Polish Committee on Large Dams (POLCOLD) is happy to invite You to the 13th ICOLD European Club Symposium, which will be held from the 21st to the 25th of September 2026 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

During this meeting we will celebrate CFBR/French-COLD 100th anniversary, founded in 1926.

Organising Committee

Piotr Śliwiński - Chairman

Agata Lethel – French Day

Krzysztof Wrzosek – publications

Dagmara Zelaya Wziątek – Young Professionals

Maciej Sieinski – sponsors

Ludgarda Iłowska-Smietana – ENEA field trip

Scientific Committee

Paweł Falaciński – Chairman

Paweł Popielski – Vice-chairman

Zbigniew Kledyński – Member

The number of members of the Scientific Committee will be increased depending on the number of abstracts submitted with participation of EURCOLD and POLCOLD experts.

A. Dams and reservoir safety management for people

• dam safety assessment, inspection and monitoring
• water management for people, drought and flood control
• risk assessment due to climate and social changes
• legal conditions and technical requirements for safe dams
• tourism, irrigation and other benefits of dams and reservoirs
• warning systems for dam surrounding
• failures - lessons learnt

B. Dams and Energy

• pump storage plants – construction and exploitation
• new technologies and solutions in waterpower
• exploitation of dams for waterpower

C. Dam Engineering and Construction

• dam aging problems and solutions applied – case studies
• construction repair technologies and materials
• reconstructions, expansions and development of old dams
• development of design methods

D. Levees and tailing dams

• levees and tailing dams monitoring and safety evaluation
• design methods development for levees
• tailing dam seismic resilience monitoring
• slurry and water management

Registration opens on February 1st 2026

Opera Nova w Bydgoszczy
 Marszałka Focha Street 5
 85-070 Bydgoszcz