We are happy and proud to announce a highly ranked line-up of keynote speakers:

		Dr. Nikolay KASIMOV Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University and Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Link to CV   Keynote Topic: Terrestrial particulate and dissolved flux by largest Russian rivers   Co-Authors: Sergey Chalov (C.V.), Mikhail Lychagin, Galina Shinkareva & Vasily Efimov
		Dr. Alexander GELFAN Dr.Sci. in Phys. & Math, Director, Water Problems Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Link to CV   Keynote Topic: Climate change and threats to water security
		Dr. Ellen WOHL Professor of Geology and University Distinguished Professor Dept of Geosciences, Colorado State University, USA Link to CV   Keynote Topic: Messy Rivers are Healthy Rivers: the Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Sustaining River Ecosystems
		Dr. Jim BEST Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science, Mechanical Science and Engineering Department of Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Link to CV   Keynote Topic: Anthropogenic stresses on large rivers: Types, timescales and triage