12th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering

Oct 11-13, 2024 Lanzhou, China

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(https://www.bagevent.com/event/8754817)

1. BACKGROUND

The International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering (ISPE) is originated from the China-Russia bilateral academic conferences. Russia held the 1st conference in Chita in 1993. Successively they were held from the second to the eleventh, in Harbin China (1996), Chita Russia (1998), Lanzhou China (2000), Yakutsk Russia (2002), Lanzhou China (2004), Chita Russia (2007), Xi’an China (2009), Mirny Russia (2011), Harbin China (2014), and Magadan Russia (2017).

The 12th International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering (ISPE 2024) will be held in Lanzhou, China on Oct 11-13, 2024 to further research on interactions between frozen ground in cold region and the environment, engineering, climate, and ecology, and to deepen the scientific and technical exchanges and cooperation in the fields of permafrost science and engineering between permafrost communities.

2. THEMES

The themes are also listed as follows:

1. Changing permafrost and its hydrological, ecological and hazard impacts

2. Remote sensing of permafrost landscapes and monitoring technologies

3. Permafrost mapping

4. Reconstructing past permafrost

5. Hydrological-Thermal-Mass-Mechanical transfer processes in freezing, frozen and thawed soils

6. Frozen ground engineering and cold regions architecture

7. Periglacial environments and phenomena, and their impacts, assessment, adaptation, and mitigation

8. Ground freezing method

9. Subsea Permafrost Dynamics and gas hydrates

10. New developments and applications of geophysical techniques in permafrost terrain

3. PLACE AND TIME

The ISPE 2024 will be held at Ningwozhuang Hotel in Lanhou, Northwestern China on Oct 11-13, 2024.

4. ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS

Sponsors:

• Glaciology and Geocryology Branch, the Geographical Society of China
• Northwest Institute of Eco-Environmental and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

• Geocryology Branch, Chinese Society of Cryosphere Science

Organizers:

• State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering (SKLFSE), CAS
• Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch RAS
• Heilongjiang Province Academy of Cold Area Building Research

Co-organizer:

• National Key Laboratory of Green and Long-Life Road Engineering in Extreme Environment, First Highway Survey and Design Institute of China Co., Ltd
• Northeast Forestry University, China
• Harbin Institute of Technology
• China University of Mining and Technology
• Qinghai Provincial Communication Scientific Research Institute
• Northwest Research Institute Co., LTD of China Railway Engineering Corporation
• Heilongjiang University
• Heilongjiang Provincial Hydraulic Research Institute
• Heilongjiang Provincial Communication Scientific Research Institute

(to be updated)

5. Scientific Advisory Committee

Guodong Cheng, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, CAS, China

Rudolf V. Zhang, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, RAS, Russia

Yuanming Lai, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, CAS, China

Lev N. Khrustalev, Moscow State University, Russia

6. Organizing Committee

Co-Chairmen

Qingbai Wu, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, CAS, China

Mikhail Zhelezniak, Melnikov Permafrost Institute,RAS, Russia, Russia

Ruobing Li, Heilongjiang Province Academy of Cold Area Building Research, China

Secretariat email: SKLFSE1989@163.com

7. SYMPOSIUM LANGUAGES

The languages of the symposium will be English.

8. REGISTRATION

Registration is on the website at https://www.bagevent.com/event/8754817.

9. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Potential participants and/or authors are requested to submit their long abstracts since March of 2024, which consist of maximum one page of content, on the conference website. The abstract template can be downloaded from the website. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 August, 2024.