Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2021

(LASOSU2021)

The Second Circular

1. THEME

Green Mountain & Clear Water

2. INTRODUCTION

The International Forum on Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2021 (LASOSU2021) will be held on 21-23 August 2021 in Dalian, China, to provide an avenue for scientists to discuss pressing issues on soil loss facing our profession and society. The forum is hosted by World Association of Soil and Water Conservation, Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering (Italy) and Soil Erosion Division of CSWCS (China) and organized by Dalian University of Technology (China) and the University of Padova (Italy). Thirteen other famous institutes are also involved in co-organizing the conference, including the Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of CAS & MWR (China), Beijing Normal University (China), Huazhong Agricultural University (China), Xi’an University of Technology (China), Italian Association for Soil and Water Bioengineering (Italy), Beijing Forestry University (China), Tsinghua University (China), Key Laboratory of Process and Control of Soil Loss on the Loess Plateau (China), Shandong Agricultural University (China), Southwest University (China), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (China), Yunnan University (China), Shandong Division of CSWCS (China). The academic committee consists of 30 outstanding scientists in the field of soil conservation and sustainable development, of which 5 of them are academicians. Nine keynote sessions and 20 specific sessions will be held in the forum. The website of LASOSU2021 is shown at http://meeting.dlut.edu.cn/meeting/index_en.asp?id=2710.

3. TOPICS

Topic 1.  Soil Conservation in Construction of the Belt and Road

Topic 2.  Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development

Topic 3.  Nature-based Solutions for Soil and Water Conservation

Topic 4.   Remote Sensing and Big Data in Land Degradation Analysis

Topic 5.   Smart Monitoring Information System for Soil and Water Conservation

Topic 6.   Decision-Making Information System for Soil and Water Conservation

Topic 7.   Land Resource Management

Topic 8.  Effects of Climate Change on Land Degradation

Topic 9. Other Topics on Soil and Water Conservation or Ecological Sustainability

4. BOARD OF ACADEMIC COMMITTEE(In alphabetical order of names)

(1) Presidents

Bojie Fu (China)

Rattan Lal (USA)

(2) Vice Presidents

Desmond Eric Walling (UK)	Giancarlo Dalla Fontana (Italy)
Guangqian Wang (China)	Jianguo Liu (USA)
Jinren Ni (China)	Peng Cui (China)
Rui Li (China)	Winfried Blum (Austria)

(3) Members

Baoyuan Liu (China)	Chi-hua Huang (USA)
Chi Zhang (China)	Chongfa Cai (China)
Fenli Zheng (China)	Guobin Liu (China)
Hans Hurni (Switzerland)	Jean Poesen (Belgium)
José Luis Rubio (Spain)	Martin Haigh (UK)
Miodrag Zlatic (Serbia)	Qiangguo Cai (China)
Rosa Maria Poch Claret (Spain)	Tingwu Lei (China)
Vincenzo D’Agostino (Italy)	Wenyi Yao (China)
Xingyi Zhang (China)	Xinxiao Yu (China)
Yanhe Huang (China)	Zhanbin Li (China)

5. BOARD OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE(In alphabetical order of names)

(1) Presidents

Duihu Ning (China)

Paolo Tarolli (Italy)

(2) Members

	Federico Preti (Italy)		Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza (Italy)
	Guanghui Zhang (China)		Manuel Esteban Lucas Borja (Spain)
	Vito Ferro (Italy)		Wenlong Wang (China)
	Xiangzhou Xu (China)		Xiaoying Liu (China)
Yu Tang (China)		Zhihua Shi (China)

6. HOSTS AND ORGANIZERS

(1) Hosts

World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering (Italy)

Soil Erosion Division, CSWCS(China)

(2) Organizers

Dalian University of Technology (China)

University of Padova (Italy)

(2) Co-organizers

         Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS & MWR (China)

  Beijing Normal University (China)

  Huazhong Agricultural University (China)

  Xi’an University of Technology (China)

  Italian Association for Soil and Water Bioengineering (Italy)

  Beijing Forestry University (China)

  Tsinghua University (China)

  Key Laboratory of Process and Control of Soil Loss on the Loess Plateau (China)

  Shandong Agricultural University (China)

  Southwest University (China)

  Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (China)

  Yunnan University (China)

  Shandong Division, CSWCS (China)

7. REGISTRATION

(1) Personal data

Please fill in the form entitled Participant information (Accessory 1), and send your personal data to the conference team via the email xzxu2018@126.com. A prompt response will be received after the submission, and then you may pay the registration fee.

(2) Registration fee

       The registration will be completed after the registration fee has been paid.

☆Here is the registration fee for a participant attending LASOSU2021 on-site in Dalian, which is the same as that announced in the first circular:

The registration fee includes access to the conference and parallel sessions, lunch and refreshment breaks as scheduled in the conference program, and symposium dinner. The accommodation during the conference will be arranged at your own expense.