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American Geophysical Union 2025

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December 15, 2025 - December 19, 2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm (UTC-05:00)

American Geophysical Union 2025 will host the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists on the theme, “Where Science Connects Us.” Scientists, educators, policymakers, journalists and communicators will attend to better understand our planet and environment, opening greater awareness to address climate change and greater collaborations to lead to solutions.

IWMI Sessions at AGU 2025

Monday, December 15, 2025

Time	Session	Location
8:30-12:00	From projections to practice: Visualizing climate data for agricultural resilience in Africa Madhusha Perera (presenter)	Hall EFG
9:20-9:30	H11C-06 Evaluating satellite-based evapotranspiration estimates using eddy covariance observations across the Indus Basin irrigation system of Pakistan Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Room 242
16:40-16:50	SY14B-03 Access to Water (ACWA) Tool: Integrating hydrology, infrastructure and travel‑time to map water‑service equity Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Room 338-339

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Time	Session	Location
8:30-10:00	H21E – African Hydrology: Bridging Data, Models, and Innovation for Sustainable Solutions I Oral Moctar Dembélé (co-chair), Meron Teferi Taye (convenor)	Room 343
8:30-12:00	Bridging data gaps for resilience: Integrating Earth observation and socioeconomic data for flood risk assessment and decision support in Africa Giriraj Amarnath (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Africa’s fuel accessibility: A travel-time analysis Mansoor Leh (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Carbon balance and ecosystem productivity dynamics across diverse agricultural systems in the Indus Basin Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Transforming agricultural water management research with the AI co-scientist Surajit Ghosh (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Evidence-based water management for revitalizing Amibara Irrigation Scheme in Ethiopia: A water accounting approach Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Hall EFG
9:20-9:30	GC21B-05 An automated machine learning-based framework for monitoring monthly irrigated areas in the Limpopo River basin using Sentinel-2 imagery Zolo Kiala (presenter)	Room 206
9:45-9:55	H21E-08 Equitable flood risk management through transdisciplinary knowledge generation in marginalized communities of East and West Africa Meron Teferi Taye (presenter)	Room 343
14:15-17:45	Data-driven hydrological discharge simulation in the Limpopo River Basin for transboundary water management Mariangel Garcia Andarcia (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Three decades (1995-2024) of continental African river discharge across 650 000+ reaches: Unveiling trends from headwaters to major dams Naga Velpuri (presenter), Mansoor Leh (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Assessing livestock impacts on water budgets in agricultural catchments: Insights from water accounting analysis in Eastern Uganda Mansoor Leh (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Hydrological implications for sustainable irrigation development in the Lake Chad Basin under climate change Moctar Dembélé (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Leveraging satellite and climate data with machine learning for early forecasting of crop irrigation demand in Pakistan Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:14-17:45	Machine learning approach to irrigation demand forecasting in the Indus Basin using Google Earth Engine Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Advancing water security in Africa through the IWMI Africa GeoPortal Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	H23M- African hydrology: Bridging data, models and innovation for sustainable solutions II Poster Moctar Dembélé (co-chair), Meron Teferi Taye (convenor)	Hall EFG

Wednesday, November 17, 2025

Time	Session	Location
8:30-12:00	Rethinking rice water management: Modeling system shifts for sustainable irrigation under climate change Alok Sikka (presenter)	Hall EFG
16:15-16:25	NH34B-01 Earth observation-based tools for improving water management in data-scarce regions Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Room 295-296
16:15-17:45	H34F – Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in in-situ ET measurements and remote sensing-based ET estimation, mapping and evaluation I Oral Naga Velpuri (co-chair)	Room 217-219

