The Sixth Session of the Board of Representatives (BOR) of International
Consortium on Landslides, UNESCO, Paris
14 -
16 November 2007 Room XIII (-1 Floor) and XIV of Bonvin Building, UNESCO Headquarters
1 Rue Miollis, Paris, France Tel: +33-1-45 68 41 20, Fax: +33-1-45 68 58 21
Schedule: (Evening on 13 November (Tuesday)Steering Committee meeting) 14 November (Wednesday)
6th Session of BOR /ICL 9:00-18:00 Room XIII of Bonvin Building
15 November (Thursday) Planning Meeting of
WLF in Room XIII and Room XIV 16 November (Friday) Planning Meeting of WLF
in Room XIII
Other sessions will be
planned based on the application of papers to topic below. Topic 1 Technological
Development Topic 2 Targeted Landslides:
Mechanisms and Impacts Topic 3 Capacity Building Topic 4 Mitigation, Preparedness and Recovery Topic 5 Case Studies in Regions/Types Topic 6 Related Earth system
Disasters and International Initiatives Topic 7 Others
Reference: The planned number
of Parallel Sessions will be 24 in four rooms within UNU building. Length of one session will be
90 minutes. Posters are planned to be displayed around the UTANT Hall (the
biggest room). We will examine those in the organizing committee in October.
2007 International Forum on Landslide Disaster Management The Forum will be held at
the Council Chamber House at Room 809, 8th Floor Meng Wah Complex of the
University of Hong Kong. The University is situated at Po Fu Lam Road, on the
Western side of the Hong Kong Island. http://hkieged.org/LDM2007/venue.htm
10th International Symposium on Landslides And Engineered Slopes
The 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes will be
held from June 30 to July 4, 2008 in Xi'an China. The symposium is one of the
most important activities of the Joint Technical Committee on Landslides and
Engineered Slopes (JTC1) under the International Society of Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), International Society for Rock Mechanics
(ISRM) and International Association on Engineering Geology (IAEG). http://www.landslide.iwhr.com/
ALPPS 2008
Alpine Landslide Problems and Projects Switzerland 2008
Bern, Switzerland, August 23 - September 3, 2008
Sponsor/Cosponsors:
The International Erosion Control Association
Association of Engineering Geologists
United States Geological Survey
Japan Landslide Society
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
ASCD-GeoInstitute
etc.
Pre- and Post-conference Field trips:
(1) 4-days pre-conference field trip to Jiuzhaigou Valley in the north of Sichuan Province: to visit counter-debris-flow structures built behind the natural beauty of Jiuzhaigou Valley (one of the World Natural Heritage sites)
(2) 3-days post-conference field trip to the Dongchuan Debris Flow Observation and Research Station (DDFORS): to observe all evolutional stages of debris flows from initiation to termination.
First North American Landslide Conference
- Landslides and Society: Integrated Science, Engineering, Management,
and Mitigation
3-8 June 2007
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa, Vail, Colorado, USA
This conference has two major themes - "Monitoring & Management of Slopes & Landslides" and "Evaluation & Control of Landslides." These themes include a variety of topics that emphasize latest developments and practical experiences across the entire spectrum of landslide management and mitigation issues - including scientific, technological, engineering design, and socio-economic aspects. The technical excursions on Wednesday provide field examples supporting many of these topics.
Themes :
1) MONITORING & MANAGEMENT OF SLOPES & LANDSLIDES
Landslides and Society: An Overview of Landslide Processes / Advances in Landslide Mapping and Modeling / Advances in Parameterization, Instrumentation, and Monitoring / Appraisal of Instability and Risk / Loss Reduction Strategies
2) EVALUATION & CONTROL OF LANDSLIDES
Earth and Rock Slides / Stabilization of Landslide Masses / Remedial Works and Hazard Mitigation / Debris Flows and Avalanches / Rockfall Evaluation and Control
Chairman : Dr. A. Keith Turner
E-mail: kturner@mines.edu
The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee andThe IPL Symposium on Landslide Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management
(IPL Symposium 2007)
Date: 22-25
January 2007 Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan Organizers: ICL, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UN/ISDR, UNEP, UNU, KU
and others
22 (Monday) January:
Secretary Meeting
23 (Tuesday) January
(9:00-17:00) IPL Symposium 2007 Symposium: ICL has occasionally
organized symposiums or round table discussion on IPL. The IPL Symposium 2007 is
one of those meetings. It will publish the proceedings in CD as well as in the
ICL web page. The papers will be reviewed by the volunteers.
