General Programme Technical papers Keynotes Speakers

Preliminary Programme

Overview

Date Event
20 April 2015 One-Day Courses
Seminar Welcome Cocktail (LNEC Congress Centre)
21 April 2015 Opening Ceremony
Conference Sessions
22 April 2015 Conference Sessions
Closing Ceremony
Conference Banquet
23 April 2015 Technical Visit
24 April 2015 Technical Visit

20 April 2015 | One-Day Courses and Seminar

Congress Centre, LNEC, Lisbon

08h30 | 09h00 One-Course and Seminar Registration
09h30 | 17h00 Conference Registration
09h00 Course
Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams. Phenomenological and Experimental Standpoint
Course
Failure Assessment and
Emergency Preparedness of Dams
Seminar
Modelling of concrete dams
Analysis of structural and foundation behaviour and safety assessment
13h00 Lunch
14h00 Course
Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams. Phenomenological and Experimental Standpoint
Course
Failure Assessment and Emergency Preparedness of Dams
Seminar
Modelling of concrete dams
Analysis of structural and foundation behaviour and safety assessment
18h30 Happy Hour – Welcome Cocktail (LNEC Congress Centre)

21 April 2015 | Conference Sessions

Congress Centre, LNEC, Lisbon

08h30 Conference Registration
09h00 Opening Ceremony
09h30 Plenary Session
Satoru Ueda (World Bank, USA)
11h00 Coffee break
11h30 Parallel Session 1
Open Forum Discussion on Dam Safety
Parallel Session 2
Special Session on Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams I
Keynote Bayardo Materón (Brazil)
13h00 Lunch
14h00 Plenary Session
Keynote Vahid Afsari-Rad (Norway)

14h30 Parallel Session 3
Keynote Francisco Ortega (Germany)

Concrete Dams I
Parallel Session 4
Special Session on Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams II
16h00 Coffee Break Book Signing
Second Edition Release: Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams
Authors: Paulo Cruz, Bayardo Materón e Manoel Freitas
16h30 Parallel Session 5
Concrete Dams II
Parallel Session 6
Embankment Dams
18h00 End of Day 1

22 April 2015 | Conference Sessions

Congress Centre, LNEC, Lisbon

09h00

09h30
Plenary Session
Keynote José Marques Filho (Brazil)
ICOLD Presentation – José Polimón (Spain)
09h40 Young Professional Workshop
Keynote José Polimón (Spain)

Visit to LNEC’s Shaking Table and
LNEC’s Hydraulic Lab
11h20 Coffee break
11h30 Parallel Session 7
Concrete Dams III
Parallel Session 8
Embankment Dams and Geomembranes
13h00 Lunch
14h00 Plenary Session
Keynote Manuel Pinho de Miranda (Portugal)

14h30 Announcement: ICOLD 25th Congress/ ICOLD 83rd Annual Meeting, Symposium Hydropower’15
14h40 Parallel Session 9
Dam Foundations
Parallel Session 10
Risk Assessment, Emergency Action Plan, Warning Systems
16h10 Coffee Break
16h30 Parallel Session 11
Concrete Dams IV
Parallel Session 12
Appurtenant Works, Environmental Issues, New Materials, Management
18h30 Closing Ceremony
19h30 | 22h30 Conference Banquet (buses will leave LNEC 19h00)

23 - 24 April 2015 | Technical Visit

Foz Tua Dam, Douro Region

23 April 07h30 Bus departure
23 April 12h30 Lunch
23 April 14h30 Foz Tua Dam Briefing
23 April 15h00 Foz Tua Dam Technical Visit
23 April 19h00 Arrival hotel
23 April 20h00 Dinner
24 April 09h00 Douro River Cruise
24 April 16h00 Transfer to Lisbon
24 April 20h00 Arrival Lisbon