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                            - Call For Papers -
                                      
                     20th ICOLD CONGRESS BEIJING, CHINA
                               September 2000
                                      
   The following four questions have been placed on the Congress Program:
   
   Q.76) THE USE OF RISK ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT DAM SAFETY DECISIONS AND
   MANAGEMENT.
     * Concepts of hazard and risk; implementation of a probabilistic
       approach to the assessment of risk; the role of data bases in
       reducing uncertainty.
     * The application of risk analysis to design and rehabilitation
       strategies.
     * Management of risk through emergency plans and other operational
       actions
     * Public acceptance of the decision criteria including risk to life
       and the environment.
       
   Q.77) BENEFITS OF AND CONCERNS ABOUT DAMS.
   Case studies, particularly those including numerical data resulting
   from surveys, measurement or analysis, on the following themes.
     * Major benefits of dams, including flood control, energy and power
       production, food production, water supply, navigation, recreation
       and environmental enhancement.
     * Management of concerns, including environmental and social
       effects.
     * Evaluation procedures and decision making, including cost/benefit
       analysis, discounted cash flow methods, practicability of small
       scale or other alternatives to dams.
     * Methods of achieving consensus, including public participation in
       the implementation process, definition of goals, understanding the
       role of interest groups, the role of funding agencies.
       
   Q.78) MONITORING OF DAMS AND THEIR FOUNDATIONS.
     * Monitoring and data processing systems with particular reference
       to the performance of automated installations.
     * Comparison of performance with predictions, back analysis.
     * Optimization of monitoring systems, reliability and uncertainties
       in operation.
     * The relative importance of visual inspection compared with
       instrumentation.
       
   Q.79) GATED SPILLWAYS AND OTHER CONTROLLED RELEASE FACILITIES, AND DAM
   SAFETY
     * Design criteria for the selection of hydromechanical equipment.
     * Selection of gated or ungated spillways: economics, flood warning,
       operational strategies, management responsibilities, operator
       training, automatic operation.
     * Operational reliability of controlled release facilities,
       surveillance, routine inspection and testing.
     * Case studies of performance of hydromechanical equipment.
       
   Members are invited to submit proposals for papers. The CDA executive
   committee has decided to sponsor a maximum of fourteen (14) papers
   with no more than five papers on one question.
   
   SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING THE PAPERS:
   1999-04-15
   Latest date for 300 word summary or abstract to be sent to the Review
   Committee (see address below);
   1999-05-15
   Authors notified for selected papers;
   1999-07-30
   Latest date for draft of papers to be received by Review Committee;
   1999-08-30
   Authors notified of comments by Review Committee;
   1999-09-30
   Latest date for final papers to be received by Review Committee;
   1999-10-30
   Final papers received by ICOLD Central Office in Paris. For detailed
   guidelines on the preparation and correspondence related to these
   papers please contact:
   
   Mr. Kent Murphy
   Dam Safety Program Manager
   Hydro-Québec
   75, boul. René Lévesque ouest
   10th Floor
   Montréal (Quebec) H2Z 1A4
   Tel: (514) 289-4557
   Fax: (514) 289-4599;
   Email: murphy.kent@hydro.qc.ca
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