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The 9th International Symposium
on River Sedimentation (ISRS) organized by the Ministry of Water
Resources, People’s Republic of China was opened on Oct. 18 till Oct.
21, 2004 at the site of the partially completed Three Gorges Project on
the Yangtze River near Yichang of Hubei Province in China. A total
of 450 scientists, 
engineers,
researchers and decision makers from 40 countries, including
officials from international organizations, government Departments
and other organizations attended the symposium.
The ISRS is a triennial
conference series initiated in 1980 by the Chinese Scholars and
supported by UNESCO. Since then, eight such symposia have been held in
Asia, America, Europe and Africa, respectively. The International
Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES),
being authorized by UNESCO, has served as the permanent secretariat for
the organization of the ISRS. This Symposium is the pageant for the
scientists and engineers from all over the world to exchange information
and strengthen cooperation and friendship.
The Chinese government paid
great attention to the 9th ISRS, Minister Wang Shucheng personally
assumes the Chairman of Local Organizing Committee and Vice
Minister Suo Lisheng is the Executive Vice Chairman.IRTCES,
Changjiang River Water Resources Commission (CWRC), China Institute of
Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and Chinese Hydraulic
Engineering Society (CHES) are sponsor organizations of the
Symposium.
Sediment problems in general,
include those arising from land erosion, desertification, sediment
yield, transport and deposition in reservoirs and lakes, process of
river course, estuary and coast, and interactions between sediment and
hydro projects and their impacts etc.
According to preliminary
sediment statistics available for the world, the annual erosion of
surface soil from river basins amounts to 60 billion tons. Due to soil
and water loss, as much as 5 to 7 million ha of farmlands are annually
ruined and about 1% of the previous storage capacity of the world’s
reservoirs is annually lost to deposition.
Presently China has the total
eroded area of 3.56 x106 Km2, accounting for 37% of the total
territory of the country, with 5x109 of annual amount of soil erosion.
The transport of large amount of sediment in the land surface and
streams has brought significant influence to survival environments of
human being, utilization of water and soil resources and socio-economic
development.
With the advance in the
development and utilization of water resources, increasingly more large
hydraulic projects have recently built, for example, the large Chinese
project of Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River and the colossal Three Gores
Project being constructed on the Yangtze river. Large hydraulic projects
with large reservoirs on sediment-laden rivers are bound to interact
strongly with the river systems and thereby to affect their up-and
downstream environments as well as with the riparian environment of
their reservoirs through sedimentation process involved in flood
control, power generation, water supply, navigation and others.
The theme for the 9th ISRS is
“interactions between fluvial systems and hydraulic projects and
pertinent environment impacts”. Under this central theme, six topics
are suggested for in-depth discussion, namely large-scaled hydraulic
projects and their impacts,river sedimentation, estuarine and coastal
engineering,environmental problems in sedimentation, Soil and water and
Sediment information.
More than 500 papers from 52
countries and regions have been received by the secretariat. The
collection of papers covers a broad spectrum and reflects the vibrant
research activity on erosion and sedimentation all over the world. 12
prominent experts will present keynote lectures on selected topics in
the plenary sessions. 220 experts will present their current state of
research in 6 parallel sessions. 46 papers will be presented at poster
session. During the symposium, the technical tour will be organized to
visit the Three Gorges Project as well as new immigration villages.
The successful organization of the 9th ISRS and the establishment of the
WASER would be not only to strengthen friendship between scholars of
various countries, but also to promote international exchange of
information and cooperation in the field of erosion and sedimentation,
to enhance capability of sediment research and to make contributions for
conservation and utilization of soil and water resources and melioration
of the ecological environment.
- Vice Minister Lisheng SUO acts as a moderator (in Chinese)
- Welcoming Address by Shucheng WANG, Minister of Water Rescources of China(in Chinese)
- Welcoming Address by Yong'an LI, Gerneral Manager of China Three Gorges Project Corporation (in Chinese)
- Welcoming Address by Chengfa RUAN, Vice Governor of Hubei Province Government (in Chinese)
- Opening Remarks by Dr. A Szollosi-Nagy, Deputy Assistant Director General of UNESCO
- Opening Remarks by Dr Christopher George, Executive Director, IAHR
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Zhimin
MENG
Lisheng SUO
(Deputy Director-General of
Department
of International Cooperation, Science & Technology,
MWR. Vice Minister
of MWR)
Yaxiong BI, Deputy General Manager of China Three Gorges Project Corporation Full view
Chair: Prof. Desmond E. Walling
· 9th ISRS technical
summarization (Prof. Ying TAN);
· Issuing Certificates of
Award papers of “International Journal of Sediment Research”. Prof.
