Hydrological Sciences

HS01 - Interactions Between Water and Ecosystem - Catchment Dynamics
*Prof. Jian-Ping Suen (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Dr. Ting Fong May Chui (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)

HS02 - Interactions with Water and Ecosystem - Riparian Zone Processes
*Prof. Kyungrock Paik (Korea University, Korea, South)
Prof. Gene Jiing-Yun You (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

HS03 - Challenges in Hydrologic Modeling
*Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Shie-Yui Liong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Dr. Ji Chen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University, China)

HS04 - Hydroinformatics
*Prof. Dawei Han (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
*Prof. Jeanne Jinhui Huang (Nankai University, China)

HS05 - Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology
*Prof. Dawei Han (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
*Dr. Ben Jarihani (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia)
Prof. Jeanne Jinhui Huang (Nankai University, China)

HS06 - Cascade Reservoir Operations and Its Impact on Hydrology and Ecology
*Mr. Xiaohui Lei (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China)
Dr. Mingna Wang (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China)
Dr. Shailesh Singh (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)

HS07 - Hydrometeorology
*Prof. C.G. Cui (China Meteorological Administration, China)
Dr. Tao Peng (China Meteorological Administration, China)

HS08 - Hydrology in a Changing World: Challenges in Modeling
*Dr. Shailesh Singh (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)
Dr. C. T. Dhanya (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
Dr. Rajib Maity (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
Dr. Markus Pahlow (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Dr. Mingna Wang (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China)

HS09 - Water Resources Planning, Management and Decision-making Under Hydrological Uncertainty
*Dr. Yung-Chia Hsu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
*Prof. Gene Jiing-Yun You (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dr. Yi-Ming Kuo (China University of Geosciences, China)
Prof. Shien-Tsung Chen (Feng Chia University, Taiwan)

HS10 - Near Surface Investigation and Modeling for Groundwater Resources Assessment
*Prof. Wenfu Chen (Chia Nan University, Taiwan)
Dr. Jui-Pin Tsai (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Prof. Liang Chang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Prof. Chuen-Fa Ni (National Central University, Taiwan)
Dr. Ping-Yu Chang (National Central University, Taiwan)

HS11 - Dealing with Hydrological Extremes: Theory, Simulation, and Practice
*Prof. Ke-Sheng Cheng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Hidetaka Chikamori (Okayama University, Japan)
Prof. Kwan Tun Lee (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)
Prof. Yasuto Tachikawa (Kyoto University, Japan)

HS12 - Risk Assessment Related to Hydrological, Climatic, and Environmental Changes
*Prof. Tsang-Jung Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Hwa-Lung Yu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Howard H-C Ho (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

HS13 - Urban Water-related Problems
*Prof. Akira Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Prof. So Kazama (Tohoku University, Japan)
Prof. Kei Nakagawa (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Dr. Kenichiro Kobayashi (Kobe University, Japan)
Dr. Naoko Nakagawa (Rikkyo University, Japan)

HS14 - Water Cycle Observational and Satellite Remote Sensing Data Products and Their Applications
*Dr. Marouane Temimi (Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates)
Prof. Jun Wen (Chengdu University of Information Technology, China)
Prof. Chenghai Wang (Lanzhou University, China)
Dr. Xiwu Zhan (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)

HS15 - Hydrologic Extremes in a Changing Climate
*Dr. Rajib Maity (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
Dr. C. T. Dhanya (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
Prof. Harald Kunstmann (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/IMK-IFU), Germany)
Dr. Shailesh Singh (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)
Prof. Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen (Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen, Germany)

HS16 - Water-related Hazards and Their Forecasting and Warning
*Prof. Gwo-Fong Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dr. Jui-Yi Ho (National Applied Research Laboratories, Taiwan)

HS17 - Ecohydrological Processes and Modelling in a Changing Environment
*Prof. Huimin Lei (Tsinghua University, China)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr. Ji Chen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University, China)
Dr. Quan Zhang (Wuhan University, China)

