The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and currently has nearly 4,000 individual members and 36 group members from 135 countries.
International association of hydrogeologists
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The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and currently has nearly 4,000 individual members and 36 group members from 135 countries.
Chinese name
International association of hydrogeologists
Foreign name
International Association of Hydro geologists, IAH
Country
135
Types of
Non-profit civil academic organization
Established
October 12, 2004
Member
5000+ people
The International Association of Hydrogeologists is a non-profit, non-governmental academic organization that pays membership fees for individual members and group members. Its purpose is to promote the discipline of hydrogeology through international cooperation between hydrogeologists and relevant experts interested in hydrogeology Developments and exchanges with global hydrogeologists. Over time, the membership of the association has increased, and there are currently more than 5,000 members worldwide. Countries with many IAH members have national committees or working groups.
Affiliation of the International Association Hydrogeology (IAH)
Chairman:
Professor Stephen FOSTER (
1. Any decisions and arrangements made by the organizing committee must conform to the laws, regulations and tax policies of the host country. It is authorized by the IAH Council to use the name of the Association, but the IAH Council, the Executive Committee, officials and employees are not responsible for the actions of the Organizing Committee. The organizing committee should raise the necessary funds for the conference. IAH is not responsible for appropriation.
2. If the organizing committee and other associations co-organize the conference, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the IAH Executive Committee.
3. Although IAH does not provide funds and loans to the organizing committee of the conference, at the request of the organizing committee, IAH can properly provide a small amount of financial support to make up for the shortfall.
4. The IAH Board and the Executive Committee will provide other necessary assistance as far as possible to ensure the smooth convening of the conference.
5. The organizing committee should try its best to support representatives from developing countries. A small part (5%) of the conference registration fee income should be used to provide funding to participants from developing countries.
6. Generally, the IAH council meeting will be held from 10 am to 4 pm the day before the conference (Sunday). The organizing committee should provide a conference room that can accommodate about 25 people.
7. On the first day of the conference and most of the duration of the conference, the IAH Secretariat will set up an information desk in a conspicuous place, usually in the exhibition hall (without payment of exhibition fees).
8. The IAH member congress should be held during the first half of the meeting, and the specific time will be determined separately.
9. The IAH professional committees and working groups will also meet. The organizing committee shall provide necessary equipment for professional committee meetings, such as conference rooms, audio and multimedia equipment. No extra meals are provided.
10. The organizing committee should publish the conference abstract / detailed abstract in advance, and it should be published in one or more ways: burn the CD-ROM, post on the conference website, and publish the publication in the IAH series.
11. If there is a surplus in the meeting, it should be at the disposal of the IAH National Committee of that country. One of the conditions for the IAH Executive Committee to provide funding for the meeting is that if there is a surplus in the meeting, the funding provided by the IAH Executive Committee shall be returned. Even if the organizing committee has not submitted a funding request to the IAH Executive Committee, the organizing committee and the IAH National Committee should consider contributing a portion of the surplus to IAH.
In the 1980s, during the period of China's reform and opening up, many experts and scholars in the Chinese hydrogeological field requested to join the International Association of Hydrogeologists. In early 1988, at the invitation of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), with the approval of the Chinese Geological Society, China established the National Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, which is linked to the Institute of Hydrogeological Engineering Geology of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, under the leadership of the Chinese Geological Society.
