Permafrost

Final Revised Program (August 28, 2006)
Asian Conference On Permafrost
Lanzhou, China August 7-9, 2006
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Academician Guodong Cheng, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research
Institute (CAREERI), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jerry Brown, President, International Permafrost Association
Honorary Co-Chairs
Academician Yafeng Shi, CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academician Vladimir P. Melnikov, Chair, Scientific Council on Earth Cryology, Russian Academy of
Sciences
Professor Yongfu Sun,Vice-Minister, Ministry of Railway of China
Professor Hugh M. French, University of Ottawa, Past President of IPA 1998-2003
Regional Members
Dr. Aldar P. Gorbunov, Institute of Geography, Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
Professor T. Koike, University of Tokyo
Dr. Valetin G. Kondratjev, Russia
Professor Dr. Wei Ma, Vice-President, CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Sergey Marchenko , Institute of Geography, Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences,
Professor Tetsuo Ohata, Program Director, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change,
JAMESTEC, Japan
Dr. N. Sharkhuu, Geo-Ecology Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Dr. D. Tumurbaatar, Inst.of Geography & Geocryology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Rudolf Zhang, Director, Permafrost Institute, , Russian Academy of Sciences
Professor Emeritus Yuanlin Zhu, CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Professor Hans-W. Hubberten, Director, Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam,
Germany
Professor Michael Davies, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Members
Professor Syun Akasofu, Director, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska,
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