EFAS presented at the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 

by CEMS-Flood Analytics and Dissemination Centre (DISS)

An international conference entitled Current problems in hydrology was organized to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The conference was held at the Congress Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Smolenice on 27-29 September 2023. 72 registered participants from 8 institutions attended the conference. The scientific programme of the conference consisted of 21 lectures by distinguished hydrologists and PhD students. 

One of the lectures was devoted to EFAS, with a focus on its recent operational updates. The topic entitled "New developments in the European Flood Awareness System EFAS" was prepared by the hydrologists of the CEMS Hydrological Forecast – Analytics and Dissemination Centre. 

The beautiful setting of the Congress Centre in Smolenice Castle and the beautiful weather contributed to the success of this scientific conference.