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Four questions selected for next ICOLD Congress in Vienna
The Congress will take place in Vienna 1-8 July 2018
(Paris, June 14th)
ICOLD General Assembly, during the 84th Annual meeting in Johannesburg, has voted to choose the four questions on which scientists and engineers from all over the world will work and communicate in Vienna.
This will be the 26th Congress of ICOLD. Those Congresses take place every three years and attract the best dam specialists. The attendance for those Congresses is between 1200 and 2000 people.
The deadlines for submitting a paper or a communication is 8 November 2017.
According to ICOLD Constitution and By-Laws, papers can be only submitted through one of the ICOLD National Committees.
Find here (pdf file) the exact wording of the Questions, as adopted by the General Assembly and a general presentation of ICOLD.
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