Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the abstract submission for the 4th PAGES Floods Working Group Workshop entitled “Hydrometeorological extreme events and past floods in changing environments. From small mountain headwaters to large transboundary basins and coastal regions” is now open. You can find on the PAGES Floods WG website (click here) the flyer (click here) and registration/abstract submission form (click here). Registration is free but limited to 50 participants. The field trip fee is approximately 80.- Euros.
The workshop will take place in Timișoara, Romania, from 15 to 18 September 2026. The conference aims to harmonize historical and paleoflood evidence and databases across continents, borders and disciplines by combining documentary, geomorphological, and proxy data from rivers, lakes and coastal areas. A breakout group will promote connections between well-documented Central European archives and less-explored areas to the southeast and east. This will foster interdisciplinary dialogue and strengthen collaboration across the Carpathian–Danubian–Balkan region. Hosted by the West University of Timișoara, the workshop will include conference and poster presentations, keynotes, plenary discussions, and a one-day field trip to flood-prone areas along the highly engineered Bega and Mureș/Maros rivers in the Pannonian Sedimentary Basin. The focus of the field trip will be historical floods and the long-term geomorphic response to flood mitigation and flow regulation measures in the past. For any further information please contact Lothar Schulte ([email protected]; FWG SSC) and/or Ioana Persoiu ([email protected]; Local Organizer).
Abstract submission will open March 17st and close May 18th 2026. We applied to PAGES for funding to support the travel of early career researchers and scientists from low- and middle-income countries. Further information will be provided in June 2026.
Attendees from other regions than the Schengen Agreement are kindly asked to consult the visa requirements to enter Romania. Applications should be submitted at your earliest convenience - at least 4 months prior to the conference.
With kind regards,
Lothar and Daniela
On behalf of the FWG SSC and local workshop organizers
