The Fifth Council Meeting of the World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research
(WASER) was held in Stuttgart, Germany on September 18, 2016. The Council Meeting was attended by 18 members representing both the Fourth Council and the newly elected Fifth Council, as well as several observers. Prof. Giampaolo Di Silvio, President of the Fourth Council, and Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, President of the Fifth Council, presided over the meeting successively.
Approval of the nominations for the new Secretary General (Prof. Guangquan Liu) and the Executive Secretary General and Treasurer (Prof. Cheng Liu) was confirmed at the beginning of the meeting. Six reports were presented at the meeting. These included the President抯 report by Prof. Giampaolo Di Silvio; the Treasurer抯 report by Prof. Cheng Liu; a report on the nomination of Honorary Members by Prof. Des Walling; a report on the recent development of the 揑nternational Journal of Sediment Research?and the papers from the journal selected for Awards by the Editor in Chief, Prof. Hongwei Fang; reports on the work of the Secretariat during 爐he period 2013-2016 and the work plan for 2016-2019 by Prof. Guangquan Liu and an overview of the venue, sponsors and central theme of the forthcoming 14th ISRS (Chengdu, China, 2019) by Prof. Pengzhi Lin.
The meeting received the result of the poll for the election of members to the WASER Council for 2016-2019, and noted additional Council members, including the automatically Co-opted Members (Prof. Giampaolo Di Silvio and Prof. Ulrich Zanke C. E), a Co-opted Member (Prof. Des Walling) and an Ex-officio Member (Prof. Hongwei Fang).
The meeting also formally noted the award of Honorary Membership of WASER to Prof. Chih Ted Yang (USA), as reported by Prof. Des Walling, Past President; and the three papers nominated for the 2016 Awards of Distinguished Contributions to Sediment Research, representing the best papers published in the International Journal of Sediment Research (IJSR) between 2013 and 2015, as reported by the Editor in Chief, Prof. Hongwei Fang.
Issues related to the future development of the Association, changes to the statutes, recruiting of members, revised membership dues, the IJSR impact factor and the co-sponsoring of international conferences were also discussed.
The Fifth WASER Assembly was held during the 13th?/SPAN>International Symposium on River Sedimentation (ISRS 2016) in Stuttgart, Germany on September 22, 2016. The new President Prof. Zhaoyin Wang chaired the Assembly and delivered a speech. He reviewed the establishment and development of the Association and indicated that sediment research was entering a new era, having shifted its focus from emphasis on the mechanics of sediment transport and fluvial processes to the integrated management of erosion and sedimentation, with ecological aspects of sediment transport processes and fluvial morphology and the social, economic and political aspects of sediment management becoming increasingly important. He believed that sediment research had a bright future and that the Association would become increasingly attractive to scientists and engineers, by virtue of its multidisciplinary focus.
Awards including Honorary Membership of WASER and the 2016 Distinguished Contributions to Sediment Research Awards, awarded for the best papers published in IJSR during the period 2013-2015 were announced at the Assembly. Past Vice President Prof. Chih Ted Yang (USA) received Honorary Membership of the Association in recognition of both his outstanding contribution to sediment research and his important service to the Association. Three papers with first authors of Prof. Xixu Lu (Singapore), Ms. Shang Qianqian (China) and Mr. Moritz Thom (Germany) received awards as Distinguished Contributions to Sediment Research.
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The Fifth WASER Council Meeting
(The meeting; Prof. G. Di Silvio delivering his President抯 Report; the new President Prof. Z.Y. Wang chairing 爐he meeting and discussions; Secretary General Prof. G.Q. Liu presenting the Secretariat Report; IJSR Editor in Chief Prof. H.W. Fang reporting the award papers; Representative of the Organizing Committee of the 14th?/SPAN>ISRS, Prof. P.Z. Lin reporting preparations for the Symposium.)
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The Fifth WASER Assembly
(The Assembly; New President Prof. Z.Y. Wang delivering his speech; Past President Prof. Des Walling announcing the award of Honorary Membership to Prof. Chih Ted Yang; Past President Prof. G. Di Silvio handing the Honorary Membership plaque to Prof.Matt Romkens, who received it on behalf of Prof. Yang; IJSR Vice Editor Prof. C. Liu announcing the IJSR award papers; Prof. Des Walling, Prof. X.P. Dou and Prof. S. Wieprecht handing plaques to the winners of the best paper awards)
