Final Report: "The 12th Biennial Conference of Mediterranean Network: Hydrological Extremes in Small Basins"

The conference "The 12th Biennial Conference of Mediterranean Network: Hydrological Extremes in Small Basins" took place on 18-20 September 2008 at the Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management in Cracow, Poland. There were 109 participants from 22 countries with 42 oral presentations and 60 posters.

The topics were: predictions of stream- flow response in controlled and uncontrolled catchments, hydrological models calibration, hydro-chemical and geomorphological responses to the extremes, interactions between surface- and ground-water, extreme value statistics, and model data-time-step dependency on basin characteristics. Traditionally, one session was devoted to new ideas in hydrological research.

The conference started from the address by the ERB International coordinator, Piet Warmerdam of the Wageningen University (The Netherlands) who briefly reviewed the ERB objectives. Then, the Director of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management in Cracow, Bolesław Domański, presented a short introduction to the history of the Jagiellonian University, with the first geography chair in Central Europe, founded in 1849.

Conference website