The 2007 IAG-AIG Regional Conference focuses on geomorphic challenges in low latitudes. Tropical Asia Pacific is of critical importance to global environmental change. The region is undergoing rapid development, land cover transformation and urbanisation. Against this backdrop of rapid transformation, geomorphology can make contributions in many different ways. What role can geomorphologist play in establishing the impact of environmental change on the operation of earth surface processes? How can the sensitivity of geomorphic systems be conceptualised and predicted in order to formulate sustainable resource management? What contribution can geomorphology make towards sound management in extractive industries and towards improving techniques of restoration? How does an understanding of geomorphological conditions assist in the recognition of environmental hazard? How can the valuable lessons of geomorphology be communicated to a wider audience?

Provisional Programme Structure

Sunday 24 June

IAG Executive Committee Meeting
Registration

Monday 25 June

Registration

Morning Session 1: Opening Ceremony
Plenary lectures by:
1. Prof Ian Douglas (University of Manchester, UK)
2. Prof Ibrahim Komoo (UKM, Malaysia)

Morning Session 2: Parallel Sessions
1. Special Session on Landslides in Asia
2. Coastal Geomorphology

Afternoon Session 1: Parallel Sessions
1. Hillslope Processes (part 1)
2. Structural Geomorphology and Neotectonics

Afternoon Session 2: Parallel Sessions
1. Hillslope Processes (part 2)
2. Special Session on Geosites and Natural Heritage

Evening Plenary:
1. Prof Arthur Chen-Tung Chen (National Sun-Yat Sen University, Taiwan)

Evening Event: Welcome Reception

Tuesday 26 June

Morning Session 1: Parallel Sessions
1. Working Group on Rock Coast Geomorphology (Part 1)
2. Special Session on Environmental Change in the Tropics

Morning Session 2: Parallel Sessions
1. Working Group on Rock Coast Geomorphology (Part 2)
2. Special Session on Geomorphic Processes and Carbon Budgets

Lunchtime Plenary:
1. Prof Wang Ying (Nanjing University, China)

Afternoon Session 1:
1. Tropical and Subtropical Geomorphology (Part 1)
2. SARCS Carbon and Water Project Meeting

Afternoon Session 2:
1. Tropical and Subtropical Geomorphology (Part 2)
2. SARCS Carbon and Water Project Meeting

Evening Plenary:
1. Prof Bob Wasson (Charles Darwin University, Australia)

Wednesday 27 June

One day fieldtrips

Thursday 28 June

Morning Session 1: Parallel Sessions
1. Working Group on Geomorphological Hazards (Part 1)
2. Karst Geomorphology

Morning Session 2: Parallel Sessions
3. Working Group on Geomorphological Hazards (Part 2)
4. Fluvial Geomorphology (Part 1)

Lunchtime Plenary:
1. Prof David Gillieson (James Cook University, Australia)

Afternoon Session 1:
1. Working Group on Human Impact on the Landscape (Part 1)
2. Fluvial Geomorphology (Part 2)

Afternoon Session 2:
1. Working Group on Human Impact on the Landscape (Part 2)
2. Special Session on Hydrogeomorphology of Tropical Rainforests

Evening Plenary:
Panel Session on “Communicating Geomorphology”
Plenary by Prof Gary Brierley (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Evening Event: Sponsored Reception and Closing Event

Friday 29 June

- Post-Conference Field Trips Depart
- Working Group Business meetings