Prof. Dr. -Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Franz Nestmann is Head of the Institute for Water and River Basin Management, and has the Chair for Hydraulic and Rural Engineering. His expertise is in the fields of: Implementation of renewable energy and water supply systems under extreme geological conditions such as caves and mountainous regions, water power and energy storage, river navigation, hydraulic engineering, sediment transport and multiphase systems bubbles, drops and particles. He is President of the Water Resources Management Board Baden-Württemberg (WBW).