3rd International Conference on Mountain Environment and Development (ICMED) (2nd Circular)
August 21-25, 2016 Beijing, China
BACKGROUND
The Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMHE, CAS), successfully organized the 1st and 2nd International Conference on Mountain Environment and Development (ICMED) in 2002 and 2012 in Chengdu, China. IMHE is now organizing the 3rd ICMED to be alongside with the 33rd International Geographical Congress of IGU on August 21-25, 2016 in Beijing, China. This conference will provide an opportunity to enhance the academic exchanges on mountain environment and development, discuss the future of mountain research.
THEME: Future Mountain Development
MAIN TOPIC
(1) Mountain security – disaster mitigation and prevention
(2) Mountain ecology- service function
(3) Mountain environment- harmony between human and nature
(4) Mountain development - livelihoods, settlements, urbanization, policy
(5) Climate change – impact, adaptation, countermeasure
(6) Theory and techniques of mountain research (observation, experiment, remote sensing, modeling and scenario analysis)
TIME AND AVENUE
Time: August 21-25, 2016
Avenue: Beijing, China
Hosted by
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Science
Supported by
☆International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
☆Mountain Branch of the Geographical Society of China (GSC)
☆Committee of Mountain Resource Research with China Society of Natural Resources (CSNR)
☆Professional Committee for Digital Mountain, Chinese National Committee of International Society for Digital Earth (CNISDE)
☆Journal of Mountain Science
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Chairman
DENG Wei, Director of IMHE,CAS, Director of Mountain Branch of GSC, Director of Committee of Mountain Resource Research with CSNR, Director of Professional Committee for Digital Mountain, CNISDE
Vice Chairman
David MOLDEN, Director of ICIMOD
WEN Anbang, Deputy Director of IMHE, CAS
Member
CHEN Xiaoqing, IMHE, CAS
HU Ying, IMHE, CAS
LI Ainong, IMHE, CAS
LIU Qin, IMHE, CAS
QIU Dunlian, IMHE, CAS
SU Lijun, IMHE, CAS
TANG Xiangyu, IMHE, CAS
WANG Genxu, IMHE, CAS
WANG Xiaodan, IMHE, CAS
WANG Yukuan, IMHE, CAS
WU Yanhong, IMHE, CAS
YANG Yan, IMHE, CAS
ZHANG Jifei, IMHE, CAS
ZHANG Ning, IMHE, CAS
ZHAO Wei, IMHE, CAS
ZHOU Gongdan, IMHE, CAS
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chairman
QIN Dahe, Academician of CAS
Vice chairman
LIU Congqiang, Deputy Director of National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC
FU Bojie, Former director of Bureau of Science and Technology for Resource Environment, CAS, President of GSC
Gregory B. GREENWOOD, Executive president of Mountain Research Initiative(, MRI)
CUI Peng, Academician of CAS, Deputy Director of IMHE, CAS, Vice president of GSC
Member
CAI Yunlong, Peking University,China
CHEN Xi, Director of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS,China
DING Yongjian, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, China
HE Daming, Director of Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, China
James Smith GARDNER, University of Manitoba, Canada
Massimo GRECO, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile, Ambientale, Università Federico II di Napoli, Italy
Thomas KOHLER, Center for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland
LIU Weidong, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China
Khanal Narendra RAJ, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Samran SOMBATPANIT, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Vishwambhar Prasad SATI, Government Post Graduate College, Tribhuvan University
SONG Changqing, Director of Geography Department of NSFC, China,
Paolo TAROLLI, University of Padova, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Italy
John R. TOWNSHEND, Department of geographic sciences, University of Maryland, USA
WANG Kelin, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS, China,
Wolfgang WILCKE, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
ZHANG Yili, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China,
REGISTRATION
Participants who have registered to attend the IGU are welcomed to attend the ICMED session.
For registration and submission, please visit the website of the 33rd IGC on http://www.igc2016.org/dct/page/1, and find ICMED session（No.2 in the Forums, Symposium & Special Sessions）.
Deadline on 15 April, 2016 for early registration
16 April 2016 - 15 July, 2016 for regular registration
After 15 July, 2016 for late registration
TIME TABLE
☆The 33rd IGC will be held in Beijing, China on 21-25 August, 2016.
☆The time and place of ICMED is in conformity with the 33rd IGC (the definite date will be disclosed in the final notification).
☆Call for abstracts/papers between 15 September, 2015 and 15 February, 2016
☆Abstracts/Papers should be submitted online (http://www.igc2016.org/dct/page/1).
At the same time a copy is kindly requested to be sent to the organization committee at: huying@imde.ac.cn.
☆Evaluation of abstract / papers by session chairperson(s) between 16 February, 2016 and 15 April, 2016.
☆Selected papers will be recommended to submit to Journal of Mountain Science (http://jms.imde.ac.cn).
CONTACT US
Ms. HU Ying (IMHE, CAS):
Tel: +86-10-85238651
Fax: +86-10-85222258
Email: huying@imde.ac.cn
If you have any query on registration and submission, please contact IGC 2016 Local Organizing Committee.
The Geographical Society of China
11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101
P. R. China
Email: IGC2016@igsnrr.ac.cn
Tel: +86-10-64870663, 64889598
Fax: +86-10-64889598