June 2026 - Thessaloniki, Greece

The 2026 SWAT Conference & Workshops was held 15-19 June 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The 2026 SWAT Conference was attended by nearly 150 participants across 32 countries and 5 continents. A special thank you to Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, along with Yiannis Panagopoulos and the rest of the local organizing committee for their hard work organizing the conference and welcoming the SWAT community to Greece.

Slides, Video, Photos, and Book of Abstracts

Certificates of participation and presentation were emailed on 19 June. 
Please check your spam folders for email from eco.web@tamu.edu and contact us if you still cannot locate it.

Greece Group Photo

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Special Issue

Advances in SWAT Applications: Modeling Hydrology, Climate Resilience, and Sustainable Land-Water Management.
Special issue in Hydrology. Submission deadline: 31 October 2026

A 20% discount will be offered for papers submitted to the Special Issue from the Conference participants.

Awards

Congratulations to our 2026 award recipients:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Nicola Fohrer
  • Senior Scientist Award: Martin Volk
  • Senior Scientist Award: Javier Senent-Aparicio
  • Mid-Career Award: Eugenio Molina Navarro
  • Early Career Award: Natalja Čerkasova
  • Early Career Award: Celray James Chawanda
  • Post-Doctoral Award: Salam Abbas
  • Post-Doctoral Award: Adrián López-Ballesteros
  • Ph.D. Student Award: Rouhollah Davarpanah
  • Ph.D. Student Award: Tiansong Qi
  • Support of the Year Award: Olaf David, Frank Geter, Jack Carlson
  • Best Oral Presentation: Sara Asadi
  • Best Oral Presentation: Mostafa Jafari
  • Best Poster Presentation: Camilla Negri
  • Best Poster Presentation: Canol Ojukwu

Local Organizing Committee

  • Yiannis Panagopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Lamprini Kokkinaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Sofia Kavalieratou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Charalampos Georgoussis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

International Organizing Committee

  • Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Jeff Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Jaclyn Tech, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
  • Celray James Chawanda, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

Scientific Committee

Large Scale Applications
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Prasad Daggupati University 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
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Tássia Brighenti Aarhus University, Denmark
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Mikołaj Piniewski Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Xuesong Zhang USDA-ARS, USA
Sensitivity, Calibration, and Uncertainty
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Biofuel and Plant Growth
Jeff Arnold Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Tássia Brighenti Aarhus University, Denmark
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Environmental Applications
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Nicola Fohrer Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez CNRS, France
Sabine Sauvage CNRS, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
BMPs
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Prasad Daggupati University of Guelph, Canada
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Philip Gassman Iowa State University, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mike White USDA-ARS, USA
Hydrology
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Natalja Čerkasova Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Monireh Faramarzi University of Alberta, Canada
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Yiannis Panagopoulos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
Chehrazade Aboukinane College of Northern Canada, Canada
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
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 Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Model Development
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
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
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University, USA
Raghavan Srinivasan Texas A&M University, USA
Ann van Griensven University of Brussels, Belgium
Urban Processes and Management
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Tássia Brighenti Aarhus University, Denmark
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Jaehak Jeong Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Landscape Processes and Landscape / River Continuum
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Katrin Bieger Aarhus University, Denmark
Sabine Sauvage CNRS, France
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
InStream Sediment and Pollutant Transport
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Pedro Chambel Leitão IST-MARETEC, Portugal
Prasad Daggupati University 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, France
Groundwater Hydrology
Ryan Bailey Colorado State University, USA
Arun Bawa Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

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