CIGR Newsletter No 48
OTHER ACTIVITIES
AIT 40th Year Anniversary
Civil Environmental and Rural Engineering Conference –
New Frontiers and Challenges (Agricultural Aspects of Rural Engineering and Development)
This conference will be held on 8-12 November, 1999 at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sponsored by the Asian Institute of Technology.
Main topics:
* Water engineering and management
* Agricultural aspects of rural engineering and development
* Environmental technology and engineering
* Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering
* Structural engineering and construction
* Transportation engineering
English will be the official language of the conference.
All correspondence regarding the conference should be directed to: Prof. A. S. Balasubramaniam, Chair Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. Tel.: +66-2 524 5519; Fax: +66-2 516 2126, E-mail: bala@ait.ac.th.
International Seminar on
"Performance of Large and Small Scale Irrigation Schemes in Africa"
This Seminar will take place from 15-19 November, 1999 in Abuja, Nigeria. It is organised be the Nigerian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NINCID) in Collaboration with the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
Topics include:
*.Choice of appropriate irrigation method
* Design guidelines and considerations
* Soil types and topography
* Participatory irrigation management
* Land and water conservation practices
* Appropriate technology
For further information, please contact:
Tel: 234-9-2342910; Fax: 234-9-2343035
E-mail: nincid@hyperia.com
Second World Congress of Professionals in Agronomy"Third Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Development"
This event will be held on Nov 27 to Dec 3, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Topics are:
* Integral and sustainable rural development
* International framework for trade and cooperation
* Research and technological transfer
* Agronomic education
For further information, please contact:
Ing. Sergio Samaniego Huerta, President of the College of Agricultural Engineers of México, Sindicalismo 92; Col. Escandón; 11800 México, D.F.
Tel:(52) 52 77 08 96; Fax (52) 52 77 19 50
E-mail: ingagrom@mail.internet.com.mx
Or consult the web:
http://www.geocities.com/eureka/mine/9580
1st World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy and Industry
This event will be held on 5- 9 June, 2000 in Sevilla, Spain. Papers are invited on the following topics:
* Externalities of Biomass
* Bioenergy and global change, other environmental effects, socio-economic effects
* Biomass Resources
* Forestry, agricultural crops, residues, biological wastes
* Raw Products, Feedstocks and Biofuels Production Technologies
* Biomass chips and pellets, biogas, alcohols, vegetable oils
* Biofuels Market in the Transport Sector
* Gasoline blends, ETBE, biodiesel, compressed biogas
* Biomass Market in the Heat and Electricity Sector
* Heating market, combined heat and power, electricity, co-combustion, etc.
* Biomass, Non-energy Products and Markets
* Timber, biomass processing, by-products, chemicals, lubricants, bio-polymers, etc.
* Bioenergy Implementation
* Biomass R&D, Education
* Energy crops, residues, gasification combined cycles, pyrolysis, ethanol from lignocellulosis (hydrolysis, fermentation), methanol, hydrogen, education
Contact:
EnergiaTA - Florence, Attn. Dr. David Chiaramonti, Piazza Savonarola 10, I-50132 Florence, ITALY
International Conference: New Trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life: Eco-Compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environments
The conference will be held on 3 -– 7 July 2000 in Capri, Italy, under the auspices of the International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR), the National Research Centre, National Group for Hazards Defence (CNR-GNDC), the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), and the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, with the participation of AIPCN It. Div., ANDIS, IAWQ, Landau Network-Centro Volta, Politecnico di Milano, Regione Campania, Bologna University, Brescia University, Clabria University, Urban Drainage Centre.
Topics will include:
* Fluid mechanics aspects of eco-hydraulics techniques
* Eco-hydraulics in soil erosion and sediment transport
* Remote sensing applications in eco-hydraulics
* Instream flow requirements, Minimum acceptable Flow
* Flood plain management
* Urban hydraulics
* Biological aspects of eco-hydraulics
* Architecture and planning of fluvial/costal landscape
* Economical and juridic aspects of the environmental hydraulics
Deadlines for contributors:
Abstracts and pre-registration form 31 Dec 1999
Notification of acceptance of abstracts 15 Feb 1999
Definitive registration and payment of fees 1 Mar 1999
Submission of final manuscripts 15 Apr 1999
Send abstracts (2 A4-pages in English) to Terr@a, Dept. IIAR, Politecnico di Milano, Pza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy; or via e-mail in ASCII format or Word 97: terra @marina.iar.polimi.it
General information at the above address.
IEA 2000 – The 14th IEA International Ergonomics Association Congress.
This event will be held on 30 Jul - 4 Aug, 2000, in San Diego, CA, USA.
Deadlines:
Acceptances and registration materials 5 Nov 1999
Camera-ready papers due: 15 Jan 2000
Early registration deadline: 1 May 2000
For further information, please contact::
Lynn Strother, HFES, PO Box 1369, Santa Monica,
CA 90406-1369, USA; Fax: +13103942410
e-mail. Lynn_Strother@compuserve.com
Web: www.hfes.org
Symposium on Ergonomics in agriculture and food production
This symposium will be held on the occasion of the XIVth Triennal Conference of the International Ergonomics Association from 30 Jul –- 4 Aug, 2000 in San Diego, California.
For further information, please contact:
Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Landau
Technische Universität Darmstadt
e-mail: landau@arbeitswissenschaft.de
Or consult webpage: www.arbeitswissenschaften.de/, click on IAD.
2nd International Conference on "Engineering Contributions to Food Security in Developing Countries"
This conference will be held on 24-28 September, 2000 at the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Topics include:
The official language will be English.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. S.K. Agodzo, Conference Secretary, GHAE, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Tel: (233-51) 60242/60328; Fax: (233-51 60137)
E-mail: ustlib@libr.ug.edu.gh
