CIGR Newsletter No 50
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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
4th International Congress on
Agricultural Engineering
The conference will be held from 15-17 June 2000 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. It is organised by the University of Ciego de Avila (UNICA). The conference will be held in English and in Spanish, and topics will include:
· Farm mechanisation.
· Power and machinery
· Post-harvest technology and food technology
· Soil and water engineering
· Information system and agriculture automatization
· Agricultural engineering education
For further information contact Dr. Lorenzo Dominico Diaz, Universidad de Ciego de Avila,km 9. Ciego de Avila, C.P. 69450. Cuba; Fax: 53 33266365;
Email: ldominico@unica.edu.cu
VDI World Meeting of Engineers
The meeting is organised by the Association of Engineers (VDI). It will take place from 19-21 June 2000 at the Hanover Congress Centre, Hanover, Germany, along with the World Exhibition EXPO 2000. Languages will be English and German. Topics will include:
· Information and communication
· Environment, climate and health
· Mobility
· Energy
· The future of work
For further information contact:
VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Tagungsorganisation, Postfach 10 11 39, D-40002 Düsseldorf, Germany; Tel: +49 (0)211 62 14 400, Fax: +49 (0)211 62 14 167; email: tagungen@vdi.de; http://www.vdi.de/wit
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
Contact: Terr@a, Dept. IIAR, Politecnico di Milano, Pza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy; e-mail: terra@marina.iar.polimi.it
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. 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 14th Triennal Conference of the International Ergonomics Association from 30 Jul–4 Aug, 2000 in San Diego, CA, USA. For further information, please contact:
Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Landau, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. e-mail: landau@arbeitswissenschaft.de
Webpage: www.arbeitswissenschaft.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. The official language will be English. 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
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
International Conference on Engineering and Technological Sciences
The conference, which is organised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, will be held from 11-13 October 2000 in Beijing, China. Topics will include:
· Technology innovation
· Sustainable agriculture
· New and high technologies of seed industry
· Information technology for agriculture
· Precision Farming
For further information contact:
Wang Baoji, Library, East Campus of China Agricultural University, Qinghua Donglu, Beijing 100083, P.R. China; email: ICAE@bjaeu.edu.cn or wbj@bjaeu.edu.cn.
Wang Maohua, email: mhw@public.bta.net.cn
Meng Fanxi, email: fxmeng@hotmail.com
Also visit: www.icets2000.ac.cn
Conference "Remote Sensing 2000: From Laboratory Spectroscopy to Remotely Sensed Spectral Observation"
The conference will take place from 22-25 October 2000 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. It is sponsored by the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and co-sponsored, among others, by ASAE. Topics will include:
· Laser/Radar techniques
· Soil moisture, soil carbon, and soil mineral
· Soil structure influences on light scattering
· Inverse method
· Linear and non-linear optical phenomena
· New hyperspectral sensors
· Polarization effects
· Light scattering in aqueous environments
· Scale up issues
· Chlorophyll flourescence, leaf and canopy level remote sensing
· Theoretical developments: EM theory, selection rules, Radiative Transfer etc.
For further information contact:
Remote Sensing 2000, Blackland Research Center, 720 East Blackland Road, Temple, TX 76502-9622, U.S.A. Phone: 254-770-6659; Fax: 254-774-6001
Email: rs2000@brc.tamus.edu
http://www.brc.tamus.edu/rs2k/rs2000.html
5th International Conference on Construction, Technology and Environment in
Livestock Farming 2001
The 5th International Conference on "Construction, Technology and Environment in Livestock Farming" will take place at Hohenheim University, Hohenheim, Germany, on 6-7 March 2001. Since its first carrying out in 1993, this conference has developed into probably the most important scientific meeting in this subject area in Europe. Among the subject areas construction, technology, and environment, the topics in 2001 will focus on "Precision Livestock Farming" and "Emissions from Livestock Production." Lectures and posters are expected on the following subjects:
· Future-oriented Animal Housing Systems and their Evaluation
· Environmental Protection and Technology in Livestock Farming
· Current Legislation and its Effects
· Agricultural Construction and Production Sites
· Labour in Livestock Farming
· Energy
· Product Development, Marketing, Services
Abstracts have to be submitted until 31 May 2000. Download the announcement and call for papers at http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/~www440/tagung.html.
Further information can be obtained from:
Dipl.-Ing. P. Epinatjeff, Institute of Agricutural Engineering, Garbenstraße 9, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany. Phone: ++49 (0)711 459 2508; Fax: +49 (0)711 459 4307

