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