March 2024 - Ifrane, Morocco

An International SWAT Conference & Workshops was held at Al Akhawayn University, in Ifrane, Morocco.

The 2024 SWAT Conference in Morocco was the first SWAT Conference in Africa. It hosted over 50 presentations from researchers in 15 different countries. A special thank you to Al Akhawayn University, in Ifrane, Morocco along with Chehrazade Aboukinane and the local organizing committee in Ifrane for their countless hours and efforts to host the SWAT Community.

Video, Agenda, and Book of Abstracts

Certificates of participation and presentation were emailed 13 March. If you did not receive yours, please email jaclyn.tech@ag.tamu.edu.

In the media:

Morocco group photo

Local Organizing Committee

  • Jack Vahram Kalpakian, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
  • Abdelghani El Asli, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

International Organizing Committee

  • Chehrazade Aboukinane, College of Northern Canada, Canada
  • Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Jeff Arnold, USDA-ARS, USA
  • Jaclyn Tech, Texas A&M University, USA

Scientific Committee

Large Scale Applications
Karim Abbaspour EAWAG, Switzerland
Prasad Daggupati Univeristy of Guelph, Canada
Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Climate Change Applications
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Tássia Brighenti Iowa State University, USA
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Mou Leong Tan Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Xuesong Zhang USDA-ARS, USA
Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty
Karim Abbaspour EAWAG, Switzerland
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Biofuel and Plant Growth
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Jeff Arnold USDA-ARS, USA
Tássia Brighenti Iowa State University, USA
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Environmental Applications
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Nicola Fohrer Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez CNRS-ECOLAB, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
BMPs
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Prasad Daggupati Univeristy of Guelph, Canada
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
Jack Vahram Kalpakian Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Antonio Lo Porto IRSA-CNR, Italy
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mike White USDA-ARS, USA
Hydrology
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
José María Bodoque Del Pozo UCLM, Toledo, Spain
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Antonio Lo Porto IRSA-CNR, Italy
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mou Leong Tan Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Nicola Fohrer Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Pesticides, Bacteria, Metals, and Pharmaceuticals
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Jeff Arnold USDA-ARS, USA
Claire Baffaut USDA-ARS, USA
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Model Development
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Balaji Narasimhan Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Mike White USDA-ARS, USA
Xuesong Zhang USDA-ARS, USA
Database and GIS Application and Development
Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University, USA
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Urban Processes and Management
Tássia Brighenti Iowa State University, USA
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
C. Allan Jones Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Landscape Processes and Landscape / River Continuum
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Hendrik Rathjens Stone Environmental, Austria
Sabine Sauvage CNRS-ECOLAB, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
InStream Sediment and Pollutant Transport
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Prasad Daggupati Univeristy of Guelph, Canada
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Balaji Narasimhan Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, India
José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez CNRS-ECOLAB, France
SWAT+ Model Applications
Jeff Arnold USDA-ARS, USA
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Water Sustainability and Policy
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Abdelghani El Asli Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Jack Vahram Kalpakian Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

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