Date:  21-25 July 2014

Venue: Manaus/Amazon/Brazil

Summary: This conference aims to provide a global forum for a wide-ranging discussion of key issues related to research on large rivers and to their effective and sustainable management, involving both scientists and decision makers. 

We strongly encourage scientists and practitioners to present their research results and experiences in the fields of 
     - Hydrology, hydraulics & water quality
     - Sediment transport & river morphology
     - Ecology & restoration
as well as in a special session about 
     - Amazonia (incl. ORE-HYBAM research) 

If your colleagues are interested in submitting a paper, too, please forward this e-mail to them. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Abstract submission is now open and we are looking very much forward to receiving your contribution: 
http://worldslargerivers.boku.ac.at/wlr/index.php/abstractsubmission.html 

Important dates:

11th April 2013: Call for abstracts
31st of July 2013: Deadline for abstract submission
January 2014: End of reviewing and notification to authors

URL:  http://worldslargerivers.boku.ac.at

Contacts: 

Naziano Filizola
Chair of Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Helmut Habersack
Chair of International Scientific Committee (ISC)
worldslargerivers@boku.ac.at