The conference deals with all pressure, flow, power and efficiency measurements necessary to determine the energetic performances of hydraulic machines at site, or define the hydraulic conditions in order to install or upgrade power plants.

Papers are invited on relevant subjects including (but not limited to):

• Importance of the efficiency evaluation on hydro power plants and hydro systems
• Efficiency and hydraulic behaviour prediction by means of CFD for flow analysis and/or model testing
• Economics of site testing (effectiveness of new plants and refurbishment)
• Instrumentation and calibration of testing device
• Case studies of efficiency measurements
• Acoustic and dilution methods
• Current meter and velocity area methods
• Pressure time and differential pressure methods
• Thermodynamic method and new measuring techniques
• Signal data acquisition systems and data processing
• Data analysis and evaluation of measuring uncertainties
• Units management and plant monitoring for best efficiency operation
• Aims and requirements of test standards

The official language of the conference is English.