1.INTRODUCTION
The International
Forum on Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2021
(LASOSU2021) will be held on 21-23 August 2021 in the Grand Cypress Teda Dalian,
China, to provide an avenue for scientists to discuss pressing issues on soil
loss facing our profession and society. Presently a total of 259 papers have
been accepted, of which 66 are submitted by the first authors outside of China.
The conference will include 2 slots for Keynote Speeches, 1 slot for Focus
Group Discussion, and 25 slots for Parallel Sessions.
2.SCHEDULE & VENUE
(1) Venue
All participants
from the low-risk areas of COVID-19 in China are encouraged to take part in LASOSU2021
which will be held in the Grand Cypress Teda Dalian located at 205 Zhongnan
Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian, China. Other participants may attend the
meeting via the software VooV
meeting, and the participants will receive the ID and SN of the VooV
meeting in early August.
(2) Meeting
Arrival at 9:00-22:00,
21 August 2021 (Saturday)
Presentations
during 22-23 August 2021
(3) Programme
The general programme
of the conference is shown as follows.
3.TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS
(1) Oral Presentation
All participants
who prefer to present oral presentations
are required to send the pre-recorded oral presentations to the conference team
via the email xzxu2018@126.com by 31 July 2021.
(2) Poster Presentation
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posters are anticipated to be demonstrated
in LASOSU2021. The vertical size
of the poster may not exceed 1.0 m × 1.5 m, and the author’s institute and
paper’s number are essential in the poster. The posters are required to be displayed
within a fixed time.
4.BOARD OF ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
(1)Presidents:
Bojie Fu, Rattan Lal (USA)
(2)Vice Presidents: Desmond Eric Walling (UK), Giancarlo Dalla
Fontana (Italy), Guangqian Wang, Jianguo Liu (USA), Jinren Ni, Mingan Shao, Peng
Cui, Rui Li, Winfried Blum (Austria)
(3)Members: Baoyuan Liu, Chi-hua Huang (USA), Chi
Zhang, Chongfa Cai, Fenli Zheng, Guobin Liu, Hans Hurni (Switzerland), Jean
Poesen (Belgium), José Luis Rubio (Spain), Martin Haigh (UK), Miodrag Zlatic (Serbia),
Qiangguo Cai, Rosa Maria Poch Claret (Spain), Tingwu Lei, Vincenzo D'Agostino (Italy),
Wenyi Yao, Xingyi Zhang, Xinxiao Yu, Yanhe Huang, Zhanbin Li
5.SUPERVISORS AND ORGANIZERS
(1)Supervisors
World Association
of Soil and Water Conservation, Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering
(Italy), and Soil Erosion Division of Chinese Society of Soil and Water
Conservation
(2)Organizers
Dalian University
of Technology, and University of Padova (Italy)
(3)Co-organizers
Institute of Soil
and Water Conservation of CAS & MWR, Beijing Normal University, Huazhong
Agricultural University, Xi’an University of Technology, Italian Association
for Soil and Water Bioengineering (Italy), Beijing Forestry University,
Tsinghua University, Key Laboratory of Process and Control of Soil Loss on the
Loess Plateau, Shandong Agricultural University, Southwest University, Fujian
Agriculture and Forestry University, Yunnan University, and Shandong Division
of Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation.
(4)Sponsors
MACCAFERRI, Beijing
Tethys Technology Co. Ltd.
6.BOARD OF ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
(1)Presidents:
Duihu Ning, Paolo Tarolli (Italy)
(2)Members: Federico
Preti (Italy), Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza (Italy), Guanghui Zhang, Manuel
Esteban Lucas Borja (Italy), Vito Ferro (Italy), Wenlong Wang, Xiangzhou Xu, Xiaoying
Liu, Yu Tang, Zhihua Shi
7.REGISTRATION
(1)Check-in
The participants
may check in at the Guest Hall of Grand Cypress Teda Dalian during 9:00-22:00,
21 August 2021.
Affected by the
CVID-19 pandemic, international visits become unavailable, so only Chinese
participants are encouraged to be registered in Dalian, all international
participants are welcomed to share reports online.
(2)Traveling and
Accommodation Information
Please upload the traveling
and accommodation information online. The due dates to submit the accommodation and traveling messages are
31 July and 10 August, respectively. The
conference team will prearrange
the accommodation and collection services for the participants according to the
registration information.
(3)Registration Fee
Here are the
registration fees for the participants attending LASOSU2021 on
site in Dalian:
Participant
|
Registration
Fee
|
Regular
participant
|
CNY
¥2300
|
Student
or entourage
|
CNY
¥1500
|
The registration
fee includes the access to 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. The regular participants
have the opportunity to present oral or poster presentations, and they will
receive the conference manuals, representative cards, proceedings, meal
vouchers, and other materials in the check-in hall on 21 August 2021.The entourages may attend the meeting and have
dinners with the regular participants, but they will not receive the conference
manual, representative card, and proceedings.
8.WHY SPONSOR?
One platform, many
connections. As a conference sponsor, you’ll be able to: (i) strengthen your
business and establish new clients through corporate visibility; and (ii)
exhibit and distribute your marketing, business development and promotional
materials. The conference will adhere to the principle of mutual benefit and
win-win cooperation while discussing sponsorship matters with the sponsors. For
further information, please contact Drs Yihang Li: xzxu2018@126.com, 18525405667.
9.CONTACT US
(1)Dalian University
of Technology
Mailbox of the
conference team: xzxu2018@126.com.
Professor
Xiangzhou Xu: +86 411 84708946, xzxu@dlut.edu.cn.
(2)University of
Padova (Italy)
Professor Paolo
Tarolli: +39 049 8272677, paolo.tarolli@unipd.it.
(3)World Association
of Soil and Water Conservation
Dr. Pengfei Du:
+86 10 68785769, waswac@foxmail.com.