Dr Mateja Klun made a presentation in the name of the ICOLD Young Professionals Forum she is chairing, during a Webinar entitled “Practical monitoring considerations”. The webinar was jointly hosted by the ICOLD Young Professionals, UCOLD YP, and SANCOLD YP. In the webinar, we explored interesting topics ranging from data acquisition and analysis to practical application of the lessons learned and also on the Nile Basin’s experience on the Dam safety capacity building program. During the webinar also Young Professional activities for 2023 were announced.

Speakers and presentations:

Wilberforce Manirakiza, Dam Safety Engineer – UEGCL, Board Member ICOLD YPF & Janice Zhang, Civil Engineer – Dams and Hydropower – Knight Piesold Consulting, SANCOLD YPF
Welcome and introduction

Michael Abebe, Chair, Ethiopian Committee on Large Dams (ETCOLD), Honorary Vice President-ICOLD
Nile Basin’s experience on the dam safety capacity building program

Louis C Hattingh Hattingh Anderson Associates CC
Practical monitoring considerations

Mateja Klun, Researcher University of Ljubljana, Chair ICOLD YPF
The YPF Network

Q&A

Recording of the webinar is available here: https://youtu.be/r6igqqBeQko.