Against the backdrop of intensified global climate change, population growth, and accelerating urbanization, issues such as water scarcity, water environment degradation, and frequent extreme hydrological events are becoming increasingly prominent, posing unprecedented challenges to water conservancy engineering construction, water resource protection, and comprehensive watershed management. From simulating hydrological processes in river basins to smart water management systems, from sponge city construction to water ecological restoration, from flood control and disaster reduction to cross regional water resource allocation, the cross integration of water conservancy engineering and water resource management is becoming a key force supporting sustainable development. At the same time, the deep application of digital twins, artificial intelligence, and remote sensing technology is reshaping the entire lifecycle of water conservancy engineering planning, design, construction, and operation.
The 2026 International Conference on Water Conservancy Engineering, Water Resources Protection and Watershed Governance (HEWRPWG 2026) aims to build an interdisciplinary and cross-border high-end academic exchange platform, focusing on core issues such as water conservancy engineering design and construction, water resources protection and management, comprehensive watershed management and ecological restoration. It brings together experts, scholars and industry representatives from global water conservancy engineering, hydrology, environmental science and related fields to explore innovative paths for water security and sustainable development.