Third IOC/WESTPAC International Workshop on Fluvial Sediment to the South China Sea (FluSed)

The Third WESTPAC International Workshop on Fluvial Sediment to the South China Sea (FluSed) will take place in Quezon City, Philippines, 17-20 November 2010, in close collaboration with Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, and the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University (Shanghai).

This workshop is organized as one of a series of workshops of WESTPAC FluSed project which was established in 2008 and extended in 2010, aiming to improve the understanding on how human activities affect sediment discharge into the South China Sea and develop scenarios of future changes.


Kindly note: the deadline for travel grant application (together with applicant’s abstract submission) will be 30 September 2010, and deadline for abstract submission (for self-funded participants) will be 20 October 2010. Please send the required documents to

Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City 1101
Tele/Fax: +632-433 6063
Email: ando.msi at gmail.com

http://www.unescobkk.org/special-programmes/westpac/

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