Conference Overview
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2025 International Conference on Eco-Hydrology and River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2025).
The International Passage Conference is held every 1-2 years and has brought together experts, managers, stakeholders and companies from around the world with concurrent sessions in engineering, biology, and management and social issues. Target audiences are: engineers, ecologists, biologists, managers, practitioners, NGOs, private companies, consultants, students and policy and decision makers. This event aims at increasing research and professional networking and is an excellent opportunity to connect future partners.
Fish Passage 2025 will be held from March 30th to April 3rd, 2025 at Three Gorges University (Yichang, Hubei, China). The theme of the conference is "Ecohydrology and River Connectivity"
Fish Passage 2025 is a three-day conference featuring concurrent sessions in biology, hydraulics, engineering and related topics. In addition, independently offered a one-day short courses, and one-day tours will be available immediately before and after the conference. The conference will also include plenary talks, professional networking opportunities, and a poster session.
Announcement
We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions are now open for Fish Passage 2025. You can click [Abstract Submission] to submit.
We also invite organisations, institutions and other interested parties to become actively involved in Fish Passage 2025 as a sponsor or exhibitor. There are differing levels of sponsorship with generous benefits on offer to participating organisations that reflect your investment and offer an opportunity to showcase your organisation to a global audience. For a Sponsorship and Exhibitor Prospectus, please contact fishpassage2025@ctgu.edu.cn. Trade booths are limited and are being offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Short Courses and field trips will also be offered before and after the conference. The Organising Committee welcomes feedback on what subjects might be of most interest (e.g. fishway design principles, dam removal case studies, etc). If you have an itch to present a short course, then please contact the coordination team on the details [Call for Short Course & Workshop].
On behalf of the organising committee.
Tan Junjun
Daniel Deng
Dr. Deng is a Laboratory Fellow in the Energy & Environment Directorate at PNNL. He directs the Bio-Acoustics & Flow Laboratory, an accredited multi-disciplinary R&D laboratory, addressing a broad range of engineering and ecological issues, with an emphasis on environmental monitoring and risk assessment for hydropower, wind, marine, and hydrokinetic energy systems. He has developed several licensed technologies in acoustic telemetry, environmental sensing, and energy storage.
Oudom Phonekhampheng
Dr. Oudom Phonekhampheng was appointed President of the National University of Laos (NUOL) in Vientiane, Lao PDR. His research interests include sustainable agriculture and environment development, ichthyology and aquaculture, fish passage, and animal nutrition. Through the research, Dr. Phonekhampheng studied local farmers’ requirements for multiple crop production and the potentials of rubber and multiple crops in relation to food security and poverty reduction.
Paul Kemp
Paul Kemp is a Professor of Ecological Engineering at the University of Southampton. His research relates to understanding the complex systems linked to integrated natural resource management, particularly in relation to marine and freshwater fisheries, and how shocks can influence those systems. Specific applications relate to how understanding of the behavioural ecology of fish can help solve challenges in sustainable water and energy engineering, particularly on how the physical environment influences the behaviour and physiological performance of fish, and how manipulation of that environment by engineering means can be used to mitigate for negative impacts of water and energy resource development.
Chang Jianbo
Chang Jianbo, Ph.D., is a professor in fish ecology and conservation biology research, leading the Institute of Hydeoecology of the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering at Wuhan University. He was once a fundamental and 1st – 2nd board member of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) and the International Society for River Science (ISRS). He is recently a board member of the Ecological Society of China (ESC), a board member of the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), and the Chairperson of the Committee of Fish Passage Facilities of CHINCOLD. He had been the chief scientist of both the major program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Basic Research Program of China, coordinating research on human impact on river ecosystems and endangered species conservation. He is recently the chief scientist of a National Key Research and Development Program of China focusing on restoring fish passages all along the main channel of the Yangtze River.