The Second Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting
18~21 Oct., 2011, Jeju Island, Korea
The purpose of the Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Conference (APCAMM) is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, water resource managers, and planners to share their research, ideas, and recommendations on priority issues of the region. This meeting is expected to provide a good opportunity to meet well-known and respected scientists and engineers in the field of salt water intrusion in the region as well as to identify future opportunities for collaboration in coastal aquifer management for sustainable socio-economic development.
The Second APCAMM is devoted to the theme “Coastal Aquifer Management for Better Water Security in Asia-Pacific” which will be the main focus for the following topics of the Meeting.
Topics
- Potentials and management of groundwater in coastal cities and coastal aquifers
- Impacts of increased water demand on coastal water resources and ecosystems
- Advance in groundwater modeling
- Effects of sea level rise and climate change
- Case studies of saltwater intrusion and eco-efficient management of groundwater resources of coastal cities
- Priority issues in coastal aquifer management in the twenty-first century, including salt water intrusion
- Submarine groundwater discharge
- Tidal dynamics of coastal aquifers
- Geochemistry of coastal aquifer systems
- Aquifer storage and recovery
Venue
International Center, Jeju National University
(http://jnuic.jejunu.ac.kr/main.php)
Accommodations
Twenty guest rooms in the International Center are reserved for participants.
Hotels of a wide range of prices are available near the University.
Workshop
A one-day SEAWAT workshop is offered by Dr. Weixing Guo, the original SEAWAT developer and co-author of later versions. The workshop will cover the fundamental concept, the program design, applications, and tips of using SEAWAT. Participants need to bring their own laptop for hands-on exercises.
A short course on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Engineering Optimization will also be provided. The short course will cover the fundamentals of Artificial intelligence techniques used for function optimization. It will provide an overview of the optimization techniques such as evolutionary algorithms and Monte Carlo Marko Chain models. This course will provide an insight on the type of problems that can be solved using the artificial intelligence techniques. It will also devote to actual application of these techniques to water resources engineering optimization problems.
Field Trip
Groundwater provides ninety-nine per cent of water resources of the Jeju Island. A guided one-day field trip is planned on the 21st of October. Four sites of interests are included in the field trip. The trip starts at Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office. Then the trip will visit, in sequence, the Artificial-Recharge Pilot System, the Jeju Samda Bottle Water Company, the Jeju Water Resource Headquarter and the Sam-Yang Big Spring (coastal groundwater discharge). The trip ends at the starting point: the Province Office.
Jeju Island
Jeju island is a volcanic island. The Island is the only place in the world that has been designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2002, as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage in 2007, and World Geologic Park in 2010. The Island is attempting to be included in New Seven Wonders of the World. Details of the Island can be found from http://english.tour2jeju.net/main/.
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