CIGR Newsletter No 52
CO-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES
Latin-American Congress of Agricultural Engineering CLIA2000
The congress will take place from 6 - 8 November 2000 at Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico. It is organised by ALIA, the Latin-American and Caribbean Society for Agricultural Engineering, and AMIA, the Mexican Association for Agricultural Engineering. It is co-sponsored by CIGR. Topics will include:
· Mechanisation
· Soil and water
· Food engineering and post-harvest technology
· Agricultural constructions
· Resources and environment
· Information systems and automation
· University curricula, research and technological transfer
More information at:
Depto. de Ingenierí Agrícola y Ambiental del Instituto de Ciencias Agrícolas de la Universidad de Guanajuato. Km 9, Carr. Irapuato-León Ex-Hda. El Copal. Postal 311, CP 36500, Mexico. Tel. y Fax: (4) 624 2484, y 624 5215.
Webpage: www.ugto.mx/eventos/clia2000
International Agricultural Engineering Conference 2000
The conference will be held from 4-7 December 2000 in Bangkok, Thailand. It is organised by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Sponsors are: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE), CIGR, and Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery (JSAM). Topics will include:
* Power and Machinery
* Food Engineering
* Soil and water
* Energy in Agriculture
* Agricultural systems
* Structures and Environment
* Electronics in Agriculture
* Agricultural Waste management
* Agro-industry
* Agricultural Engineering Education
* Ergonomics
* Terramechanics
* New Materials and Emerging Technologies
For further information contact Ms. Tasana Said, Agriculture, Aquatic Systems and Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, P. O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathuthani 12120 Thailand; Tel. (66-2) 524-5488/5489, Fax: (66-2) 524-6200/516-2126, E-mail: tasana@ait.ac.th; or: Prof. V. M. Salokhe at the address above. Tel. (66-2) 524-5479, 524-5450, Fax: (66-2) 524-6200, 516-2126, E-mail: salokhe@ait.ac.th
29th Symposium "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering"
The symposium will be held at Opatija, Croatia, from 6-9 February 2001. It is co-sponsored by CIGR, EurAgEng, and AAAE. The official languages of the symposium will be English and Croation. Topics will include:
* Farm mechanisation
* Power and machinery
* Ergonomics
* Energy in agriculture
* Soil and water
* Pre-harvest technology
* Crop harvesting
* Post-harvest technology
* Livestock buildings and equipment
Deadlines:
Abstracts (500 words max) 15 Sep 2000
Notification of acceptance 1 Oct 2000
Full papers 15 Nov 2000
Direct abstracts and further inquiries to:
Symposium Secretariat, Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering Department, Svetosimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; phone: +385 1 2393819; fax: +385 1 215300 or +385 1 2393724; e-mail: silvio.kosutic@zg.tel.hr; webpage: www.agr.hr/aed
5th International Conference on
Construction, Technology and Environment in
Livestock Farming 2001
This Conference 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
Email: epi@uni-hohenheim.de
6th International ATW-Symposium "Plant Protection for Wine and Fruit Cultivation"
The Symposium, which is co-sponsored by CIGR and which will be one of the supporting acts during INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA 2001, will take place from 15-16 May, 2001. The development of new application techniques in fruit and wine cultivation on the one hand and a world-wide growing interest in environmental protection on the other are the reasons why the German Committee for Winegrowing Technique (ATW) wishes to rediscuss and review the results of the Symposium on plant protection of 1989. Since aspects and methods of plant protection for winegrowing and fruit cultivation are very similar, the 6th ATW_Symposium aims at bringing into focus both sectors.
For further information please contact:
Chairman of the ATW-Symposium: Prof. Dr. Werner Rühling, FG Technique of FA Geisenheim, D-65366 Geisenheim; +49(0)6722/502-361; Fax: +49(0)6722/502-360; email: technik@geisenheim.fa.fh-wiesbaden.de
Organisation: Dr. Albrecht Achilles, KTBL (Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft), Bartningstraße 49, D-64289 Darmstadt; +49(0)6151/7001-139; Fax: +49(0)6151/7001-204; email: a.achilles@ktbl.de
The 6th International Livestock Environment Symposium
The meeting will take place from 21-23 May 2001 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is sponsored by ASAE. As co-sponsors appear CIGR, the Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering and the Brazilian Society of Agricultural Engineering. The official language of the symposium will be English. Topics will include:
*Animal behavior
* Animal welfare and environmental stressors
* Biosensors and biosensor applications
* Economic considerations
* Emissions from animal facilities
* Energy/resource utilization
* Environmental control systems
* Feeding systems
* Food quality and safety effects
* Heat and moisture generation
* Human health and safety
* Hygiene, biosecurity, and disease control
* Indoor air quality
* Innovative housing and production systems
* Interactions between nutrition, reproduction, etc.
* Management systems and practices
* Manure and manure gas generation
* Modeling of animal systems and response
* Odor measurement and control
* Thermal environment and heat stress
* Transportation of animals
* Ventilation systems and performance
For further information contact:
John A. Nienaber, USDA-ARS MARC, US Meat Animal Res Ctr, P.O. Box 166, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA.
Voice: (402) 762-4274; Fax: (402) 762-4273
Email: nienaber@email.marc.usda.gov
For other information contact:
Brenda West, Director, ASAE Meetings & Conferences, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085, USA. Voice: (616) 428-6327; Fax: (616) 429-3852; Email: west@asae.org
Workshop "Approaching Agricultural Technology and Economic Development of Central and Eastern Europe"
The workshop will take place from 2-3 July 2001 in Halle (Saale), Germany. It will be co-sponsored by EurAgEng and CIGR. For further information please contact
Ingo Ackermann, ATB-Bornim, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam-Bornim, Germany; Tel. +49 331 569 9210; Fax. +49 331 569 9849;
e-mail: iackermann@atb-potsdam.de
International Conference on
Physical Methods in Agriculture–Approach to Precision and Quality
The conference will be held at the Czech University of Agricultur in Prague, Czech Republic, from 27-30 August 2001. It is cosponsored by CIGR. The language of the conference will be English. Here is a preliminary list of topics:
* Soil, Water and Weather
* Agricultural and Food Engineering
* Agricultural Biology
* Systems of Product Quality
* Precision Systems in Agriculture
For further information contact Prof.Dr. Jirí Blahovec, Conference PMA, Czech University of Agriculture, 16521 Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic Phone +4202-24384281, Fax +4202-20921361, E-Mail blahovec@ tf.czu.cz, webpage: www.pma.czu.cz
