ANSO Silk Road Forum & The 2nd ATES Open Science Conference

August 23-25, 2023, Lanzhou, China

(Second Circular)

1. Background

The Silk Road traverses complex terrain and landscapes including plateaux, Gobi Deserts, oases, mountains, basins, forests, and steppes across Eurasia. Its distinct geographical landscapes and changing environment played significant roles in the development of the trans-Eurasia exchange and Silk Road civilization. Before opening up the Silk Road, this region was an important East-West link, with multiple paths and extensive population dispersal, economic and cultural exchanges, and so on. The Silk Road greatly facilitated long-distance and large-scale exchanges of economy, agriculture, religions, culture, and technology across Eurasia, having a far-reaching impact on the progress and development of human civilization. However, due to ethnic, religious, linguistic, and national differences, as well as complex geopolitical relationships, there are critical gaps in systematic sorting and communication on scientific issues such as the early human dispersal, agricultural and pastoral development, route shift and demise, technology development and exchange, civilization evolution, and environment changes, as well as a lack of sufficient data, models and theoretical support, which limits the comprehensive study and scientific understanding of East-West exchanges along the Silk Road regions.

The Association for Trans-Eurasia Exchange and Silk-Road Civilization Development (ATES) was established under the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) in 2019 to promote interdisciplinary research and international cooperation.The ANSO Silk Road Forum & The 2ndATES Open Science Conferencewill be held in Lanzhou, China onAugust 23-25, 2023. This international conference will bring together renowned experts and scholars from the Silk Road countries and other regions to share the most recent findings of interdisciplinary research and discuss the future development of ATES. This is also one of the events for the International Year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), initiated by UNESCO in 2021 and supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2. Date and Location

Date: August 23-25, 2023

Location: Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

3. Theme and Topics

Theme: Evolution of the Silk Road Civilization and Environment Change

Topics:

1)       Environmental Change and Sustainable Development of the Silk Road

2)       Paleolithic Culture and Human Migration

3)       Trans-Eurasia Exchange of Early Farming and Herding

4)       Evolution of Silk Road Network and Towns

5)       Silk Road Science and Technology Exchange

6)       Genetic History of Silk Road Populations

4. Participating Organizations

Hosts:

Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO)

Association for Trans-Eurasia Exchange and Silk Road Civilization Development (ATES)

UNESCO Beijing Office

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

Organizers:

Lanzhou University

Dunhuang Academy

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS

Co-organizers:

Institute of the History of Natural Sciences, CAS

Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS

University of Science and Technology of China

Northwest University

Peking University

Fudan University

Xiamen University

China National Silk Museum

5. Conference Co-chairs

Chunli Bai: President of ANSO

Fahu Chen: Chair of ATES

Michael Meadows: Chair of IGU

Jürg Luterbacher: Science Director of WMO

6. Advisory Committee

Jinghua Cao, Guanghui Dong, Qiaomei Fu, Nyamdag Ganbat, Xing Gao, Xiaohua Gou, Jianye Han, Juzhi Hou, Ferenc Hudecz, Shahbaz Khan, Feng Li, Weidong Liu, Chuanchao Wang, Jianxin Wang, Naiang Wang, Elena Xoplaki, Hongwei Yang, Xiaoyan Yang, Zhijun Yi, Baichun Zhang, David D. Zhang, Dongju Zhang, Xiaohong Zhang, Feng Zhao

7. Conference Secretariat

Ailikun, Haichao Xie, Jingyuan Feng, Yanbo Yu, Xin Wang, Quanbo Liu, Dong Zhang, Zhuo Wang, Ruiyang Zhou, Mengxue Zhou, Xiaoqian Liu

8. Program at a Glance

9. Registration and Abstract Submission

Please register and submit abstract at the conference website: https://atesosc2023.casconf.cn/ before August 15, 2023.

The language of the conference will be English. The meeting was communicated through presentations, group reports and wall posters.

10. Registration fee

Participants will take care of their own transportation and accommodation. Registration fee of 1000 CNY will be paid on-site and 600 yuan/person for students.

Accommodation: The conference has reserved rooms at Cuiying Hotel and Legend Hotel, which are within walking distance to the Lanzhou University.

11. Contact Information

Lanzhou University: Dr. Xin Wang (xinw@lzu.edu.cn)

ATES: Ms. Yanbo Yu (ybyu@itpcas.ac.cn)

ANSO: Ms. Jingyuan Feng (jingyuan.feng@anso.org.cn)

Emergency Contact: Dr. Ailikun (aili@itpcas.ac.cn), +86-13911129015