Dams and reservoirs as important water storage infrastructure, with multiple water services, have played important role to support social economy development. As dam failure may cause extensive damage or even loss of lives, dam safety has obtained high concern and been a top priority. The crisis at Oroville Dam happened in Feb. 2017 has attracted attentions all over the world, which arouse reflection on considering how to keep dam safety in a changing world.

International Symposium on Dam Safety, organized by Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), will be held in Changsha, China on November 9 to 10, 2017. The aim of this symposium is to discuss and exchange the state of the art concepts, methods, technologies related to dam safety in a changing situation, such as considering of climate change and changing requirements, so as to advance the implementation of practice and to ensure the safe of dam projects.

This Symposium will be held together with the 2017 CHINCOLD Annual Meeting. The CHINCOLD Annual Meeting is one of the most important events in dams and hydropower society in China and has attracted 600-800 participants every year since 2011, including many high level experts such as Former Minister of Ministry of Water Resources of China Mr. Wamg Shucheng, ICOLD President Prof. Anton Schleiss, Hon. President Prof. Luis Berga, and Vice President M. Rogers. During the Annual Meeting, the 10th Round Table meeting on Sustainable Development for Africa, Round table meeting on Public Awareness, Youth Forum will be organized together with technical sessions. Post study tours will be arranged after the Symposium.

Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province, is an ancient city with a history of 3,500 years. It used to be a place of strategic importance in the Kingdom of Chu, and a famous prefecture of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-207BC). Now Changsha is an important city with historical and cultural relics, and an ideal destination of tourists in Hunan province. Changsha is closely related to a great number of celebrities, including Chairman Mao Zedong; and Hunan First Normal College, the meeting venue of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Qingshui Pool and other historic sites remind tourists of the old stories. There are also many natural scenic spots, including the Mount Yuelu which is pregnant with beauty and vitality, the Xiangjiang River that flows through the whole city from south to north with the picturesque Orange Isle quietly lying in it. All these jointly compose a melodious song.

Vaya International Hotel, is a deluxe ecological garden hotel with Guitang River and Salt Ship Mountain ecological garden around. With an area of about 120 thousand square meters, the hotel boasts a 19-story building (No.1 Building) and a deluxe villa, including 518 rooms and perfect dinning and entertainment facilities. It has pretty convenient transportation with only 20 minutes' drive to Huanghua Airport, 10 minutes' to the train station or Changsha South Station and 5 minutes' to the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway. It was officially titled Five-Star Hotel by National Tourism Administration on March 12th, 2007.