Tuesday 19th November 2024 | Burlington House, London
Registration is now open!
The IAH-GB Chapter, together with the Hydrogeology group of the Geological Society London will be hosting this year’s 2024 Ineson Lecture at the Geological Society, Burlington House, London. This year the theme is:
Groundwater famine and feast: Quantifying future groundwater extremes
The natural variability of the earth’s climate is predicted to become more extreme, with impacts on the hydrological cycle already evident. The intensity and frequency of floods and droughts are expected to increase, compounded by other drivers of environmental change. The talks at Ineson 2024 will address the causes, impacts and water management issues related to groundwater extremes, looking at progress over recent decades as well as current challenges and future directions. Talks will consider the evolution of scientific knowledge of physical processes and human interactions including large-scale climatic drivers and spatio-temporal geological controls, challenges in quantifying impacts and response options through data and modelling, and future societal and policy needs to manage groundwater floods and droughts.
The 2024 Ineson Lecture will be delivered by Dr John Bloomfield, a Principal Hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey (BGS) where he has worked for the last 33 years. In the early 2000s, John became the Groundwater Resources Topic and Team leader for BGS where he has overseen a wide range of projects investigating geological controls on hydrogeology, and, for the last decade or more, groundwater responses to hydrological extremes and climate change. He has published over 80 papers in the peer-reviewed literature and his recent work has focussed primarily on groundwater drought. John’s Ineson lecture will provide an overview of how we can understand hydrological extremes in a non-stationary world.
Our keynote speaker is Dr David Macdonald, Principal Hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey. David has been at the BGS for 35 years, leading research into groundwater flooding, policy and management, as well as international research into groundwater resource assessment and climate resilience. David’s talk will discuss the history of groundwater flooding in the UK and globally, ongoing research into groundwater flooding and potential mitigations and impacts on local communities.
There will be a number of supporting speakers on related topics, and a panel discussion, please find a full programme here.
The Ineson Lecture this year is sponsored by Project Groundwater Northumbria, led by Gateshead Council, and funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes (FCIP) managed by the Environment Agency.
Registration is now closed.