The preparatory meeting of IYFSWC was held at Nanchang Institute of Technology on Jan. 27, 2015. Ten representatives from sponsors attended this meeting.

Prof. Li Rui, president of WASWAC, gave an introduction on background of this forum and on key speakers?invitation. Dr Du Pengfei, the secretary of WASWAC, introduced the program of forum and procedure of best papers selection. Prof. Peng Cong, the division director of NIT, illustrated the details in forum preparation. Dr Zhang Haina and Ms Wang Yue, summarized received participants?registration and abstract submission. Mr. Hu Genhua, Prof. Yang Jie, Ms Yan Fang, Ms Zhang Li, as the representatives of Water Resources Department of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Jiangxi Association for Science and Technology, Jiangxi Institute of Water Resources Research, attended this meeting and expressed support on forum holding.

Jobs that should be done before the opening of forum were proposed and discussed one by one. Some main decisions were as follows:

To receive more papers with high academic quality, the deadline for submission abstract was decided to postpone to March 31, 2015 while the closing date for submission full paper is still by May 31, 2015.

Roster should be finished completing before March 31, 2015 to meet forum holding need. This means that participants who come from overseas should submit application form before this date, otherwise visa application will be refused.

Youth Fellowship was mentioned as one of main activities during the visit to typical scientific and technological demonstration district on soil and water conservation.

Companies involved in production, marketing of related apparatus that used in the process of research or treatment for soil loss, are encouraged to attend this forum.

A salon to communicate the experiences of doing research or a course of lecture to tell how to write and submit an English paper for young scientists might be held during the forum. The sponsors will ask invited speaker’s advice to make decision.

The deadline for submission abstract and registration form is fast approaching, to win $1000 award, write and submit your manuscripts soon. We hope that we can meet you in beautiful Nanchang in this coming October!

Any queries please contact Dr Zhang Haina with IYFSWCinf@nit.edu.cn