BDS Conferences
BDS Conferences
The British Dam Society 22nd Biennial Conference will be held at the University of Keele (Chancellors Building) from Wednesday 11th until Saturday 14th September 2024.
Registration for this event is now open and will close on Sunday 28th July 2024 (midnight).
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The conference website can be accessed here. This page contains full details of the conference including programme, workshop descriptions, site visit information and technical synopses. Exhibitor flyers and sponsorship opportunity flyers are also available. Exhibition spaces can be secured online using the normal registration process. Sponsorship opportunities are also available and further details can be found on the sponsorship flyer.
After the successful changes/additions that were made for the last conference, we are pleased to continue with a similar format for this year:
- Exhibitor Drinks Reception on Wednesday evening
- Young Professionals led social event on Thursday evening
- BDS Formal Dinner & Binnie Lecture on Friday evening
- Possibility of upgrading accommodation to the on-site hotel
- Electronic copy of technical proceedings only
Upon registration you will be required to state if you intend to attend the social events.
The conference organising committee look forward to welcoming you to the University of Keele in September.
Previous Conferences
Conference delegates may access electronic copies of the conference proceedings, access to the proceedings for conferences from 2012 require login credentials, which are issued with the conference joining instructions.
Since 1990 conference proceedings have been published by Thomas Telford (now ICE Publishing) and are available from the ICE Bookshop.
A list of the previous BDS conferences is shown below.
2022 - 21st Biennial Conference, Nottingham - Dams and Reservoirs in a Climate of Change
2018 - 20th Biennial Conference, Swansea - Smart Dams and Reservoirs
2016 - 19th Biennial Conference, Lancaster - Dams – Benefits and Disbenefits;
Assets or Liabilities?
2014 - 18th Biennial Conference, Belfast - Maintaining the safety of our Dams and Reservoirs
2012 - 17th Biennial Conference, Leeds - Dams: Engineering in a Social and Environmental Context
2010 - 16th Biennial Conference, Strathclyde - Managing Dams: Challenges in a Time of Change
2008 - 15th Biennial Conference, Warwick - Ensuring Reservoir Safety into the Future
2006 - 14th Biennial Conference, Durham - Improvements in Reservoir Construction, Operation and Maintenance
2004 - 13th Biennial Conference, Canterbury - Long Term Benefits and Performance of Dams
2002 - 12th Biennial Conference, Dublin – Reservoirs in a Changing World