The EGU General Assembly (GA) 2026 was an amazing success! Over the course of five sunny days in Vienna, 20,173 presentations were given across 1,014 sessions by the 20,027 on-site participants and 2,470 online attendees. There were plenty of events to choose from for the hydrologists attending. Across sessions, networking events, short courses, posters and medal lectures, we have put together some highlights for you to wrap up a fantastic GA 2026!
HS Division highlights
As every year, the Hydrological Sciences (HS) division was very active during the GA week hosting in total 120 scientific sessions and 2,911 abstracts.
Alberto Viglione, the Hydrological Sciences Division President, leading the Division’s annual meeting
On Tuesday lunchtime (May 5th) in Room C, the Hydrological Sciences Division meeting (open to the entire community) was chaired by Division President Alberto Viglione. Attendees got updates about developments within the division over the past year, while we also got to celebrate some achievements from our division members.
Thom Bogaard (left) and Theresa Blume (centre) and Landon Halloran (right) at the Jim Dooge Award handover.
Christa Kelleher and Roger Moussa received the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) Outstanding Editor Award for their excellent editorial work during 2025. Cyprien Louis, Landon Halloran and Clément Roques received the 2025 Jim Dooge award for their outstanding paper on Seasonal and diurnal freeze–thaw dynamics of a rock glacier and their impacts on mixing and solute transport
In addition, we celebrated the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) prizes. Ahmed El-Azhari, Anna Leuteritz, AntonKöhler, Fredrik Schück, Kansei Fujimoto, Malin Grosse-Heilmann, Malve Heinz, Palok Biswas, Peter Wagener and Sahar Jannesarahmadi were all recognised as very well-deserved recipients. Congratulations!!
Medals and lectures
From left to right: Sally Thompson receives the Henry Darcy Medal remotely, Thorsten Wagener receives the John Dalton Meldal, and Larisa Tarasova receives HS Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award.
On Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening the recipients of this years medals from the HS division gave insightful presentations to the HS and GA community. This years awardees are:
- Sally Thompson who received the Henry Darcy medal
- Thorsten Wagener who was awarded the John Dalton Medal
- Larisa Tarasova who received the HS Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
Congratulations to you all!! Nominations for next years awards are open until June 15th, so please get your nominations in if you know of a researcher that deserves recognition for their exceptional contributions to hydrology.
Early Career Scientists networking
2026 was the year of the Early Career Scientists (ECS) at the General Assembly! 62% of the abstracts at this years GA were contributed by ECS and it was fantastic to see so many in attendance at the different networking events and short courses throughout the week.
Attendees of the 2026 Hydromeet
At Monday lunchtime, the ECS team of the HS division, along with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and Young Hydrological Society ran the increasingly-popular annual HydromMeet social gathering. With amazing weather, we were able to mingle and network in the sunshine and it was great to see so many new connections being made.
Save the dates for the EGU General Assembly 2027!
Let us know what you thought of this year’s General Assembly HERE. The EGU General Assembly 2026 will take place from 4 – 9th April 2027. Keep an eye out for key dates announced over summer and we cannot wait to see you all again next year!
