Dear Colleagues,

Debris flows in mountain regions cause significant damage to the economy and often result in victims among local population. To address the challenges of debris flows and related phenomena, experts from different countries and with different disciplinary background are required to work together. The conferences on Debris Flows: Disasters, Risks, Forecast, Protection are among these forms of the international cooperation. This conference in China is the 7th, it continues a series of conferences held in Pyatigorsk (2008), Moscow (2012), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (2014), Irkutsk and Arshan (2016), Tbilisi (2018), and Dushanbe and Khorog (2020; due to pandemic held in a reduced correspondence format).

The Debris Flow Association, the Asian Network of Debris Flow, and the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences invite you and your colleagues to participate in the 7th International Conference on Debris Flows: Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection which will be held in Chengdu, China during September 23-27, 2024.