International Fog and Dew Association (IFDA)

9th international conference on fog, fog collection, and dew

July 23-28, 2023

Fort COllins, colorado, USA

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Thank you to the 134 participants of FOGDEW2023. The conference included attendees from 27 countries. Approximately 1/3rd of conference registrants were graduate or undergraduate students. Participant platform presentations and two packed poster sessions highlighted the great fog and dew research underway around the globe.

Click here to access a PDF archive of the conference program and abstracts


FOGDEW 2023 is proud to recognize our outstanding student presentation award winners

  • Philip Grote, University of California Santa Cruz, USA, Outstanding Poster Award
  • Klaus Keim Vera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Outstanding Poster Award
  • Sonya Rauschenbach, University of California Davis, USA, Outstanding Poster Award
  • Diego E. Rivera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, Outstanding Poster Award
  • Hayli Stewart, California State University Monterey Bay, USA, Outstanding Poster Award
  • Nathalie Verbrugghe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Outstanding Platform Presentation Award
  • Michaela Vorndran, University of Marburg, Germany, Outstanding Platform Presentation Award

Conference Series

The International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection, and Dew has met every 3 years since its inception in Vancouver, Canada, in 1998. This is the first time the conference was held in the United States and its first time in North America since 2001. The conference is hosted under the auspices of the International Fog and Dew Association. The 10th conference will be held in 2026 in Pune, India.

Code of Conduct

The 9th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection, and Dew (FOGDEW2023) expects that all participants who attend any conference sessions or activities behave with full respect for peers, colleagues, students, staff, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, and everyone across the conference community. We aim to have every aspect of the conference and its associated activities foster and encourage an inclusive, positive, and welcoming environment for all. Click here to see the full Conference Code of Conduct.

Conference Venue

The conference was held in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. We met on the campus of Colorado State University. Conference platform and poster sessions were held in the Lory Student Center Ballrooms B, C, and D. The Sunday evening ice-breaker reception and the Thursday evening Conference Banquet were held at the CSU Canvas Stadium. Click here for a campus map.

Conference highlights

More than 170 abstracts were submitted from 27 countries, continuing the strong international tradition of the conference. The conference will include 4 featured talks, 60 oral presentations, and 110 poster presentations. An icebreaker welcome reception is planned for 5-7 PM Sunday evening, July 23rd, and a conference banquet including live Bluegrass music by the Hummin’Birds, will be held 6:30-9:30 PM Thursday July 27th. A full-day conference technical excursion is planned to nearby Rocky Mountain National Park on Wednesday, July 26th.

Presenter information

Platform presentations are arranged in 15 minute timeslots. Your talk should not exceed 12 minutes to allow 3 minutes of discussion. Session chairs will enforce speaking time limits. Speakers will upload presentations on-site prior to their session. Please provide a PowerPoint (preferred) or .pdf copy of your presentation for upload. Please use a 16:9 format for your slides.

Posters can be put up starting Monday at lunch and remain mounted until Friday morning. The maximum poster size is 42 x 42 inches (107 x 107 cm).

Travel

Fort Collins is located approx. 100 km from Denver International Airport (DEN). Commercial shuttle service and rental cars are available. Groome Transportation provides scheduled service between DEN and Fort Collins, with service to the Fort Collins Hilton available. If you are staying in CSU dormitory housing, you can take the shuttle to Academic Village (your dormitory location) or save some money and go to the CSU Transit Center (a few minutes walk across campus). Landline provides scheduled service between DEN and the CSU Transit Center in Fort Collins.


Meet Our Team

Conference organizers

Genki Katata

Scientific committee chair

Senior Research Fellow

The Canon Institute for Global Studies

Tokyo, Japan

Jeff Collett

Chair, Conference organizing committee

Professor

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Martial Haeffelin

President, IFDA

Deputy Director

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

Palaiseau, France

U.S. Conference Organizing Committee

Jeff Collett (Chair), Colorado State University

Noel Bryan, Colorado State University

Pierre Herckes, Arizona State University

I-Ting Ku, Colorado State University

Martha Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey

Derek Straub, Susquehanna University

Lixin Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Conference Scientific Committee

Genki Katata (Scientific Chair), Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan

Nurit Agam, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Jan Cermak, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Jeff Collett, Colorado State University, USA

Glenda Garcia Santos, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Ismail Gultepe, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

Martial Haeffelin, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, France

Pierre Herckes, Arizona State University, USA

Otto Klemm, University of Muenster, Germany

Pablo Osses Mcintyre, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile

Belinda Roux, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Martha Scholl, US Geological Survey, USA

Lixin Wang, IUPUI, USA

Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA

Suping Zhang, Ocean University of China, China

Thanks to our conference sponsors!

We are grateful to the sponsors of FOGDEW2023. If you would like to help sponsor the conference or want to join our vendor exhibition, please contact Jeff Collett (collett at colostate dot edu).

U.S. National Science Foundation

Updates

Recent News

September 28, 2022 Welcome to the new website for FOGDEW2023!

October 19, 2022 First call for abstracts distributed via the fog-dew mailing list

February 3, 2023 More than170 abstracts have been submitted from 27 countries.

February 23, 2023 More than 30 student/postdoc travel grant applications have been received

April 1, 2023 14 students/postdocs were awarded travel grants

May 4, 2023 The conference program is posted!

July 28, 2023 A busy conference week concludes. See you all in Pune for FOGDEW2026!