We are pleased to announce that the 8th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-8) is back. The conference is organized by the MDPI journal Water (ISSN: 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.4) and will take place virtually on 14–16 Oct 2024, Central European Summer Time. The conference is free to participate in.

ECWS-8 invites researchers from academia, as well as water practitioners, to contribute original findings, novel ideas, scientific concepts and new technologies and experiences to deal with water resource management, policies and governance, with a special focus on sustainability, resilience, uncertainty, risk and adaptation, referencing the following topics:

1. Rivers, Dams and Reservoirs;
   2. Hydrodynamics, Hydraulic Transients, Hydropower and Pumped Storage in Water–Energy Nexus;
   3. Estuaries, Coasts and Ports;
   4. Urban Water, Treatment Technologies, Systems Efficiency and Smart Water Grids
   5. Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences;
   6. Water Resources Management, Floods and Risk Mitigation.

Important Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 17th June 2024
Abstract acceptance notification: 30th June 2024
Registration deadline: 11th October 2024

Guide for Authors
To submit your abstract, please click on the following link:
https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/938
To register for the event, please click on the following link:
https://ecws-8.sciforum.net/#registration
Note: We accept abstracts only for this conference. To publish a conference proceedings paper for free and submit a full manuscript to Water (ISSN: 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.4), please refer to the “Publication Opportunities” part in the “Instructions for Authors” section.

Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award
Number of Awards Available: 6
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winners will receive a certificate and CHF 200 each.

For any enquiries regarding the event, please contact: ecws@mdpi.com.

Conference Chair
Professor Helena M. Ramos
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Your ECWS-8 Organizing Team
https://ecws-8.sciforum.net/