Dr. Ali Chavoshian from the organizing committee of the 5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5) paid a visit to the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of sciences (IMHE, CAS) on Jan. 10, 2011 to seek collaboration in preparing the upcoming conference.

Dr. Ali Chavoshian Visits IMHE

With the theme of “Floods: From Risk to Opportunity”, ICFM5 will be hosted by International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) in Japan on September 27-29, 2011.

Dr. Ali Chavoshian introduced the preparative work of ICFM5 to experts of IMHE engaged in disaster research including debris flow, flood and landslide. He proposed that IMHE should join hands with the organizing committee to make a good preparation on the topic of rain-trigged disasters to be discussed at the conference.

The experts of IMHE, in response, hailed the proposal, saying that this would further their cooperation with ICHARM. They also introduced major research achievements of IMHE to Dr. Ali Chavoshian.