(Call for Papers and instructions are uploaded in ICL web
page. http://www.iclhq.org/)).
24-25 (Wednesday-Thursday)
January (9:00-17:00) The First
Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee
The
2008 World Landslide Forum and the World Centre of Excellence, and IPL Global
Cooperation fields as well as the management of IPL Global Promotion Committee
will be discussed.
Secretariat:
Research Centre on Landslides Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan Tel: +81-774-38-4110, Fax:
+81-774-32-5597 E-mail: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp Website: http://www.iclhq.org/
International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2006
The First General Assembly Meeting and the Fourth Session of the Board
of Representatives (BOR) of International COnsortium on Landslides, Washington
D.C., USA
12 - 14 October 2005
The General Assembly of the International Consortium on Landslides was
organized every three years to report and disseminate ICL activities to
the community of landslide research and capacity building over the world.
The First ICL General Assembly Meeting and the Fourth Session of ICL Board
of Representatives (BOR) were organized in Washington, D.C., USA on 12-14
October 2005.
Venue: Keck Center of the National Academy of Sciences, 500 5th
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, U.S.A.
Organization Committee
Chairman: Peter T. LYTTLE, (US Geological Survey) and Kyoji Sassa (Kyoto University, Japan) Tel: +1 (703) 648 6943
Fax: +1 (703) 648 6937 E-mail: plyttle@usgs.gov
International Symposium on gLandslide Hazards in Orogenic Zones from the
Himalaya to Island Arcs in Asiah
25 - 26 September 2005
The Nepal Landslide Society (NELS) and Japan Landslide Society (JLS) in
collaboration with Centre for Applied Research Development (CARD), Institute
of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and International Landslide
Centre (ILC), University of Durham, UK organized an International Symposium
on gLandslide Hazards in Orogenic Zones from the Himalaya to Island Arcs
in Asiah on 25th to 26th September 2005 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Based on
the proposal from the leader of IPL M110 project gCapacity building in
landslide hazard management and control for mountainous developing countries
in Asiah, ICL has decided to jointly organize this International Symposium
at the 3rd Session of the Board of Representatives of ICL held in October
2004 in Bratislava.
Themes
1. Landslide Hazard
and Risk: Landslide classification for hazard management in
monsoon Asia / The mechanics of slope materials in soils and rocks / Landslides triggered by large seismic and / or precipitation events / Landslide
phenomenon in periglacial region / Site investigation and techniques / Hazard
and risk mapping
2. Landslide
Hazard Management: Pre-disaster management and
mitigation / Post-disaster management and mitigation / Software
(Non-structural) approaches to landslide problems
3. Geo-environmental
Aspect of Landslides: Soil erosion and
the development of badlands / Urban geology and slope management / Slope
stability and waste management / Environmental management strategies for slope land
terrains
Field
Excursions
A Three-day pre-symposium excursion, from 22nd to 24th September 2005,
was organized.This was based in the Mugling-Narayanghat Highway, in and around Pokhara
and along the Prithivi Highway from Mugling to Pokhara. A One-day post-symposium field excursion was also conducted on the 27th
of September, 2005 along the Naubise-Kurintar section of the Prithivi Highway.
