwater, food and health 2. Sustainable use of groundwater resources 3. Urban and contaminant hydrogeology 4. Ground / Surface Water: an integrated view 5. From recharge to discharge 6. Groundwater management in coastal areas 7. New tools and new frontiers

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ScIENTIFIc COmmITTEE
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HYDROGEOLOGY: BACK TO ThE FUTURE!

The Italian National Chapter of the IAH (International Association of Hydrogeologists), in scientic partnership with FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientic and Cultural Organization), is honoured to host the 42nd IAH Annual Congress AQUA2015, in Rome, Italy, from 13th to 18th September 2015. The Italian hydrogeological community extends a warm invitation to all who are involved in groundwater as scientists, professionals, students, ofcials, government administrators and policy makers, to participate and exchange knowledge, experiences and ideas on a variety of issues and themes related to groundwater. Since AQUA2015 will be held in Rome, the Eternal City, the main spirit of the Congress is the link between the past and the future of hydrogeology, taking into account both the 2000-year history of water resource evaluation and supply, which started in Imperial Rome, and the need to consider and cope with future challenges related to groundwater resources. This spirit is summarized in the AQUA2015 theme of Back to the Future, conjugating previous experience with future tools and needs, with a special focus on the global problem of groundwater use for food, in order to ensure a sustainable development for future generations. The Early Career Hydrogeologists Network (ECHN) of IAH supports AQUA2015 in order to symbolize the bridge with the future of hydrogeology.

Ramon Aravena, Univ. of Waterloo, ON, Canada Alice Aureli, UNESCO-IHP, Paris, France Jim Barker, Univ. of Waterloo, ON, Canada Jesus Carrera, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Jos Martins Carvalho, ISEP, Porto, Portugal Antonio Chambel, Univ. of Evora, Portugal John Cherry, Univ. of Guelph, ON, Canada Ghislain De Marsily, Univ. Paris 6, Paris, France Everton de Oliveira, Hydroplan, So Paulo, Brazil John Doherty, Watermark Numerical Computing, Brisbane, Australia Aldo Fiori, Univ. Roma Tre, Italy Istvn Frizs, Inst. Geological Geochemical Research, Hungary Giuseppe Gambolati, Univ. of Padua, Italy Nico Goldscheider, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Johannes Grath, Chair of CIS Working Group-C Groundwater, EU Peter Grathwohl, Univ. of Tbingen Germany Mary C. Hill, U.S. Geological Survey - Boulder (CO), USA Daniel Hunkeler, Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland Piotr Maloszewski, Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen, Germany Bruce Misstear, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Jacques Mudry, Univ. of Franche-Comt, Besanon, France Beth Parker, Univ. of Guelph, ON, Canada Henning Prommer, CSIRO, Perth, Australia Nataa Ravbar, Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia Hans Richnow, UFZ Leipzig, Germany Dave Rudolph, Univ. of Waterloo, ON, Canada John M. Sharp, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA Marios A. Sophocleous, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Zoran Stevanovic, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia Norio Tase, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan John Tellam, Univ. of Birmingham, UK George Teutsch, UFZ Leipzig, Germany Philippe Van Cappellen, Univ. of Waterloo, ON, Canada Gerrit JJ Van Tonder, Univ. of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Chunmiao Zheng, Univ. of Peking, China

ANgElICUM CONgrEss CENTrE

The Congress will be held in the heart of the historical centre of Rome, at the Angelicum Congress Centre, a few minute walk from the Colosseum, the Imperial Forum, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Trajans Column, the Quirinale Presidential Palace and the main railway station. Rome is a spectacular city, full of historical monuments, churches, museums and other sights from the many different periods of its 2500-year history. Most of these are located in the historical centre and the IAH Congress will offer a wonderful opportunity to visit them. Moreover, there are many contemporary art galleries, public and private libraries, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, pizzerias and typical trattorie. The centre is also known worldwide as a fantastic shopping area hosting celebrated brands of fashion and luxury items. The Angelicum Congress Centre is a historical complex dating back to the 16th century and includes a main hall with seating for up to one thousand people, and several halls for the parallel sessions with capacities ranging from 55 to 135 seats. For the rst time at an IAH Congress a dedicate hall will host an E-Poster session: many screens will display posters in electronic format enabling authors to present them and participants to visualize them interactively.

COnGReSS AcTIvITIeS
The programme of the Congress includes: - pre-congress short courses - plenary sessions with key note lectures - parallel technical sessions - E-Poster sessions - mid-week technical eld trips - IAH General Assembly - IAH Commission and Network meetings - social and cultural events - post-congress tours