![]() The committee decided to maintain the title “International Symposium on Flood Defence” unchanged, though other names such as “International Symposium on Flood Defence Management” or “International Symposium on Flood Defence and Management” were suggested.ģ) The members discussed the relationship between the committee and the international associations such as IAHR and IAHS etc. Twenty-one members attended the meeting and discussed the related issues of the constitution statutes, the president, the location of the secretariat, the theme, venue and the organizer of the next symposium.ġ) It is suggested to omit the sentence in the statute 4 “The expenses involved for the president or vice president and the secretary-general to attend the committee meeting shall be born by the Local Organization Committee of the symposium”.Ģ) The name of the symposia is discussed. The First Standing Committee Meeting of the International Symposia on Flood Defence was held in the China Hall of Science and Technology on Sept. Discuss the biddings for the next symposium and decide the theme, venue and organizer of the next symposium Discuss the location of the secretariatĥ. Elect the president and vice president Ĥ. Discuss and approve the constitution statutes (attached) ģ. Establish the committee, introduce the committee members Ģ. Arambepola, Jinchi Huang, Fi-John Chang, Cheng Liuġ. Carvalho, Xiaotao Cheng, David Ta-wei Soong, W. Meeting Site: China Hall of Science and TechnologyĪttending Members: Zhao-Yin Wang, Erich Plate, Roger Falconer, Joseph H. ![]() The of the First Standing Committee Meeting of the International Symposia on Flood Defence Germany Committee Members: Takeuchi, Nani N.De Fi-John Erich Plate was elected as the chairperson, an office of the secretariat was decided to be established and maintained at the Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources of China, and the next symposium was decided to be held in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands in the Spring of 2005. The tasks of the committee are to review the state-of-the-art of the studies on flooding and engineering and non-engineering strategies, select the theme, venue, and organizers of the symposia. The LOC of the Second International Symposium on Flood Defence proposed a standing committee for maintaining the symposia. It is evident that the extension of the series of biennial symposia is welcome and meets the forum-demand for sharing information, experience and new technology on flood defence. The Second International Symposium on Flood Defence is the continuation of the first of its kind held in Germany in Sept.2000, which attracted more than 200 scientists and engineers gathering in Kassel University discussing the ever-increasing concerned flood problems and sharing experiences and strategies for flood defence. Zhao-Yin WANG Guangqian WANG Gordon G.H HUANG LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Chairpersons (Vice President of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research) (Chief engineer of the Ministry of Water Resources of China) (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences) INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Chairperson (Director, Headquarter of the State Flood Control & Drought Relief of China) (Ex-Minister of Water Resources of China) (Vice president of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) ![]()
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