2025

The DT XVI International Conference on Arid Land 10-12 November 2025, Tokyo Organized by The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies (JAALS) In cooperation with International Desert Council (IDC)

Second Circular

We are happy to announce that the coming DT XVI International Conference on Arid

Land will be held on 10-12 November 2025, Tokyo International Exchange Center,

Plaza Heisei, Tokyo, Japan.

Since 1991, series of the Desert Technology (DT) international conference has provided

opportunities for researchers of various specialties related to arid land studies to share

their researches, discuss together and develop international research collaborations.

Since 2011, the conference has reconstructed with the title of International Conference

on Arid Land (ICAL), as well as DT, to encourage participation of not only researchers

on science, technology and engineering on arid land but also those on humanity, social

sciences and other various specialties.

The coming DT XVI International Conference on Arid Land welcomes contributions as

oral and poster presentations on the research related to arid lands such as

- nature and characteristics of arid area and deserts including climate, hydrology, and

vegetation.

- mechanisms of environmental transformation, land degradation, aridity and

desertification.

- engineering and technology to prevent, combat and adopt to land degradation,

aridity and desertification and utilize the arid land and desert.

- humanities research, including history, anthropology and culture of people living

in/with arid lands.

- social science research on the impact of arid lands and deserts on society, social

dynamics and social issues in these areas.

Venue

Tokyo International Exchange Center, Plaza Heisei locates on Tokyo Waterfront City

(TFC) developed on Tokyo Bay. The commuter railways Yurikamome Line and Rinkai

Line connect TFC to Tokyo. Around the conference venue, spots for sightseeing,

shopping malls, museums and activities are available.

Note: The organizer offers lunch and Gala dinner in addition to the conference.

Participants are requested to book accommodation by themselves. The organizing

committee will recommend some neighboring hotels. For details, visit the web page.

Planned schedule of submission of presentations and registration

Open of call for papers with detailed information of the conference: September 2024

Deadline of abstract submission: 20 April 2025 (JST 23:59)

Notification of acceptance: Middle of May 2025 (JST 23:59)

Early registration deadline: August 2025 (JST 23:59)

Registration and payment deadline: 10 October 2025 (JST 23:59)

Deadline of paper submission: 20 October 2025 (JST 23:59)

Registration Fees*

Participants with presentation** JPY 70,000

Students and senior (65 years old and over) participants with presentation** JPY 50,000

Participants without presentation JPY 50,000

Students and senior (65 years old and over) participants without presentation JPY 30,000

*Including 3 days of lunch, 3 days of two coffee breaks and 1 day of gala dinner.

Accommodation is NOT included.

** In addition to the fees above (*), fees for presentation and publication are included.

All participants should register through the Registration form (link to Form1: coming soon) and registration fee should be paid by bank transfer to the following account.

Payment methods

(1. Credit card, 2. Wire Transfer)

1) Credit card payment

　　Credit card payment link: coming soon

2) Wire Transfer (Japanese Yen)

Bank Name: THE BANK OF MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD

SWIFT Code: BOTKJPJT

Branch Name: SHINTOMICHO BRANCH

Branch Address:1-18-1, Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Account Number:749-0146874

Account name: DT ICAL JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR

ARID LAND STUDIES. ( NIHONSABAKUGAKKAI)

Call for papers

We encourage and welcome your contributions with your oral/poster presentation and

participation.

Submission of abstract for presentation is requested prior to presentation. Abstract must

be prepared using the format and submitted via this page (link to Form2: coming soon) after checking the box for the preferred presentation format (oral/poster) no later than 20 April 2025.

Acceptance of the abstract shall be announced in the middle of May 2025.

After the abstract has been accepted, the author will be required to prepare the paper

according to the instructions and submit it via the manuscript submission form (link to Form3: coming soon) no later than 20 October 2025. The manuscript should be no more than four pages in length. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed and published in a special issue of the Journal of Arid Land Studies.

Organizing Committee (alphabetical order)

JAALS

Takahiro MORIO (Chair)

Yukuo ABE Yoshiko KAWABATA

Kiyokazu KAWADA Toshinori KOJIMA

Yuji SAKAI Sawahiko SHIMADA

Shinji SUZUKI Hiromichi TOYODA

Fumio WATANABE

IDC

Mohamed ABD ELBASIT Majed ABU-ZREIG

Hany EL-SHEMY Hukam Shingh GEHLOT

Richard HARPER Moncef HARRABI

Sanjay KUMAR William PAYNE

S. SINHA Kristina TODERICH

First Circular

We are happy to announce that the coming DT XVI International Conference on Arid Land will be held on 10-12 November 2025, Tokyo International Exchange Center, Plaza Heisei, Tokyo, Japan.

Since 1991, series of the Desert Technology (DT) international conference has provided opportunities for researchers of various specialties related to arid land studies to share their researches, discuss together and develop international research collaborations. Since 2011, the conference has reconstructed with the title of International Conference on Arid Land (ICAL), as well as DT, to encourage participation of not only researchers on science, technology and engineering on arid land but also those on humanity, social sciences and other various specialties.

The coming DT XVI International Conference on Arid Land welcomes contributions as oral and poster presentations on the research related to arid lands such as

· nature and characteristics of arid area and deserts including climate, hydrology, and vegetation.

· mechanisms of environmental transformation, land degradation, aridity and desertification.

· engineering and technology to prevent, combat and adopt to land degradation, aridity and desertification and utilize the arid land and desert.

· humanities research, including history, anthropology and culture of people living in/with arid lands.

· social science research on the impact of arid lands and deserts on society, social dynamics and social issues in these areas.

Venue

Tokyo International Exchange Center, Plaza Heisei locates on Tokyo Waterfront City (TFC) developed on Tokyo Bay. The commuter railways Yurikamome Line and Rinkai Line connect TFC to Tokyo. Around the conference venue, spots for sightseeing, shopping malls, museums and activities are available.

Note: The organizer offers lunch and Gala dinner in addition to the conference. Participants are requested to book accommodation by themselves. The organizing committee will recommend some neighboring hotels. For details, visit the web page.

Planned schedule of submission of presentations and registration.

Open of call for papers with detailed information of the conference: September 2024

Deadline of abstract submission: April 2025

Notification of acceptance: Middle of May 2025

Early registration deadline: August 2025

Late registration deadline: Middle of October 2025

Deadline of paper submission: Late October 2025

Organizing Committee (alphabetical order)

JAALS