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A 13th birthday usually marks the start of teenage life. The Mittweida Dam Day, which is taking place for the thirteenth time this year, has long since outgrown the teenage stage; but is instead an ‘established’ event with a tried-and-tested format, long-standing partners and a firm place in the diaries of the approximately 120 participants.
Together with its long-standing co-organisers – the State Dam Administration (LTV) of the Free State of Saxony, the Ruhrverband in Essen and the German Dam Committee (Deutsches TalsperrenKomitee e.V.) – the Research Department is once again organising this popular event as a joint forum for dam operators and suppliers of dam monitoring technology.
The only change this year is the venue; instead of the usual location in Building 5, which is unavailable due to building works, Dam Day will take place in Building 39, the Centre for Media and Social Work, at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.
Today’s programme comprises a total of four sessions covering topics such as earthquake monitoring for dams, the availability of (measurement) data, measurement systems, and dams as part of critical infrastructure.
Professor Torsten Laufs from the Faculty Engineering Sciences is chairing the conference on behalf of the university.
A total of 11 companies are presenting themselves and their range of services in the lower foyer of the ZMS.
Professor Uwe Mahn, Vice-Rector for Research, said at the opening: ‘Dam Day brings together various specialist disciplines whose common ground is their focus on a rather specialised subject within the field of critical infrastructure. It is precisely because of this interdisciplinary nature that I am delighted that Dam Day has become a fixture at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and is now bringing experts in this field to Mittweida for the 13th time.”
Yesterday, as part of an excursion organised by the Saxony State Dam Authority, the participants visited the Schömbach Dam near Frohburg.
Further information on the event is available on the conference website (link).
Text: Annett Kober
Photos: Mittweida University of Applied Sciences