A tribute to Prof. Dr. Theo van Asch

6 – 7 February 2009

Strasbourg, france

La Valette mudslide (South French Alps)

Objective of the Conference:

The Conference is devoted to the understanding and the quantification of mass wasting processes and the risks they constitute. Important processes of mass wasting are mass movements as landslides and debris flows and soil erosion that pose a direct threat to man or affect his livelihood by land degradation.

The cross-cutting themes in these processes are the role of slope hydrological system and changes therein in response to shifts in land use and climate. The Conference will explore these issues from a quantitative geomorphological and engineering geological viewpoints: mapping and interpretation of landforms in the light of past mass-wasting processes field monitoring under present day conditions, and statistical and process-based modelling.

The Conference is organised as tribute to Prof. Dr. Theo van Asch, EGU Sergey Soloviev medallist in 2008, whose work reflects the major developments in quantitative research of mass wasting processes over the past 40 years.

The Conference will be organised around key-note lectures and thematic sessions including oral and poster presentations, their selection being made on the basis of abstracts.

Conference topics:

Session 1: Landslide mapping

Session 2: The role of hydrological process knowledge in landslides

Session 3: Spatial dynamic modelling of mass wasting processes

Session 4: Outlook on landslide understanding - Learning from 40 years of research

Leaflet

Scientific Committee:

M. Anderson (Bristol University), S. Béguería-Portuguès (CSIC, Zaragoza), A. Cavallin (University of Milano-Bicocca) , G.B. Crosta (University of Milano-Bicocca), J. Corominas (Polytechnical University of Catalunya), E. Leroi (Urbater), M. Fort (University Paris VII), M. Geertsema (Ministry of Forests and Range, British Columbia), R. Genevois (University of Padova), T. Glade (University of Vienna), F. Guzetti (CNR IRPI, Perugia), M. Jaboyedo_ (University of Lausanne), V. Jetten (ITC), D. Jongmans (University of Grenoble), D. Karssenberg (Utrecht University), O. Maquaire (University of Caen), J. Rémondo (University of Cantabria), M. Soldati (University of Modena & Reggio Emilia), C. van Westen (ITC), J.-L. Zézère (University of Lisbon)

Organisation Committee:

T.A. Bogaard, J.-P. Malet, L.P.H. van Beek, S.M. de Jong, A. Remaître.

Important dates:

Abstract: 15 October 2008 [to be sent to: cerg@equinoxe.u-strasbg.fr]

Abstract template can be downloaded here

Full paper for peer-review: 30 November 2008.

Full Paper template can be downloaded here

Final paper: 20 December 2008.