Date: January 15 - 18, 2015

Venue: Beijing, China

Invitation:  On behalf of the AMFR 2015 Organizing Committee, we are pleased to announce that the First International Conference on All Materials Fluxes in River-Ecosystem (AMFR2015) will be held in January 15-18th, 2015, at Peking University, Beijing, China. AMFR 2015 will provide a global forum for a wide-ranging discussion of key issues related to research on all material fluxes in large river eco-systems, and to the effective and sustainable management of these fluxes. We would like to invite you to participate at AMFR2015. 

AMFR 2015 will focus on all material fluxes in large river systems, including the fluxes of water, sediment, nutrients, trace materials (e.g. nanomaterials, natural organic matter, organic pollutants, and heavy metals), living organisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses, protozoa, algae, and benthos), and greenhouse gases. The conference will also consider river health assessment, hazards and risks, and restoration of damaged river eco-systems. Particular attention will be paid to the interactions of materials in rivers; this will include data acquisition, monitoring, analysis, and management.  

Organizer: Peking University and Tsinghua University

Sponsors: National Natural Science Foundation of China, State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences

Theme and Topics: AMFR 2015 will focus on the development of a detailed understanding of all material fluxes in large river systems, including fluxes of water, sediment, nutrients, trace materials (such as nanomaterials, natural organic matter, organic pollutants, and heavy metals), living organisms (including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, algae, and benthos), and greenhouse gases. The conference will also consider river health assessment, hazards and risks, and restoration of damaged river eco-systems. Particular attention will be paid to the interactions of materials in rivers; this will include data acquisition, monitoring, analysis, and management. 

The topics of MFER 2015 include:
1: Water-sediment fluxes and river morphology; 
2: Water quality, nutrient fluxes and cycles, energy;
3: Trace materials and living organisms in rivers;
4: Gas emission, global climate change;
5: River ecosystem heath, risk assessment, and restoration;
6: River fluxes: data capture, monitoring, and management.

Conference Language:  The official language of the conference is English.

General chairs: Jinren Ni (Peking University, China) and Guangqian Wang (Tsinghua University, China)

Co-chairs: Alistair Borthwick (University of Edinburgh, UK), Xudong Fu (Tsinghua University, China), and Gregory Korshin (University of Washington, USA)

Important Dates:
20 November 2014  Deadline for Abstract submission
1 December 2014  Notification of Abstract acceptance

Contact Information:
Dr Meiping Tong and Dr. Tianhong Li
Email: AMFR2015@iee.pku.edu.cn, tongmeiping@iee.pku.edu.cn, lth@pku.edu.cn
Phone: 86-10-6275-6491