HS18 - Individual and Compound Extremes in Hydrology: Observations and Models
*Dr. Zengchao Hao (Beijing Normal University, China)
Prof. Vijay Singh (Texas A&M University, United States)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)

HS20 - Hydrologic Prediction in Data-scarce Situations
*Dr. Basudev Biswal (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India)
Dr. Guangyao Gao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Prof. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University, China)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)

HS21 - Monthly to Seasonal Projection of Extreme Climatic/hydrological Events
*Dr. Ji Chen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Hung Soo Kim (Inha University, Korea, South)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)

HS22 - Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation on Water-related Disaster and Water Resources in Asia and the Pacific
*Prof. Eiichi Nakakita (Kyoto University, Japan)
Prof. Deg-Hyo Bae (Sejong University, Korea, South)
Prof. Ching-Pin Tung (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Prof. Yasuto Tachikawa (Kyoto University, Japan)
Dr. Izuru Takayabu (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan)

HS23 - Hydrological Processes in Agricultural Lands
*Dr. Jun Niu (China Agricultural University, China)
Prof. Yiping Wu (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
Dr. Ji Chen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)

HS24 - The Third Pole Environment - Hydrometeorological Processes and Human Dimension
*Dr. Petrus (Peter) van Oevelen (GEWEX, United States)
Prof. Yaoming Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Likun Ai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Dr. Xin Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

HS25 - Hydrologic Prediction and Measures Considering Extreme Climate Conditions
*Prof. Kun-Yeun Han (Kyungpook National University, Korea, South)
Prof. Jun-Haeng Heo (Yonsei University, Korea, South)
Prof. Jaeeung Yi (Ajou University, Korea, South)
Prof. Yeonsang Hwang (Arkansas State University, United States)

HS26 - Global Cryosphere and Its Challenges
*Dr. Yong Zhang (Hunan University of Science and Technology, China)
Dr. Hiroyuki Enomoto (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan)
Prof. Shiyin Liu (Yunnan University, China)
Dr. Jing Ming (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany)

HS27 - Extreme Erosion Processes, Hydrological Drivers and Connectivity
*Prof. Roy Sidle (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia)
Dr. Ben Jarihani (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia)
Prof. David Higgitt (Beijing Jiaotong University (Lancaster University College), China)
Dr. Marco Cavalli (National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI), Italy)
Dr. Stefano Crema (National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI), Italy)

HS28 - Impacts of Climate Change on Floods, Droughts, and Water Availability in Asian Countries
*Prof. Yongqin David Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Dr. Jianfeng Li (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Thian Yew Gan (Research Ambassador, Canada)
Prof. Qiang Zhang (Beijing Normal University, China)

HS30 - Ecohydrological Responses to Environmental Changes and Efficient Water Resources Management in Dryland Regions
*Prof. Ke Zhang (Hohai University, China)
Dr. Jingfeng Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
Prof. Weijiang Zhang (Ningxia University, China)

HS31 - At the Edge of Hydrology: Natural- and Human-induced Changes in Fluxes Across the Land-ocean and Land-atmosphere Interfaces with Impacts on Global and Regional Water Cycle
*Prof. Min-Hui Lo (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dr. John Reager (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States)
Prof. Wenhong Li (Duke Univ, United States)
Prof. Hyungjun Kim (U-Tokyo, Japan)

HS32 - Hydrometeorological Analysis of Natural Hazards
*Prof. Hung Soo Kim (Inha University, Korea, South)
Dr. Ji Chen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
Prof. Bellie Sivakumar (University of New South Wales, Australia)

HS33 - Modeling and Analysis of Hydrologic Processes in the Context of Climate Change
*Prof. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen (McGill University, Canada)
Dr. Shie-Yui Liong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Prof. Laxmi Sushama (McGill University, Canada)
Prof. Zhiming Qi (McGill University, Canada)

HS34 - Monitoring and Modelling SPAC Hydraulic Gradient to Improve Estimation of Plant Transpiration and Water Stress
*Dr. Huade Guan (Flinders University, Australia)
Dr. Hailong Wang (The University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Dr. Hugo Gutierrez (The University of Texas at El Paso, United States)