Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Secretariat of ICEC-2006 we are pleased to inform you of the Second International Conference on Estuaries & Coast (ICEC-2006) which will take place from 28 - 30 November 2006 at Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. ICEC-2006 is oranized by the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) and Pearl River Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, P. R. China., sponsored by the Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute, Ministry of Water Resources, P. R. China. Twenty seven organizations and institutes including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), IAHR Asian and Pacific Division (IAHR-APD), National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, the University of Mississippi, USA (NCCHE) and China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) are co-sponsores. Estuaries and Coastal regions are commonly the developed and populous area in economy and culture. With the economic globalization and hi-tech development, people are paying more attention to the evolvement and rational exploration of estuarine and coastal areas for achieving harmonious between Human-being and Nature and sustainable development. Under the circumstances, the first ICEC was held successfully in Hangzhou, China in Nov. 2003. More than 100 academicians and scholars from 33 countries and regions took part in the ICEC-2003. During the conference, most participants wished to make this important event regular and serial. The ICEC-2006 will provide a forum for information exchange of latest research and prospecting future for worldwide academicians, scholars, engineers and decision makers in this field. The central themes of ICEC-2006 is: Advance the Estuarine and Coastal Engineering Research to Enhance the Ecological Environment including four topics

• Estuarine and Coastal Processes
• Estuarine Eco-Environment and Its Protection
• Maintenance and Management of Waterways in Estuaries and Harbors, and
• Research Technologies for Estuarine Engineering.

The ICEC-2006 will provide a forum for information exchange of latest research and prospecting future for worldwide academicians, scholars, engineers and decision makers in this field. The next relevant deadline is 31 March 2006 when a 300 - 500 word abstract should be submitted.

Further details about the conference follow this message, please click on the web address below to access the conference website, http://www.prwri.com.cn/icec.htm English version: http://www.prwri.com.cn/icec2006-eindex.htm First Annoucement in English: http://www.prwri.com.cn/icec2006-announcement1.htm

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Best Regards. The secretariat of ICEC-2006
Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute
80, Tianshou Road, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510610, P. R. China
Tel: +86-20- 87117249 or +86-20-87117206 Fax: +86-20-38491316 Email: icec2006@prwri.com.cn or icec2006@yahoo.com

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