Z.Y. Wang announces the award, Prof. Plate, Prof. G. Di Silvio and Prof.
C. T. Yang award the Certificates.
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Prof. Jizhang GAO, vice chairman of 9th
ISRS LOC makes closing address, and announces the Organizer and place of the 10th
ISRS;
· Symposium
banner hand over. Prof. Jizhang GAO hands over the banner to Prof.
Chunhong HU, Secretary General of the 9th ISRS, and then
Prof. Chunhong HU hands over the banner to Prof. R. Chalov,
representative of the 10th ISRS.
· Prof. N. I. ALEKSEEVSKIY, Representative of the Moscow University
makes speech.
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BRIEF OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS of 9th ISRS(Prof. Ying TAN)
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Closing Addrss by Prof. Jizhang GAO, vice Chairman of the LOC (in Chinese)
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Speech by Prof. Alekseevskiy, representative of the Moscow University
Prof. WALLING Prof. Ying TAN Prof. Silke Wieprecht
Prof. Zhao-Yin WANG Prof. Jizhang GAO
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Prof. Plate, Prof. G. Di Silvio and Prof. C. T. Yang award the Certificates |
Prof. Chunhong HU hands over the ISRS banner to the representative of the 10th ISRS. |
Prof. Chih Ted Yang, Colorado University, USA: "The subject Symposium was indeed a great success due to the preparation by you, Dr. Wang, and others prior to the Symposium. All the delegates benefited form the exchange of information, meeting with new and old friends. I plan to attend the next meeting in Moscow and see you again, if not sooner."
Jerry M. Bernard, National Geologist， USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, USA: "I will never forget the conference, nor my short time once again in China. You and your staff did a remarkable job in organizing a very interesting and worthwhile symposium. On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), I want to congratulate you and your colleagues on a very successful 9th International Synmposium on River Sedimentation. Your hospitality and efficiency made all of the participants, international and local, comfortable and satisfied with the content and results of the symposium. I especially want to compliment you on the exquisite web site that you recently posted. You have captured the essence of the symposium, both in the written word and colorful image."
华东师范大学河口海岸国家重点实验室 刘红：“在你们的精心组织下，无论是主题报告、分会报告、晚会、还是技术考察，都深深的吸引了与会的代表，可以说会议取得了巨大的成功。这和你们所作的大量的努力是分不开。作为参加会议的代表，向你们说一声“辛苦了，谢谢！””
Anurag Srivastava, Uri Power Station Chief Engineer (Civil), India: "It was a pleasure to attend the 9thISRS. The Key Notes of the Symposium are excellent. I again thank you for such a nice arrangment and hospitality & such a high quality symposium."
Huang Guoxian, Tsinghua University, China: "Thank you and other organizers for giving me a chance to know the development of sediment research and etc in this conference. in fact, I think it is an excellent conference."
Colin R Thorne，Professor of Physical Geography，University of Nottingham, UK: "a short note to thank you for the very excellent arrangements at the Ninth ISRS last week. My wife and I enjoyed the event from start to finish. Well Done indeed to you and all concerned in this important and successful conference!"
Hubert CHANSON，Reader, Dept. of Civil Engineering，The University of Queensland, Australia: "I wish to thank you for all your work fr the preparation and organisation of the 9th International Symposium on River sedimentation in Yichang. It was an excellent event wothwhile to attend. Please convey my since thanks to all the organising comittee."
John R. Gray, Sediment Specialist/Hydrologist，U.S. Geological Survey Office of Surface Water: "You and your IRTCES colleagues did a super job. Well done!"
西安理工大宋孝玉:"谢谢你们为会议所做的一切，会议开得很成功！"
James Yang, Sweden: "thanks for a nice conference."
Yang Guifang, East China Normal University, China: "Thank you very much for your great efforts in organizing the successful Symposium. It is really a good chance for us to attend the meeting and discuss the relative researches with the experts from all over the world."
Dr Zhong Shi, Department of Harbour and Coastal Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University: "Congratulations. Your hard organizing works shall be appreciated by us."
You are Welcome to the
10th ISRS
August, 1-4, 2007
Moscow, Russia
PowerPoint File about 10th ISRS (Moscow University，36MB)
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