Intermittency in Headwater Streams – Challenges and Opportunities from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Streams play a vital role in the global hydrological and biogeochemical cycle. However, chronic global change is expected to impact their streamflow and the consequences for ecosystem health remain uncertain. Especially headwater streams experience streamflow intermittency and this intermittency is predicted to occur more frequently in the future. There is a clear need to study hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological processes within headwater streams to better anticipate the future consequences of reduced streamflow on these sensitive systems. We seek to develop an interdisciplinary perspective from stream biogeochemistry and ecology, hillslope hydrology, and hydrology of the groundwater-surface exchange, yet all related to stream intermittency in headwaters. The program will consist of an icebreaker event on June 4, presentations on June 5, and a workshop on June 6, 2024. During the workshop sessions, we will collaborate in working groups to outline and synthesize future directions. We invite contributions for both poster and oral presentations on both experimental and modeling studies.
We particularly encourage submissions related to the following topics:

• Current advancements in monitoring flow intermittency
• Connections between water flow and biogeochemical and/or ecological processes
• Influence of catchment characteristics on flow intermittency
• Modeling and predicting flow intermittency

Please apply early, as this event has a maximum number of participants. The event may become oversubscribed (full) before the application deadline. Applications for oversubscribed seats will only be considered by the organization committee if more seats become available due to cancellations. Please be aware that submitting an application does not constitute registration for the event.

Applications are closed.

Keynote speaker: Dr Ilja van Meerveld (University of Zürich) and Prof Gianluca Botter (University of Padua)

Costs: 75 €, which includes the cost of the conference dinner (without drinks).

When: June 4 – June 6, 2024

Where: University of Bonn, Germany  (60 min by train from Düsseldorf airport or 80 min from Frankfurt airport).

Please be aware that the event venue is not wheelchair accessible. If you have inquiries about the venue's accessibility, feel free to contact the organizing committee.

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 30, 2024.

Please apply early, as this event has a maximum number of participants. The event may become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here.

Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

Organization committee: Drs Clarissa Glaser (University of Bonn), Sarah Godsey (Idaho State University), Emilio Grande (California State University East Bay), JP Gannon (Virginia Tech), and Julian Klaus (University of Bonn)

Contact: hydro24@uni-bonn.de

For a detailed program overview please download the provided PDF file.

Poster presentations

• a 250 cm (height) x 100 cm (width) board suitable for the portrait oriented A0 posters
• a sign indicating your poster number
• mounting material.

Oral presentations

Presentations are scheduled 12 minutes each, plus 3 minutes of discussion.

Conference Reception

Conference Dinner

We recommend to book your accomodation via the regional hotel reservation system: 

https://www.bonn-region.de/bonnhotels-en.html

We recommend hotels close to campus Poppelsdorf or the city center. If you have further questions please contact the chair.

Please contact the hotels directly well in advance.

Oral and poster presentations on June, 5 will take place at the University of Bonn in the "Alte Sternwarte" (Poppelsdorfer Allee 47, 53115 Bonn).

The workshop on the second conference day (June, 6) will take place at the "Alte Sternwarte" and the "Department of Geography" (Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115, Bonn).

Please find the map below.

Please be aware that the event venue is not wheelchair accessible. If you have inquiries about the venue's accessibility, feel free to contact the organizing committee.

More information on the conference venue can be found here:
https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/universitaet/presse-kommunikation/presseservice/archiv-pressemitteilungen/2018/230-2018
https://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/de

Are you already thinking about extending your stay?

Please check out the international website of the city of Bonn to see what else to explore.

Are you interested in the research of the Hydrology Working Group?

Please check out our website at the Institute for Geography at the University of Bonn.

The icebreaker event will take place at the "botanical gardens" in Bonn: Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn.  https://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/en?set_language=en

The conference dinner will take place at the "Gesindehaus": Clemens-August-Straße 59, 53115 Bonn. https://www.gesindehaus-bonn.de/

The conference venue for June, 5 (oral and poster presentations) is the "Alte Sternwarte" (University of Bonn): Poppelsdorfer Allee 47, 53115 Bonn

The workshop venues (June, 6) are the "Alte Sternwarte" and the "Department of Geography": Meckenheimer Allee 166, 53115, Bonn