CIGR Newsletter No 49
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2nd World Water Forum
The forum will take place from 17-22 Mar 2000 in The Hague, the Netherlands. Further information can be obtained on the website www.worldwaterforum.org, or you can write to:
Project Secretariat for the Second World Water Forum &Ministerial Conference, c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DML/PS, P.O. Box 20061, 2500 EB The Hague, The Netherlands; phone: +31 70 348 5402; fax: +31 70 348 6792; e-mail: office@worldwaterforum.org.
Second International Scientific and Practical Conference "ECOLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY"
The conference is scheduled for 25-27 April 2000 at the North-West Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Electrification in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. The Conference will be conducted within the framework of the following sections:
Section 1
* New ecologically friendly technologies and devices for agricultural crops production
* Ecology and energy saving in soil tillage
Section 2
* New ecologically friendly technologies and devices in livestock management
* Design and reconstruction of farm buildings for animal keeping
* Animal wastes management
Section 3
* Optimization of energy use in agriculture, renewable energy sources and their use in agriculture
* Electrical safety
* Automation of agricultural production
* Microclimate control
Section 4
** Development of new more effective agricultural machines, implements and equipment
* Manufacturing and testing of agricultural machinery
* Repairs and maintenance
* On-board microprocessors
The Conference languages are Russian and English.
Final manuscripts are due 1 March 2000.
Contacts: Larissa Levchenko or Guenrikh Agapov
Tel. (7-812) 466 62 44; 466 78 04; Fax. (7-812) 466 56 66
E-mail: nii@nevsky.net
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:
* Agricultural machinery engineering
* Soil and water engineering
* Post-harvest engineering and biotechnology
* Farm structures and environment control
* Agro-energy sources and management
* Agricultural waste management
* Agro-industry and ergonomics
* Economics, social and political considerations
* Training, research and extension
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
