第二届国际海底观测研讨会会议通知

The Second International Workshop on Sea-Floor Observation

November 11-12, 2011, Shanghai

With its rapid development in economy, China is now placing more emphasis on marine science and technology. One of the major endeavors is to develop sea-floor observation. The First International Workshop on Seafloor Observation was held in Shanghai in May, 2008, with 58 participants from 6 countries. Since then some progress has been made, with a coastal observatory being constructed off the Yangtze estuary and the “Chinese cables observatory experiment” underway at the MARS test bed. Recently, large-scale projects have been proposed at the national level to develop the sea-floor observation system in China. However, the speed of development sharply contrasts with the poor knowledge and expertise in the field inside the country. To promote international exchanges and collaboration, the Second International Workshop on Sea-Floor Observation will be held in Shanghai, China, in November 11-12, 2011. The workshop will review recent progress of seafloor observatory science and technology worldwide, with a focus on its scientific applications. The invited participants are expected to share their experience and give advice how China should develop its seafloor observation system.

Dates and Venue  

November 11-12, 2011, Tongji University, Shanghai, followed by excursions on November 13

Program

1.      Sea-Floor Observatories：Operation and Benefits

2.      Observation and Hazard Warning

3.      Sub-seafloor Observation

4.      Sea-Floor Observation: Innovations and Perspectives 

（further details will be announced in the second circular）

Sponsors 

Department of Social development, Ministry of Science and Technology of China

Department of Earth Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Shanghai Research Centre of Marine Science and Technology

State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University

Organizing Committee  

Pinxian Wang, Co-Chair

State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai

Jilan Su, Co-Chair

State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second

Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Hangzhou

Kang Ding

Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Dongxiao Wang

State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou

Peiyuan Qiang

Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Ying Chen

State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Jianmin Yang

State Laboratory of Ocean Engineering,  Jiaotong University, Shanghai

Pingxing Ding

State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai

Hui Ma

        Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University

Zhimin Jian

State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai

Secretariat

Huaiyang Zhou

Huiping Xu 

Xiaotong Peng 

The Secretariat is located at the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University

Contact

Mr. Shunsheng Qing

State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, CHINA

Tel: 86-21-6598 5090，Cell: 86-21-13916079741

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