Description of the break-out groups
During the conference, longstanding questions in hydrology will be debated among participants with a view to identify promising future research directions. In order to trigger fruitful discussions, the audience will be invited to form small break-out working groups. In these sessions, we expect efficient interactive discussions on the recent technological and methodological progress, management of big-data and new directions in hydrology. We will focus on new opportunities to integrate observations and model simulations in order to build new knowledge on soil-water related processes across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. Early career scientists such as students, Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows will benefit from this interactive approach.
How does it work?
The Galileo meeting in Naples spans over 4 consecutive days (day 1, day 2, and day 4 at the conference and day 3 in the field). The conference is structured in 5 break-out themes (theme 1, theme 2, theme 3, theme 4, theme 5):
| Break-out themes | Chair | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Theme 1: Defining hypothesis-driven science questions that require a network of hydrological observatories | Laurent Pfister | Karsten Hogh Jensen |
| Theme 2: Determine opportunities for experiments that can be repeated at a number of sites | Günter Blöschl | Ilja van Meerveld |
| Theme 3: Highlight data that is already available for cross-site comparisons | Nunzio Romano | |
| Theme 4: Design and requirements of hydrologic observatories | Paolo Nasta | Heye Bogena |
| Theme 5: Governance of a European network of hydrologic observatories | Harry Vereecken | Roland Baatz |
Each conference day, one time slot is dedicated to a specific break-out group. During this time slot, the total number of participants will split into 5 break-out groups. For instance, if there are 100 people participating at the meeting, 20 people join each break-out theme. Participants get to choose their preferred themes ahead of the conference.
At the registration, each participant will receive information about the break-out groups which have been assigned to the participant each conference day.