To all those fortunate enough to attend the 2024 IAH Congress in Switzerland, https://www.iah2024davos.org/ all the best with your preparations and travels.

It’s going to be a bumper event with over 800 delegates registered. Learn lots and bring your knowledge back to help improve the lives of all South Africans.

The South African delegates that are attending are:

• Achamyeleh G. Mengistu -  University of the Free State

• Aqeela Parker - GEOSS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

• Awodwa Magingi - Department of Water and Sanitation

• Carla Dodd - Nelson Mandela University

• Dale Barrow - GEOSS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

• Diana Duthe - Knight Piesold

• Hilja Ndakola  - University of Cape Town

• Jannie Weitz - Umvoto Africa

• Kevin Pietersen - SADC-GMI

• Kornelius Riemann - Umvoto Africa

• Lindelani Lalumbe - Department of Water and Sanitation

• Manare Judith Marweshi - University of Limpopo, South Africa

• Retang Mokua - South African Environmental Observation Network

• Roger Diamond - University of Cape Town

• Seifu Kebede - University of KwaZulu Natal

• Shafick Adams - Water Research Commission

• Sisanda Makubalo - Council for Geoscience

• Sivashni Naicker - Government

• Vetrimurugan Elumalai - University of Zululand

Dear friends and colleagues
We hope this message finds you well. We look forward to meeting the hydrogeology community at the IAH 2024 in Davos.  A Congress plenary event will be dedicated to hydrogeology education. As a basis for this event, we are conducting a survey aimed at gathering insights from students, educators, and professionals about the current state of hydrogeology education and future needs. We aim to spark discussions on how to optimize academic programs to meet the needs of the profession.
Your participation is crucial. Please take a few moments to fill out the survey using the link below (deadline: September 6th). It takes about 10 minutes.
https://www.iah2024davos.org/survey
Please distribute this email to your colleagues who might not be on IAH 2024 participant list.
Thank you in advance for your time and insights. We look forward to sharing the results with you at IAH 2024.
Best regards, Philip Brunner, Ty Ferre, John Cherry, James Thornton, Daniel Hunkeler, Stephanie Musy

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In addition SADC-GMI and Partners are delighted to announce the upcoming 6th SADC Groundwater Conference:

 Theme: Promoting Peace Across Borders through Conjunctive Water Management.
Date: 13, 14 & 15 November 2024. Venue: Maseru, Lesotho.
Please visit https://sadc-gmi.org/

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In 2025, we have the ISMAR12 Conference here in Cape Town, and the organising of the event is
progressing well.

Date: 28 April to 2 May 2025 and will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

• This symposium will open the doors of opportunity to the rest of the world’s MAR experts and academics to come to South Africa, showcase their specialities, and form the African connections that can provide their companies and institutions with their next international MAR partnership to facilitate new projects and studies, this time in Africa.
• The symposium will be attended by national and international regulators, researchers and practitioners in all facets of MAR, including hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbiology, modeling, economics, and water resources management. Fanus Fourie is chairing the LOC and doing an excellent job.

Please visit: https://ismar12.org.za/

 

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The 2025 IAH Congress will be held in Melbourne, Australia and the details are as follows:
• Date: 14-19 September 2025. The event will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. This event, held in conjunction with the 2025 Australasian Groundwater Conference, marks a significant return of the World Groundwater Congress to Australia after 12 years.

Please visit: https://iah.org.za/the-52nd-congress-of-the-international-association-of-
hydrogeologists/

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If you have ideas of events / activities that we should be hosting, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards
IAH-SA Committee: Kevin Pietersen & Julian Conrad

https://iah.org.za/