International Working Group on Data and Models
Welcome to the home of the International Working Group on Data and Models
The IWGDM is a working group of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD). IWGDM aims to furthering research and disseminating knowledge and technology related to data collection and modelling of urban drainage systems. This working group organises a conference known as the International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM)
Please browse the content for details of past meetings and workshops.
NEWS
Abstract submission open for the 13th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling 2025 (July 2024)
Abstract submission for the next UDM conference is already open! The next UDM conference will take place in 2025 in Innsbruck (Austria). For information, visit https://www.udm2025.org
New Secretary for 2024-2025 (June 2024)
The new Secretary for the 2024-2025 period is Dr. Ico Broekhuizen (ico.broekhuizen@ltu.se). We would like to thank Dr. Roni Penn (the outgoing Secretary) for her great contributions to the group during the last two years and wish her the best successes for her new career!
2024 Annual IWGDM meeting at ICUD (June 2024)
The next IWGDM meeting will take place during ICUD on 10th June 2024 at 17h30. Please find the details of the meeting (including its notes) here.
Workshops at Novatech 2023 (May 2023)
Two workshops organised by members of the IWGDM will take place on 3rd July 2023 during Novatech 2023 (Lyon, France):
the workshop Urban wet-weather flows: Designing the water quality monitoring of the future is organised by Luca Vezzaro (luve@dtu.dk | DTU, Denmark) and Lena Mutzner (lena.mutzner@eawag.ch | Eawag, Switzerland).
the workshop Fast models for urban flood simulations: future perspectives in the era of ubiquitous data is organised by João P. Leitão (joaopaulo.leitao@eawag.ch | Eawag, Switzerland), Peter Bach (peter.bach@eawag.ch | Eawag, Switzerland) and Ana Deletic (ana.deletic@qut.edu.au | QUT, Australia).
Please visit the workshop webpages and get in touch with organisers to obtain additional information about the workshops.
Best student paper UDM 2022 (January 2022)
Congratulations to Jean-David Therrien (and the team) for the Best student paper award: "Using the right wastewater characteristics for early COVID-19 pandemic warning and forecast using deep machine-learning"
13th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling 2025 (January 2022)
The next UDM conference will take place in 2025 in Innsbruck (Austria). For information, please contact Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer (manfred.kleidorfer@uibk.ac.at) or visit https://www.udm2025.org
New Chairman and Secretary for 2022-2025 (January 2022)
The Chairman and Secretary for the 2022-2025 term are Dr. João P. Leitão (joaopaulo.leitao@eawag.ch) and the Dr. Roni Penn (roni.penn@cv.technion.ac.il), respectively. We would like to thank Dr. Manfred Kleidorfer (the outgoing Chairman) for his great contributions to the group during the last six years!