Program

Monday, 10 Aug. 2026

9.00 – 10.00

Registration

10.00 – 10.30

Opening ceremony

10.30 – 10.45

Technical details

10.45 – 11.45

Plenary lectures: 1. 70 years of IAD activities; 2. IAD – the way forward

11.45 – 12.00

Coffee break

12.00 – 13.00

Discussion about the Insula Magna – Comprehensive Water Management and Sustainable Development Program

István Zsuffa; Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Budapest (Hungary): Revitalisation of the main channel bed: the final step of ecological revitalisation of the Szigetköz area

Vladimír Kováč; AQ-BIOS, s.r.o, Bratislava (Slovakia): A bitter-sweet story of the Old Main Channel of the Danube

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 – 15.30

Session 1 (6 presentations)

Session 2 (6 presentations)

15.30 – 15.45

Coffee break

15.45 – 16.45

Session 3 (4 presentations)

Session 4 (4 presentations)

16.45 – 18.00

Poster session 1

18.00 – 20.00

IAD Board meeting

Tuesday, 11 Aug. 2026

9.00 – 11.00

Abonyi, András; HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Budapest (Hungary) Plankton diversity responses to natural and anthropogenic impacts in large rivers and oxbow lakes and their effects on ecosystem functioning

Erős, Tibor; HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany (Hungary) Conservation and restoration planning for freshwater biodiversity in the Danube basin within and beyond protected areas.

Kajnet, Péter; WWF Hungary, Budapest Nature based solutions for climate adaptation in the Tisza River Plain – 4. vagy 5. Szekció

Honti, Márk; HUN-REN-BME Water Research Group, Budapest (Hungary): New Challenges of River and Landscape Management in the Middle Danube Basin

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00

Session 5 (6 presentations)

Session 6 (6 presentations)

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 – 15.30

Session 7 (6 presentations)

Session 8 (6 presentations)

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00

Poster session 2

17.00 – 18.30

IAD General Assembly

19.00

Conference dinner – IAD 70th anniversary

Wednesday, 12 Aug. 2026

10.00

Field trip to Duna – Drava National Park
Departure from Beszédes József dormitory

Thursday, 13 Aug. 2026

9.00 – 9.15

Brief presentation of the 3 Horizon projects (DANSER, SWIM, SOS2 Learn)

9.15 – 11.15

DANSER wks

11.15 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30- 13.30

DANSER wks

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch break

14.30 – 16.30

SWIM session

16.30 – 16.45

Coffee break

16.45 – 18.00

SOS2Learn session

18.00 – 18.30

Conference closure

Further details will be available soon!