The DT XVI International Conference on Arid Land

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For Session Chairs (Assigned Schedule)

Keynote Address: Takahiro MORIO

Poster pitch: Takahiro MORIO 

For Participants

Venues (Google Maps)
- Conference Venue (10 - 12 Nov, 2025):
     Plaza Heisei Tokyo 3F (Media Hall)

- Gala Dinner Venue (10 Nov, 19:30 - 20:30): 
     Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba 29F (Room Ginga)

For IDC Members

IDC meeting will be held

 - Tuesday 11 Nov. at 14:00-15:00 JST

 - Hybrid meeting: 

   Room: Conference Room #4 (Plaza Heisei Tokyo 4F)

   Zoom: will be shared later.

For Presenters

Full Paper Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025

Submission Method: via DT XVI My Page

Instruction with Template: 

Oral presentation

The presentation time is 15 minutes including presentation and Q & A session.

Poster presentation

Prepare the poster fit to ISO A0 size (Height 119 cm, width 84 cm). 

The poste presenters are requested to give 3 minutes of short presentation on 10 November at 14:00-16:00.

Please prepare ONE Power point slide with no animation to show outline of the presentation. Slides should be created in a 9:16 aspect ratio.

Second Circular (Updated on 23 Dec. 2024)

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)

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

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

Registration 

Please access the Registration form <https://www.kyouritsu-online.co.jp/lecregdt/>

for registration, payment and submission of abstract and manuscript.

First, you are asked to create My page. Please submit your email address and access through the URL provided on the returned email.

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

Accompanying person* JPY 27,000

*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 via My Page and registration fee should be paid via My Page (credit card) or by bank transfer to the following account.

Payment methods

(1. Credit card, 2. Wire Transfer)

1) Credit card payment

Credit card payment: via My Page

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.

Please note that the submission deadline has been extended to 30 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

Please prepare your abstract according to the following template and instructions.

Instructions:

1. Adhere to the following format, font and margins.

2. Prepare a half-page abstract (no longer than 250 words) including presentation title, authors’ name and affiliation, corresponding author’s name and email address and keywords (up to 5 keywords). 

3. A single diagram or table may be inserted to give a clear indication of the content of the presentation. In such cases, the presentation should not exceed half a page including figures and tables.

4. Note that the Organizing Committee may remove the excess text or figures if it exceeds half a page.

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

IDC

Web page

Contact

JAALS Secretariat: Tetsuji SAITOH [email protected]