Keynote Speaker of the 19th congress of IAHR-APD

Keynote Speaker V

Arthur Mynett, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands

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Personal Profile

Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and Head of Water Science and Engineering Department
at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
Arthur Mynett has long been contributing to IAHR in various capacities. He was actively
involved in specialist working groups and served for over a decade as secretary and chairman
of the IAHR-IWA-IAHS Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics. He stimulated cross-links
within IAHR as well as with other associations outside. He served as Division Chair and has
been elected on Council since 2005.
As professor at UNESCO-IHE, Delft University of Technology, and the Chinese Academy of
Sciences he has stimulated many young researchers from all over the world to contribute to
IAHRs regional and global conferences. His working experience of over 30 years with Delft
Hydraulics enables him to convey the practitioners needs and promote IAHR in international
fora. Prof. Mynett is in charge of organizing the IAHR World Congress 2015 in the
Netherlands.

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