The 5th Japan-Korea-China International Workshop
Present Earth Surface Processes and Historical Environmental Changes in East Asia
-Terrestrial Processes in Loess-covering Zone and its Surroundings -

October 7-11, 2008, Hakodate, Japan
Program (call for papers) Excursion Accommodation Venue
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Outline
The purpose of the Japan-Korea-China (JKC) Workshop is to exchange modern and historical environmental information in East Asia region for clarifying environmental processes and changes in East Asia. The JKC International Workshop was initially held in Daejeon, Korea (2004), and was subsequently in Kanazawa, Japan (2005), Seoul, Korea (2006) and Nanjing, China (2007). The 5th Workshop is again Japanese turn. It will be held at Hakodate, Hokkaido in the Northern Island of Japan. Hokkaido is a rapidly developed district after the Meiji Revolution (1868). There are various lakes in this district including many volcano-related ones, which are very convenient for discussing terrestrial (lake-catchment) processes and environments. This district has also received many aeolian materials (loess, etc.) from the Asian Continent. This is why the subtitle is given in this workshop.

Main topics:
1. Present lake-catchment processes: Observation and measurement
2. Present environmental processes and natural hazards
3. Lacustrine sediment choronology
4. Ecological response to human activity and natural variation and their interactions
5. Global changes and regional environmental change
6. Modeling and forecasting environment changes
7. General discussion and some topics for the future cooperation.

Tentative schedule:
7 October: Arrival at Hakodate, registration, welcome party
8 October: Opening ceremony and invited oral presentations (morning), Session oral presentations, posters (afternoon), banquet
9 October: Session oral presentations, posters, further discussion
10 October: Excursion; Lake Onuma, Mt. Usu, Lake Toya, etc., farewell party in Sapporo
11 October: Departure from Sapporo (Chitose)

Hosted by:
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Japan Science Council, National Committee for IAG

Organized by
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS)

Sponsored by:
Japanese Geomorphological Union, Japan
Kanazawa University, Japan
The Korean Quaternary Association, Korea
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS)

Supported by:
City of Hakodate

Organizing Committee:
Chairs:
Kashiwaya K. (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Japan)
Yang D. (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea)
Shen J. (Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Members:
Hasebe N. (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University)
Fukushi K. (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University)
Endo N. (Department of Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University)
Aoki T. (Department of Geography, Kanazawa University)
Saito K. (Faculty of Education, Saitama University)
Ganzawa Y. (Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate)
Marutani T. (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
Nakamura F. (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
Sato T. (Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University)
Tanaka Y. (Faculty of Science, Kyunhee University, Korea)
Kim J. (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea)
Yi S. (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea)
Wu Y. (Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Yang X. (Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Venue
The workshop will be held at Cremona Hall, top of Mt. Hakodate.

Program
General information:
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. Accepted abstracts will be published in the workshop program volume, which will be distributed to all participants. Abstracts will be accepted by e-mail. Details will be given in the second circular.
Deadlines
Registration and abstract: August 20, 2008

Excursion

Lake Onuma, Mt. Usu, Lake Toya, etc., farewell party in Sapporo
Detail will be introduced soon

Accommodation
Room reservation for hotels will be made by the secretariat of the workshop. The room charge for one night (single) is under negotiation (6,000 JPY |10,000 JPY).