The International Workshop on Landslides in Machu Picchu, Peru
INC-Machu Picchu Office, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru
12 - 13 September 2005
Schedule:
12 September (Mon)
Workshop in INC-Machu Picchu Office, Aguas Calientes
1) ICL landslide investigation reports
2) Field trip to landslides in Machu Pichu
13 September (Tue)
Open Forum for Protection of Machu Picchu World Heritage and proposal for new investigation
3) Open forum for protection of Machu Picchu World Heritage
Organized by
International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC)
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA )
Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico (INGEMMET)
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad (Cusco)
Secretariat of Organization Committee:
Research Centre on Landslides
Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Phone: +81-774-38-4110, Facsimile: +81-774-325597
E-mail: jimu@landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Website: http://www.iclhq.org/MP-2005-Bull-2.pdf (Bulletin No.2)
The 2005 Steering Committee Meeting of the International Consortium on
Landslides in Cairo, Egypt
15 - 18 May 2005
The first ICL Steering Committee Meeting was organized in Cairo, Egypt. Venue: Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt Schedule: 15 May (Sun) :
Lectures on Landslides in Machu Picchu cultural heritage
16 May (Mon) 9:00-17:30
Steering Committee Meeting
17 May (Tue) - 18 May (Wed)
Field trip to historical sites at landslide risk (Luxor)
United Nations World Conference on Disaster
Reduction and its Thematic Session-Two New International Disaster Science and
Capacity Building Initiatives: International Programme on Landslide (IPL) and
International Flood Initiative / Programme (IFI/P) (Tentative title)- in Kobe,
Japan
18 - 22 January 2005
The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) was held
on 18-22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The Conference venue was Portopia
Hotel and the adjoining International Conference Center and the Kobe International
Exhibition Halls, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.It took place immediately after the commemoration of the tenth anniversary
of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake which struck Kobe and its neighbouring
area in the early hours on 17 January 1995, killing more than 6,400 people
and injuring about 40,000. The Conference build on the findings of the
review of the implementation of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action
of 1994, aiming at: Assessing
achievements and identifying good practices; Defining the remaining challenges,
critical needs and opportunities in disaster reduction initiatives worldwide
and examining emerging issues; and, Developing a set of objectives and areas of
action for disaster risk reduction to implement the objectives of the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation for Sustainable Development, as essential
conditions to achieve the relevant Millennium Development Goals (MDGfs).
Within WCDR, a thematic session: Two New International Disaster Science
and Capacity Building Initiatives: International Programme on Landslide
(IPL) and International Flood Initiative / Programme (IFI/P) (Tentative
title) were organized by combining two proposed thematic sessions on landslides
and floods. The new merged session was organized by UNESCO, WMO (World
Meteorological Organization), UNU (United Nations University), the Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Government
of Japan and ICL. This session focuses on the launching of new international
flood initiative/programme (IFI/P) and the development of the International
Programme on Landslides (IPL) coordinated by ICL. This session is supported
by the Cabinet Office of Japan and MEXT-Japan as well as the International
meeting series fund of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
and the MEXT 21 century COE Programme for the Disaster Prevention Research
Institute of Kyoto University.
The Fourth International Symposium on Landslide Risk Mitigation and Protection
of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Kyoto, Japan
15 - 16 January 2005
ICL and the Research Centre on Landslides, Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University (RCL/DPRI/KU) organized the Fourth International Symposium on Landslide Risk Mitigation and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, in Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan on 15 - 16 January 2005.
Topics of the symposium were: (1) rapid landslides - case studies, mechanism,
assessment of run-out area, etc.; (2) Earthquake-induced landslides; (3)
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall; (4) cultural and natural heritages
at landslide risk - case studies, prediction and assessment, implementation
of prevention works; (5) Special session on IPL (International Programme
on Landslides) projects.
The fourth symposium was supported by the international meeting series
fund of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) and MEXT 21st Century COE Program for DPRI, Kyoto University.
Venue: Clock Tower Centennial Hall of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
International Conference on Monitoring, Prediction and Mitigation of Water-Related
Disasters (MPMD-2005), Kyoto, Japan
ICL's 3rd BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES meeting in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA ICL is organizing its 3rd BOR meeting on 19 - 22 October 2004 in Bratislava,
Slovakia.
32nd IGC Florence,
Italy August 20 - 28, 2004 The 32nd International Geological Congress (32 IGC) will
be held from August 20 to 28, 2004 in Florence, Italy.
The Congress is being organized in co-operation with, and under the sponsorship
of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), and the various member
countries of the Mediterranean Consortium. Read more about the congress here.
The IX International
Symposium on Landslides Rio, Brazil The IX ISL was held from 28 June to 2 July 2004
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2004 ICL Steering
Committee Members Meeting in Geneva
ICL has organized its steering committee meeting on May 2-7 in
Geneva
International
Conference on Slope Engineering, Hong Kong
The international conference organized by the University
of Hong Kong and supported by ICL and other organizations was held
on December 8 - 10, 2003 in Hong Kong. The theme of the conference was
environment-friendly slope engineering embracing many sub-themes like
debris flow, rock fall,
hazard and assessment, etc.
ICL's 2nd BOARD
OF REPRESENTATIVES meeting in Canada ICL organized its 2nd BOR meeting on 28 October – 1
November 2003 in Vancouver, Canada (Simon Fraser University at
Harbour Centre - Labatt Hall).
