Welcome to the WASWAC 4th International Youth Forum on Soil and Water Conservation (IYFSWC IV)

In order to help the youth worldwide to play greater roles in the scientific research, technological development, and demonstration & popularization of soil and water conservation, encourage and support the young generation to undertake the historical responsibility entrusted by the times, and to achieve sustainable development in soil and water conservation, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC) will continue to organize the International Youth Forum on Soil and Water Conservation (IYFSWC) in this coming September in Shenyang, following the first three sessions, which were held successfully in Nanchang, China in October 2015, in Moscow, Russia in August 2018, in Noor, Iran in October 2021.

WASWAC will continue to evaluate the Outstanding Youth Paper (See WASWAC Youth Outstanding Paper Award for details), which is set up by WASWAC especially for the outstanding young researchers under the age of 40. The paper passed evaluation will have chance to be published in the official journal of WASWAC – International Soil and Water Conservation Research, and the winners will also be able to obtain a certificate issued by WASWAC and a USD 1000 honorarium.

As an important platform of academic progress presentation and to research ideas exchange, we sincerely invite worldwide scholars, students, and relevant enterprises engaged in the scientific research, technology development, management, teaching and training and engineering design of soil and water conservation, to participate in this forum to share your latest research or technology progress, with oral presentation or poster display.

TIME & VENUE

September 21-24, 2024, Shenyang Agricultural University (SYAU), Shenyang, China

THEME

Bringing Youth Together - Leading the Future of Soil and Water Conservation

TOPICS

• Soil and water conservation under climate change

Convenor: Donghao Huang (SYAU, donghaohuang@syau.edu.cn)

• Soil erosion mechanisms and modeling

Convenor: Yujie Wei (HZAU, wyj@mail.hzau.edu.cn) Benli Liu (NIEER, CAS, liubenli@lzb.ac.cn)

• Evaluation of soil erosion at regional scale
  

Convenor: Chunmei Wang (NWU, cmwang@nwu.edu.cn)

• New technology of soil and water conservation
  

  Convenor: Yaxian Hu (NWAFU, huyaxian@nwafu.edu.cn)  Enheng Wang (NEFU, enheng_wang@nefu.edu.cn)

• Soil and water conservation in production and construction projects
  

Convenor: Mingming Guo (IGA, CAS, guomingming@iga.ac.cn)

• Intelligent soil and water conservation
  

Convenor: Sen Wang (DatumTechnology co. ltd, wangsen@dtgis.com)

• Carbon sinks for soil and water conservation
  

      Convenor: Lei Deng (ISWC, CAS&MWR, leideng@ms.iswc.ac.cn)

• Soil and water conservation biodiversity

Convenor: Bing Wang (ISWC, CAS&MWR, bwagn@ms.iswc.ac.cn)

• Soil and water conservation policy, education and popularization of science
  

Convenor: Bin Wang (BFU, wangbin1836@bjfu.edu.cn)

PROGRAM

• Keynote Speeches

• Oral and Poster Presentations 

• Outstanding Youth Paper Award

• Young Professonals' Event “Sustainable Soil and Water Conservation for Tomorrow” (https://files.glbmedcon.com/upload/file/20240624/20240624171041_32833.docx)

• Field Trip

IMPORTANT DATES

• Registration Opening                                                                                       March 15, 2024

• Abstract and Registration Form (See Appendix 1) Submission Deadline     May 31, 2024 (This date is the  final deadline for forum registration and will not be extended.)

• Outstanding Youth Paper Application Deadline      Appendix 1.doc             April 15, 2024

• Application for Youth Scientist Enlightenment Session Report Deadline         May 15, 2024

HOST & CO-HOST ORGANIZATIONS

Host

• World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Organizers

• Shenyang Agricultural University

• Project of National Key R&D Program of China  “Process, Compounding Mechanisms and Control Principles of Wind Erosion, Water Erosion and Snow-Melting erosion in Black Soil Region of Northeast China (2021YFD1500700)”

Co-organizers

• Soil Erosion Committee of Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation

• Northeast Forestry University 

• Jilin Agricultural University

• Liaoning Vocational College of Ecological Engineering

• The 111 project (Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities on Soil and Water Conservation and Eco-civilization Development)

• Hailun Soil and Water Conservation Monitoring and Research Station, IGA, CAS

• Jiangxi Academy of Water Sciences and Engineering

• CCTEG Shenyang Engineering Company

Sponsors

• Beijing Datum Science and Technology Development co. ltd (www.dtgis.com)

• Beijing Huaxia Shanchuan Eco-Environmental Technology Co., Ltd (http://www.bjhxscst.com)

• Shenyang Jiazhi Technology Co., Ltd (www.syjazz.com)