Water resilience through digitalisation
Santa Maria, Cuba - Oct 20, 2025
Background
Climate change and hydrological variability
pose imminent challenges in water resources management, especially in
watersheds of developing countries. The integration of IoT-based monitoring
systems - using water level sensors in rivers and reservoirs, rainfall
measurement and water quality analysis - with advanced computational methods
and artificial intelligence algorithms, allows the development of robust
predictive models to anticipate hydroclimatic risks, droughts and other
critical phenomena. This workshop aims to present solutions and exchange
experiences in the development, implementation and analysis of data resulting
from the application of these technologies, facilitating the formulation of
comprehensive strategies for sustainable watershed management in correspondence
with SDG 6 Water.
General Objective
To foster interdisciplinary and
international research and innovation through digitisation for water management
applications, we aim to share recent developments and best practices in the use
of long-range IoT technologies, dataloggers, computational methods and
artificial intelligence models for the monitoring and prediction of
hydrological phenomena, optimizing the integrated management of water resources
in watersheds of developing countries. We also aim to build international
collaborations and to develop concept notes for joint application for research
and capacity development projects.
Themes
● Hydrological modelling and hydroclimatic
risks considering climate change.
● Design, construction and application of
dataloggers for hydraulic and environmental sensors.
● Computational methods and AI algorithms
for hydrological prediction.
● Digitalisation of data and data
management
The workshop is part of the event ESTRUCTURA 2025 of the International
Scientific Symposium CCI2025 and will consist of
abstract presentation sessions, training sessions and brainstorming sessions.
Scientific committee
Dr Lamberto Moisés Alvarez Gil (Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba)
Dr Ann van Griensven (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Dr Timothy Dube (UWC, South-Africa)
Dr Giovany Mauricio Mosquera Rojas
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Dr Erik Ortiz Guerra (Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba)
Dr Ann Nowé (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Dr Héctor Cruz Enríquez (Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba)
Dr Abdellah Touhafi (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Dr Rafael Bello (Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Cuba)
Dr Paul Muñoz (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Dr Koen Verbist (UNESCO, France)
Dr Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)