RCL Established
The new Research Center on Landslides (RCL) has commenced its work on 1st of
April 2003. The International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) together with
the Research Center on Landslides (RCL) will enhance and contribute to the
International Programmme on Landslides (IPL). Click here to
see the framework and structure for ICL, IPL and RCL.
Geoindicators
in Mountainous Areas
An International Workshop on Geoindicators partly supported
by ICL was held in Sacred Inca Valley (Cuzco - Urubamba), Peru, 30 Sept.
-5 Oct. 2002. The report is now available on the IUGS Geoindicators Initiative
(GEOIN) website, http://www.lgt.lt:8080/geoin/doc/peru_report
(3) CALENDAR OF MEETINGS RELATED TO LANDSLIDES
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2005
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--------------------------------------------------- American Geophysical Union (Fall Meeting)
5-9 December 2005
San Francisco, California, USA
Contact: E. Terry,
AGU Meetings Department,
2000 Florida Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20009 USA ;
Phone: +1 202 777 7335;
Fax: +1 202 328 0566;
E-mail: eterry@agu.org; or meetinginfo@.agu.org;
Web Site: http://www.agu.org/meetings)
--------------------------------------------------- Geological Society of Africa
(13th International Conference on Geology and Development)
--------------------------------------------------- 36th COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY
16 - 23 JULY 2006
Beijing, China
COSPAR Secretariat
51, bd. de Montmorency, 75016 Paris, France
Tel: 0033-1-45250679
Fax: 0033-1-40509827
E-mail: COSPAR@COSPARHQ.ORG
Local Organizing Committee Contact
Prof. Ji Wu
CNCOSPAR SECRETARIAT, No. 1, Nanertiao, Zhongguancun
100080 Beijing, China
Tel: 0086-10-62653261
Fax: 0086-10-62653261
E-mail: cncospar@nc.poac.ac.cn
Web Site: http://www.cosparhq.org
--------------------------------------------------- Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities (10th IAEG International Congress)
6-10 September 2006
Jubilee Conference Centre
University of Nottingham, UK
Contact: General inquiries: info@iaeg2006.com; contact@iaeg2006.com
specific inquiries releated to the Technical Program programme@iaeg2006.com;
Web Site: www.iaeg2006.com/
--------------------------------------------------- VIth European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
6 - 8 September 2006
Graz University of Technology , Graz, Austria
Contact person: Florian Scharinger
Address:Institute for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Rechbauerstr 12A-8010 Graz Austria
--------------------------------------------------- International Association of Hydrogeologists (34th International Congress)
9-13 October 2006
Beijing, China
Contact: E-mail: nizengshi@tom.com;
Web SIte: http://www.iah.org/confs.htm
--------------------------------------------------- Geological Society of America (Annual Meeting)
22-25 October 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
--------------------------------------------------- Geological Society of America (Annual Meeting)
28-31 October 2007 Denver, Colorado, USA
Contact: GSA Meetings Dept.
P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA
Phone: +1 303 447 2020
Fax: +1 303 447 1133
E-mail: meetings@geosociety.org
Web Site: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/index.htm
--------------------------------------------------- American Geophysical Union (Fall Meeting)
10-14 December 2007
San Francisco, California, USA
Contact: E. Terry
AGU Meetings Department
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Phone: +1 202 777 7335
Fax: +1 202 328 0566
E-mail: ;meetinginfo@agu.org
Web Site: http://www.agu.org/meetings
--------------------------------------------------- 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes 30 June - 4 July 2008
Xi'an, China
Contact person: Zuyu Chen
Address:China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,
P.O. Box 366, 100044 Beijing, China
Phone: +86 10 6878 6976
Fax: +86 10 6843 3272
E-mail: chenzy@iwhr.com
Web Site: http://www.landslide.iwhr.com/
--------------------------------------------------- Geological Society of America (Annual Meeting)
26-30 October 2008
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Contact: GSA Meetings
Dept., P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA
Phone: +1 303 447 2020
Fax: +1 303 447 1133
E-mail: meetings@geosociety.org
Web Site: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/index.htm
--------------------------------------------------- American Geophysical Union (Fall Meeting)
15-19 December 2008
San Francisco, California, USA
Contact: E. Terry
AGU Meetings Department
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Phone: +1 202 777 7335
Fax: +1 202 328 0566
E-mail: ;meetinginfo@agu.org
Web Site: http://www.agu.org/meetings