The symposium will be featured with academic reports and field trip. The academic reports include keynote speeches, invited reports, special reports, poster and free discussion.

Schedules:

23 August, 2019        Arrival and Registration

24 August, 2019        Plenary session and field trip

25 August, 2019        Plenary session and field trip

Invited speeches:

Abdul Shakoor (Kent State University, US): To be confirmed

Bo-An Jang (Kangwon National Univesity, Korea): Evaluation and classification of slope condition and stability using the slope code system

Carlos Carranza-Torres (University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus, US): Analysis of mechanical stability of slopes. Compact representations of factor of safety and similarity of failure surfaces

Farrokh Nadim (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway): Risk assessment and stress testing concepts for improved safety of large dams

Jia-Jyun Dong (National Central University, Taiwan ROC): Predicting river blockage, early identifying the dam forming, and rapidly evaluating the hazards of landslide dam – A Review

Kiril Anguelov (University of Transport “Todor Kableshkov”, Sofia, Bulgaria): Engineering Geological Process which cause accident on dam walls

Kurosch Thuro (Technical University of Munich, Germany): To be confirmed

Masahiro Chigira (Kyoto University, Japan): To be confirmed

Mauri McSaveney (GNS Science, New Zealand): What caused the 1991 landslide disaster at Touzhai village, Zhaotong, Yunnan: a geomorphic appraisal of the residual landslide risk.

Michel Jaboyedoff (University of Lausanne, Switzerland): To be confirmed

Murat Karakus (The University of Adelaide, Australia): To be confirmed

Mutasim Adam Mohamed Ez Eldin (Saudi Geological Survey, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): To be confirmed

Rafig Azzam (RWTH AACHEN University, Germany): To be confirmed

Robert E Criss (Washington University in St. Louis, US): Hydrogeologic Controls of the Huangtupo Landslide, Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China

Shiva P. Pudasaini (University of Bonn, Germany): A Multi-mechanical, multi-phase mass flow model –A new paradigm in simulating complex cascading mass flows

Tamunoene Kingdom Simeon Abam (River State University, Nigeria): To be confirmed

Theo van Asch (Utrecht Unversity, The Netherlands): Unravelling the effect of a two-layer system on the mobility of rapid gravitational flows

Vicki Moon (The University of Waikato, New Zealand): Solid Earth tides as contributors to landslide triggering

Zhiye Zhao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore): Water seepage control and grouting of rock cavern, a case study.

* To be continue…

Field Trips:

Route 1: Dongshengjiuzhou Hotel (main venue) —Baodong Yangtz River Bridge—Shijiapo landslide: The route exhibits the general situation of geohazards in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, and the prevention history of Shijiapo landslide.

Route 2: Dongshengjiuzhou Hotel (main venue) —Yanjiang Road—Huangtupo Landslide (Badong field test site): The route exhibits the Huangtupo landslide, as well as the prevention, monitoring and research history, and the multi-tunnel system, in-situ experiments and monitoring condition of .the Badong field test site.

Route 3: Dongshengjiuzhou Hotel (main venue) —Shennong River (By boat): The route exhibits the valley and karst geomorphology in the Shennong River, the boat tracker exhibition hall and the Tujia minority culture show.

Route 4: Dongshengjiuzhou Hotel (main venue) — Wu Gorge (By boat): The route exhibits the geomorphology and geological environment of Wu Gorge, and the construction situation of new Badong county.