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SYMPOSIUM HYDRO ENGINEERING - FOREWORD The ATCOLD Symposium Hydro Engineering will pave the way for presentations and discussions on specific issues of hydraulic structures serving for energy from renewable resources, irrigation, drinking water supply and flood protection. Hydro Engineering requires a wide range of knowledge and expertise. Therefore, many specific disciplines are involved. Research effort is needed to give answers effectively to challenges during project realization, operation and maintenance. Problem solutions should be sustainable and economically feasible in a wide range. To present and discuss specific issues in the field of hydro power production, this Symposium Hydro Engineering focus on the following topics:  CLIMATE CHANGES RESERVOIR OPERATION  PERMISSION AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT  DAM AND FOUNDATION SEALING  CAVERNS AND POWER WATER WAYS  STABILITY OF RESERVOIR SLOPES Additionally, two special seminars will be held about the following topics:  OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAY INCIDENT  HIGH STRENGTH STEEL IN HYDRO POWER PLANTS To allow ICOLD Technical Committee’s to present and discuss their work, in parallel to the Symposium Hydro Engineering “Technical Committee Workshops” are organized. Especially Workshops are organized by the following Technical Committees:  RESETTLEMENT DUE TO RESERVOIRS, EMBANKMENT DAMS AND DAM SAFETY  JOINT WORKSHOP A - Committee on Computational Aspects of Analysis & Design of Dams B - Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design As green meeting, we provide one printed book of extended abstracts containing, the contents of the contributions and on 2 pages the abstract version of the contributions. Full papers are published electronically and are available for downloading. We thank all the authors for their efforts and contributions to the Symposium. Based on reviews and authors preferences we selected 240 papers and posters from 55 countries for presentations in parallel sessions and during poster presentations. We would like to express our deepest gratitude towards all the members of the review panel for their effort, and to the organizing committee members especially - Harald Breinhälter, Josef Schneider, Franz-Georg Pikl, Shervin Shahriari and Edwin Staudacher. Gerald Zenz Helmut Knoblauch President ATCOLD Secretary General ICOLD Vice President – EUROPE ATCOLD