The RETURN project will be among the protagonists of the IAHR 2025 World Congress, the most prestigious international event dedicated to hydraulic research, which brings together over 1,200 delegates from 140 countries.

During the Congress, RETURN will be actively involved in a wide-ranging program of scientific outreach and international networking, coordinated by the University of Enna “Kore” and supported by the participation of other leading Italian institutions, including the Politecnico di Torino and Milano, and the Universities of Bologna and Florence.

The Program includes:

The organization of dissemination sessions dedicated to the project activities

– Scientific sessions within the main program of the conference

– One to one international networking sessions for the dissemination of the project products and the creation of stable bonds of collaboration and further development

– Dissemination within the High Level Panels (HLP) – round tables on a global scale with representatives from each continent for the presentation of strategies for mitigating the impact of climate change and strengthening the resilience of infrastructures and communities

The Congress will involve the main world leaders in the water industry (and the Association has stable relationships with the main organizations that deal with climate change in the water domain (UN, FAO, UNESCO).