BACKGROUND

The Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates is a continuation of this conference series, which is listed below.

• International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, New-Paltz, NY, USA, June 20-24, 1993,
  
  
• 2nd International Conference on Natural Gas Hydrates, Toulouse, France, June 2-6, 1996, and
  
  
• 3rd International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, July 18-22, 1999.
  

The Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates is the first conference, in this series, planned to take place in Asia. It is expected that the conference will attract participants from all over the world.