Road to Bari

A two-year pathway from ideas to outcomes

Bari 2027 is not conceived as a standalone event. It is the destination of an international process that mobilises IAHR technical committees, working groups, regional divisions, cities, institutions and industry around shared water challenges and concrete deliverables.

Framework

Three action tracks for integrated impact

The Road to Bari framework links the congress scientific programme with a broader exchange among research, institutions and solution providers.

01Science, research and innovation
02Policy and institutions
03Industry, solutions and implementation

Shared questions

What challenges matter most?

The process asks every participating community to identify the main challenge in its field and define what it aims to achieve by Bari through sessions, white papers, panels, demonstrations and collaborative outputs.

Community involvement

Milestones across 2025 and 2026

Leadership teams progressively shape messages, choose formats, involve stakeholders, prepare contributions during specialised events and consolidate sessions and participants ahead of the congress.

Autumn 2025

Launch collaboration

Organisers and IAHR communities begin the coordinated journey toward Bari.

By Dec 2025

State the challenge

Communities define their challenge and contribution to the shared IAHR vision.

By Feb 2026

Define the formula

Keynotes, panels, white papers, monographs and other formats are aligned with the congress structure.

Throughout 2026

Involve stakeholders

Regional and specialist meetings connect policy, cities and industry to the scientific agenda.

By Oct 2026

Build the sessions

Contributions, participants and communication activities are consolidated ahead of Bari 2027.

Global framework

Cities and real-world water needs

The Road to Bari also includes a city-focused track that helps public authorities identify priority water issues, exchange practices peer-to-peer and connect operational needs with research and innovation.

This approach strengthens the bridge between hydro-environment engineering, policy making and implementable solutions, so that Bari becomes a place where ongoing work is presented with practical relevance and shared momentum.