Name

Affiliation

Title

SESSION 1

Stephan Dietrich

International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (UNESCO), Germany

OUTLAST - A global multi-sectoral drought hazard monitoring and forecasting system.

Willem Maetens

VMM, Belgium

Flemish Drought Dashboard

Melkamu Meseret Alemu

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Spatiotemporal analysis of drought characteristics across multiple timescales in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

Erasto Benedict Mukama

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Evaluating the standardized and threshold based drought indices for historical drought detection in the Great Ruaha River Basin, Tanzania

Ashenafi Tadesse Marye

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

The drought paradox in the Mediterranean forests of Central Italy

Aamir Imran

University of Twente, Netherlands

The Flip Side of Extremes: Investigating dry and wet sequences in Pakistan using Koppen-Geiger Climate System

María José Merizalde

Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador

Analyzing the influence of spatial rainfall variability on drought-impacted reservoir outflow: A data-driven modelling approach in a tropical mountain environment.

Abedulla Elsaidy

Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Groundwater Drought in the Bruna River Catchment, Italy

SESSION II

Michel Craninx

VITO, Belgium

Assessing Runoff Reduction in Agricultural Fields Using a Simplified Spatial Water Balance Model: A Case Study in Belgium

Beatriz Revilla

USA

Water Challenges Currently: Scarcity and Protection as a Human Right

Michel Craninx

VITO, Belgium

Assessing Runoff Reduction in Agricultural Fields Using a Simplified Spatial Water Balance Model: A Case Study in Belgium

Laura Suarez Gutierrez

LSCE-IPSL, France

Worst-Case European Heat and Drought Storylines generated using Ensemble Boosting

Rahel Sintayehu

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Implementing Multi-Site Calibration and Reservoir Operations in SWAT+: Insight for Water Balance Management in the Water Scarce Region

Estifanos Addisu Yimer

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Attributing climate change impact on streamflow and groundwater volume decrease at regional scale using coupled surface – groundwater model

Maral Habibi

 Department of Geography and Regional Sciences, , Austria

Hydroclimatic Shifts and Environmental Challenges in the Urmia Lake Basin: An Integrated Assessment

Mikhail BOLGOV

Russia

Risks of managing Lake Baikal's water resources in conditions of prolonged low water (drought)

SESSION III

Beatriz Revilla

USA

Water Challenges Currently: Scarcity and Protection as a Human Right

Carlos Eduardo Quezada Lambertin

Universidad Católica Boliviana, Bolivia

Mapping resilience in High Andean wetlands: Integrating geospatial and community-based approaches in complex Social-Ecological Systems

Rodolfo Nobrega

University of Bristol, UK

The semi-arid Brazilian Caatinga as a Natural Laboratory for Socio-ecohydrological Research on Droughts

Mario Mendiondo

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

South American Ancestral Knowledge Helping to Cope With Unprecedented Floods and Droughts Under Change

Sam Vermeulen

University of Antwerp, Belgium

Adapt or Dry: Valuation of Climate Adaptation Measures for Drought Risk-Reduction

Lien De Trift

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Framework for mapping large-scale Nature-Based Solutions for drought mitigation: regional application in Flanders, Belgium

Alula Kebedew

HAEDES, Belgium

Digital twinning as support decision-making system for sustainable drought management

Giriraj Amarnath

International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka

Drought Action Catalyst: Advancing Integrated Drought Management for Resilient Futures

Miguel Moreno

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Groundwater-based solutions to mitigate drought impacts: Assessing Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Cretaceous Aquifer in Flanders, Belgium

Douglas Nyolie

Nature Conservancy (Kenya)

Tthe effectiveness of NbS interventions in mitigating drought risks within the Lower Kafue Catchment of Zambia using the SWAT+