The 9th East Asia International Workshop on
Present Earth Surface Processes and Long -term Environmental
Changes in East Asia - from Continent to Island ArcOctober 8 (Mon) – 13 (Sat), 2012
Kobe, Japan
SECOND 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
Japanese Geomorphological Union
Venue
Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe (MV: Higashi Maiko,Tarumi, Kobe 655-0047, Japan) and
Kobe University Centennial Hall (KU: Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501 Japan)
Program (Tentative):
Date
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12
AM
PM
Arrival & Registration (MV)
Opening Addresses (MV)
Oral/Poster Session(MV)
Oral Session (MV)
Oral Session (MV)
Oral/Poster Session (MV)
Oral Session (KU)
Oral/Poster Session (KU)
Field Excursion
October 13
Evening
Welcome Party (MV)
Banquet
Sightseeing Tour
Farewell Party
Departure
Deadlines: Response form and abstract: August 31, 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
(Including a volume of abstracts, welcome party, lunches on Oct. 9-12)
One-day excursion: 4000JPY
Banquet: 4000JPY
Accommodation (with breakfast): Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe
(http://www.maikovilla.co.jp/english/, Higashi Maiko,Tarumi, Kobe 655-0047, Japan)
 7000JPY/person/night for twin use of a twin room
 12000JPY/person/night for single use of a twin room or double room/Japanese room
*Lecture-audience is free for lectures.
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℃.
Letters of invitation:
Participants who require letters of invitation, please contact to
reiko@earth.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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
Response Form:
Please provide the following information to reiko@earth.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp before
August 31, 2012 to help with relevant arrangements.
Position/Title: (Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms.)
Last Name:
First Name:
Country:
Passport number:
Organization:
Gender: Male [
] or female [
]
Tel:
Email:
Fax:
Presentation :
poster? [
] or oral? [
Presentation title:
Accompanying Person Number:
Activity Participation:
Name:
Will you attend the field excursion? [ ]
the farewell party? [
]
Twin use of a twin room/double room? [ ]
Hotel Accommodation: Name of room-sharing person*
Single use of a twin rooms/double room/Japanese room? [
Check in and Check-out: Your Check in date [
]
]
Check-out date [
* Organizing committee will ask participants who prefer twin use of a twin room to be
room-shared if a room-sharing person is not mentioned.
]
]