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Time	Session	Location
8:30-10:00	H41D – Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in in-situ ET measurements and remote sensing-based ET estimation, mapping and evaluation II Oral Naga Velpuri (co-chair)	Room 217-219
8:30-12:00	Historical increase of urban wastewater availability impacts on river basin hydrology and agricultural development Mahesh Jampani (presenter)	Hall EFG
9:24-9:33	H41H-07 From deficits to storage: Data-driven tools for agricultural water management Mansoor Leh (presenter)	Room 225-227
10:30-12:00	H42D – Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in in-situ ET measurements and remote sensing-based ET estimation, mapping and evaluation III Oral Naga Velpuri (chair)	Room 217-219
11:32-11:42	H42D-07 SSEBopET+: An open source QGIS plugin for processing on-demand SSEBop evapotranspiration data Karthikeyan Matheswaran (presenter)	Room 217-219
14:15-17:45	Data-driven assessment of crop water productivity and energy productivity for optimal resource use in India Alok Sikka (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	Evaluating transboundary water cooperation in Central Asia: From rapid assessment to template development Bunyod Holmatov (presenter)	Hall EFG
14:15-17:45	H43J – Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in in-situ ET measurements and remote sensing-based ET estimation, mapping and evaluation IV Poster Naga Velpuri (co-chair)	Hall EFG
16:15-17:45	H44E – From data to decisions: Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus modeling under changing climate I Oral Mohsin Hafeez (chair), Alok Sikka (co-chair), Naga Velpuri (co-chair)	Room 238-239
16:15-17:45	SE44A: Human health and wellbeing rely on a resilient and stable Earth system: advancing the synergistic Planetary Health, GeoHealth, and Planetary Boundaries frameworks Meron Teferi Taye (panelist)	Room 342
16:25-16:35	H44E-02 Enhancing sustainable groundwater governance through Groundwater Management Information System (GMIS): A case study of Punjab, Pakistan Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Room 238-239
16:45-16:55	H44E – From models to impact: Leveraging quality data for WEF nexus solutions – lessons from Central Asia Bunyod Holmatov (presenter)	Room 238-239
16:45-16:55	IN44B-04 Water Copilot: An AI-driven intelligent agent for water management Keerththanan Vickneswaran (presenter)	Room 292
16:55-17:05	IN44B-05 From YOLO to VLMs: Advancing zero-shot and few-shot detection of wastewater treatment plants using satellite imagery in MENA region Mariangel Garcia Andarcia (presenter)	Room 292
17:05-17:15	H44E-06 SukhaRakshak AI: Harnessing anticipatory intelligence for proactive drought risk management in India Giriraj Amarnath (presenter)	Room 238-239

Friday, December 19, 2025

Time	Session	Location
8:00-12:00	Integrated hydrologic modeling for sustainable resources management within Water-Energy-Food framework Alok Sikka (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Assessment of antimicrobial resistance in urban and peri-urban rivers for informed decision making Shweta Yadav (presenter), Alok Sikka (Presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	An AI-driven river salinity forecast and advisory system for climate resilient agriculture in Coastal Bangladesh Karthikeyan Matheswaran (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Deriving similitudes from remote sensing-based turbidity and observed salinity trends in Coastal Bangladesh for agricultural development Mahesh Jampani (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Unlocking farmer-driven irrigation in Southeast Asia: A geospatial assessment in Cambodia and Laos Mansoor Leh (presenter), Darshana Wickramasinghe (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Harnessing the WEFE nexus: Innovative digital solutions for South Asia’s water crisis Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Multi-product water-balance assessment in the Arabian peninsula and downstream reservoir environmental flows Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Foresight analysis of climate change impact on water resources: Implications for the hydropower and agriculture sectors in the Karnali River Basin of the Himalayan region Mohsin Hafeez (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	Estimation of water ponding depth in paddy dominated landscape: A remote sensing-based approach Shivam Pandey (presenter)	Hall EFG
8:30-12:00	From data to decisions: Water-Energy-Food- Environment (WEFE) nexus modeling under changing climate II Poster Mohsin Hafeez (chair), Alok Sikka (co-chair), Naga Velpuri (presenter)	Hall EFG