February 28, 2010

2010 INWEPF-PAWEES Joint

Symposium
And
The 7th INWEPF Steering
Meeting

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

JEJU ISLAND, 27-29 OCT. 2010

The Korean INWEPF Committee & PAWEES

1. Overview
2010 INWEPF-PAWEES Joint Symposium
INWEPF-PAWEES joint Symposium will be held at Jeju island to
exchange knowledge and experience based own expertise among the
INWEPF member countries. One-day Symposium, the 7th steering
meeting and field trip during 27-29 October 2010 will take place at the
ICC Jeju(International Convention Center), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea.

The 7th INWEPF steering meeting and PAWEES meeting

The Korean INWEPF Committee agreed to hold the steering meeting and
symposium during the last 6th steering meeting in Japan, and it will
organize and provide the arena to achieve the mission and challenges of
INWEPF. During the PAWEES meeting 9th International Conference
on Educational Accreditation System and APEC Engineers
Project for Agricultural Engineering in Paddy Farming Regions, and
PAWEES Award Ceremony will occur.

2. Call for paper

We invite scholars, policy makers, local governments and anybody
interested in or contributing to the goal of INWEPF and PAWEES
missions.
Theme for INWEPF-PAWEES Joint Symposium
Paddy and rural environment, Climate change and food security,
sustainable irrigation management, etc.
Theme for Country report
Balance between productivity and environmental protection

3. Program Structure
Day Morning Afternoon
Day 1(26th, Oct) Arrival
Day 2(27th, Oct) Opening & Joint Symposium Ⅰ Joint Symposium Ⅱ
Day 3(28th, Oct) Steering Meeting Steering Meeting
Day 4(29th, Oct) Field Trip Field Trip
Day 5 (30th, Oct) Departure
Tentative programme

Day I: Symposium
Time INWEPF-PAWEES
09:20 - 09:50 Accommodation to ICC Suite Hotel, Hana Hotel
09:50 - 10:30 Registration Lobby
10:00 - 10:30 Opening ceremony ICC 203
10:30 - 12:00 Keynote Speech (3 pns)
12:00 - 13:30 Luncheon Cafeteria
13:30 - 15:10 Symposium Session I (4 pns) Parallel session (201AB)
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break Lobby
15:30 - 17:30 Symposium Session II (4pns) Parallel session (201AB)
17:30 - 19:00 Official Banquet Ocean view

Day 2: Steering meeting

Time INWEPF PAWEES
09:00 - 09:30 Accommodation to ICC
09:30 - 10:30 Steering meeting I 203 Award Ceremony
10:30 - 12:00 Working group meeting Agenda I, II (201B)
12:00 - 13:30 Luncheon Cafeteria
Steering meeting II Agenda III, IV Seoul
13:30 - 15:00 203
(Country report) Statement (201B)
15:30 - 19:00 Free time

Day 3: Field trip

Pan po rural development project,
Ong po water resources development project
4. Contact Information
Mr. Byong Tae Park
Rural Infrastructure Division,
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
bbt@korea.kr

Professor Dr. Jin Soo Kim

Department of Rural Engineering, Chungbuk National University
Cheongju-si Rep. of Korea, email: jskim@chungbuk.ac.kr

Organizing Committee of INWEPF meeting

Mr. Young-Deuk Kim
Rural Research Institute
1031-7, Sadong, Sangrok-gu, Ansan city, Gyeonggi province, 426-
908, Rep. of Korea Tel: +82 31 400 1741 / Fax: +82 31 400 1744
Email: inwepf.korea@gmail.com

Organizing committee of PAWEES meeting

Associate professor Jin Yong Choi,
Department of Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University
Email: iamchoi@snu.ac.kr

5. Procedures
All national representatives will be involved in the INWEPF activities:
presentation for symposium and keynote speech, country report,
moderating session, rapporteur, etc.
Events Deadline
1st announcement February 28
Submission of paper abstract March 31
Notification of speaks for symposium April 15
nd
2 Announcement May 15
Submission of full text paper September 31
Final Announcement September 31
Submission of PPT October 15
Important date for country report by representative of national INWEPF
committee
Circulation of the report format: Feb. 28, 2010
Submission of the report: June 31, 2010
Modification and review: September 30, 2010
Publication of country report: October 15, 2010

Guideline for country report

Volume of report: less than 30 pages including case studies,
figures, tables
Contents of the report may include policy and tool toward
sustainable agriculture in paddy fields and agricultural practices to
harmonize with environment and ecosystem.
Oral presentation of the country report depends on technical
committee within 6 countries.

Tentative table of contents

1. Current status of the water resources in Asian monsoon region
Geographical data (landuse, etc)
Agricultural production data (rice production yearly, etc)
Water resources data (Water supply and demand)
Agricultural water use and resource management
2. Paddy farming of country
Characteristics of paddy farming
Situation of water supply systems
Issues on the paddy farming
Public functions of agriculture water
3. Balance between productivity and environmental protection
Policy and vision of sustainable agricultural development
Case studies
4. Recommendations and conclusions
5. References