I’m delighted to announce that Professor Zsófia Kugler from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, will be hosting the 2025 Global Flood Partnership (GFP) Annual Meeting, September 15 to 17th, 2025.
 

GFP Annual Meeting: "The Future of Flood Resilience: Transdisciplinary Innovations in Science, Policy, and Practice"

Registration

You can register here for the annual meeting till June 15th.

Meeting Venue

Budapest is located in the heart of Central Europe and can be reached from the Liszt Ference International Airport (bud.hu) with direct connections to most European cities. It is a 3h train ride from Vienna (db.de) and is well connected with highways to major European cities. Be aware that parking fees apply around the university. The city has good public transport, you can check at (bkk.hu)

Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

H-1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3, Hungary

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

• Gretchen Kalonji, Sichuan University, China - Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction
• Tamás Krámer, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary: Flood attenuation revisited: The role of lowland tributaries and bank storage on the Hungarian Danube
• Zsófia Kugler, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary: Passive microwave radiometry for river gauge monitoring around the globe
• Paul Maisey, director of JBA Global Resilience, United Kingdom: Go with the flow: reflections on flood modelling for disaster risk finance
• Bruno Merz, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
• Raquel Rodriguez-Suquet, Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), France: Flood detection alert and mapping from space
• Nivedita Sairam, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany: Quantifying health and wellbeing impacts of flooding

Agenda in brief

Monday, September 15, 2025: 

Plenary session – keynote speaker, Poster session

Coffe break and lunch will be provided at the venue

Tuesday, September 16, 2025:

Morning: Field trip

Afternoon: Oral presentation, market place, break-out session workshops

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 ending around 3 PM:

Oral presentation, break-out session workshops and closing ceremony

A full agenda will be published soon

Conference language

English

Further details will be shared in the coming months.