The
9th East Asia International Workshop on
October 8 (Mon) – 13 (Sat), 2012
Kobe, Japan
FIRST
CIRCULAR
Outline:
The
purpose of the East Asia International Workshop is to exchange information on present earth surface processes and long-term environmental changes in East Asia for sustainable Earth and establishing mutual
understanding on earth environment, especially in East Asia.
The International
Workshop was initially held in Daejeon, Korea (2004), and was subsequently in
Kanazawa, Japan (2005), Seoul,
Korea (2006), Nanjing, China (2007), Hakodate, Japan (2008), Taipei, Taiwan (2009), Jeju Island, Korea (2010), and Chengdu, China (2011). The 9th Workshop (2012) will be held in Kobe, Japan.
This workshop also includes the themes on “Terrestrial
Environmental Changes in
East Eurasia” on the basis of long continental records which
have been discussed in Japan, China, Korea, Russia, and Mongolia during the
past 10 years.
Main topics:
1.
Present earth-surface processes and sediment
information
2.
Landforms and natural hazards: earthquake, landslide,
debris-flow
3.
Dynamics of terrestrial processes and land use
changes
4.
East Asian monsoon and environmental changes
5.
Global changes and regional environmental
change
6.
Paleoenvironmental changes: paleoclimate, paleohydrology, paleolimnology
7.
Modeling
and forecasting of
environment
changes
Hosted by:
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa
University, Kanazawa
Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe
University, Kobe
Organized by:
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa
University, Kanazawa
Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe
University, Kobe
IAG Committee, Science
Council of Japan (to be negotiated)
State Key Laboratory of Lake Sedimentation/Environment,
NIGLAS, Nanjing, China
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
(KIGAM), Korea
State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard
Prevention (SKLGP), CDUT, Chengdu, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, IEE, Xian, China
Institute of
Geology and Mineral Resources, Mongolian Academy of Science
Sponsored by:
International Association of Geomorphologists (to be
negotiated)
Japanese
Geomorphological Union
Venue
Kobe University Centennial
Hall
Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan
Program (Tentative):
|
Date |
AM |
PM |
Evening |
|
October
8 |
Arrival & Registration |
Welcome Party |
|
|
October
9 |
Opening Addresses Oral Session |
Oral/Poster Session |
Banquet |
|
October
10 |
Oral Session |
Oral/Poster Session |
|
|
October
11 |
Oral Session |
Oral/Poster Session |
Sightseeing Tour |
|
October
12 |
Field Excursion |
Farewell Party |
|
|
October
13 |
Departure |
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Deadlines: Response form
and abstract: August 20, 2012
Language and format:
The workshop
will include Oral, Poster sessions and a Field excursion. The official language
for all presentations is English. Abstracts will be required from all
participants wishing to submit a poster or oral presentation in the workshop. Abstracts
must be written in Times New Roman 12 pt fonts and should include, in this
order: Abstract title, Authors’ names (fist name and family name), Affiliation (Institutions and
address), First author’s e-mail and Abstract text (less than 2000 words and
figures: whole less than two pages).
Fees:
Registration:
20,000JPY
(250 USD)
(Including a volume of abstracts, welcome
party, lunches on Oct. 9-12)
One-day
excursion: 4000JPY (50 USD)
Banquet:
4000JPY (50
USD)
Accommodation:
6000-9000JPY
(80-100 USD)/person
Field Excursion: The epicenter of the Kobe earthquake and 1995 Earthquake Museum
Weather
October in Kobe is a
beautiful season. The weather is mild. The temperature will usually be 18- 24℃.
For further information,
please contact:
Ms. Reiko Obayashi
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa
University, Kanazawa
Kakuma, Kanazawa
920-1192, Japan
Tel: +81-76-264-6529, +81-76-264-6531
Fax: +81-76-264-6529, +81-76-264-6531
Email:
reiko@earth.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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