News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

IFGR organise a conference on the theme of rivers and health

In 2016, IFGR became a partner of Quais du Départ, the Lyon festival of travel books and films, whose fifth edition was held from 24 to 27 November 2016. Two highlights stood out in this first year of the partnership.

Public conference organised on the invitation of the Maison de Loire en Anjou.

Third international session of the IFGR panel – from 11 to 14 October 2016, at Avignon. Session theme: Deltas. Avignon (France) le 11/10/2016 For this session, IFGR gathered its international and multidisciplinary panel in Avignon from 11 to 14 October 2016, on the theme of deltas. Following on from Lyon in October 2015 and Montreal […]

On the 27 May 2016, an institutional visit was organized in order to introduce the elected representatives of the region to the new sedimentation management system of the Rhone (France).

Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers has joined with the National School of Architecture of Lyon to start a long-term exchange programme between Master’s students and the representatives of the different disciplines present in IFGR.