Since the trial water storage in the Yangtze River Three Gorges Project in China, it has been running for 15 years and continues to produce huge comprehensive benefits of flood control, shipping, power generation and water resource utilization. Due to complicated geological environment conditions and frequent human activities, the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) is a susceptible zone of geohazards. The prevention and control of geohazards is a significant research topic for the safe operation of the Three Gorges Project. With the rapid socio-economic development in the Yangtze River Basin, higher requirements are put forward to improve the theories and technologies for the protection of regional geological environment and ecological environment.  In recent years, with the wide application of new theories and technologies, researches on the prevention and control of geohazards and protection of ecological environment in TGRA have been rapidly developed, which attracts extensive attention from worldwide scholars. In order to promote further international cooperation, strengthen academic exchanges and friendship among worldwide experts and scholars in the research field of geohazards, The 2nd Badong International Geohazards Symposium (BIGS) will be held in Badong County, Hubei Province, China, from August 24-25, 2019. Researchers who are interested in these areas are most welcome to join the Symposium, and we hope that this Symposium will bring together scientists and engineers to exchange ideas, experiences on issues related to geohazards and ecological environmental protection in order to promote the academic progress and sustainable development of the Yangtze River Basin.

Theme:

Prevention and Control of Reservoir Geohazards and Ecological Environmental Protection

Topics：

◆ Hypergenic geological process and evolution of geohazards

◆ Monitoring and early warning of geohazards

◆ Technologies of geohazards Prevention and Control

◆ Research and development of geohazards equipment

◆ Big data and artificial intelligence in geohazards

◆ Geohazards prevention and control harmonious development of ecological environment

Organizers:

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Department of Geosciences

China University of Geosciences

People's Government of Badong County, Hubei Province

Three Gorges Research Center for Geohazards, Ministry of Education

Co-Organizers:

China Three Gorges University

Partners:

Hubei Association for Science & Technology

K.C. Wong Education Foundation

Shanghai Huace Navigation Technology Ltd.

EarthSTAR Inc.