CIGR Newsletter No 53

CIGR Co-Sponsored Activities

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 Croatian. Topics will include:

Direct 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. It is organised by VDI-MEG, KTBL, AEL, and the Institute of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Hohenheim. 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." Topics:

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 Agricultural Engineering, Garbenstraße 9, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany. Phone: ++49 (0)711 459 2508; Fax: +49 (0)711 459 4307

Email: epi@uni-hohenheim.de

Joint KTBL-CIGR Seminar on

the Use of Containers

The seminar will be held on 10 April 2001 in Gießen, Germany. It is organised by the Institut für Landtechnik, Gießen. In the morning sessions, the seminar will deal with logistical problems arising during cereal harvest and show possible strategies to overcome them. Furthermore, technical characteristics and transport performance of containers and container vehicles will be shown, and an overview of available container services will be given. A farmer will report on the use of containers for potato harvesting and storage. To finish presentations, a discussion of the subject will be held between experts and participants. The second part of the day will be devoted to a practical harvest demonstration of container handling by container trucks and a specialised container trailer for tractors. Interested persons should contact the Institut für Landtechnik to receive the final invitation issued by KTBL. The language of the seminar will be German.

For further details contact: Dr. Günther Weise, Institut für Landtechnik, Braugasse 7, 35390 Gießen, Germany; Tel.: +49-641-99-37211, Fax +49-641-99-19815;

e-mail: guenther.h.weise@agrar.uni-giessen.de

http://www.uni-giessen.de/landtechnik/

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 re-discuss 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:

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

IV International Conference MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURE

The conference will take place from 28-29 May 2001 in Plock, Poland. It is organised by the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology in co-operation with two Research Centres, the Institute of Production Engineering and Building Research of the Federal Research Centre of Agriculture Braunschweig-Völkenrode (FAL) Germany, and the National Research Centre of the Institute for Mechanisation and Electrification of Agriculture of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences. The purpose of this Conference is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the state-of-art of microprocessor systems in agriculture and related areas. The preferable official language of the Conference is English. Russian will also be accepted. The main topics will be:

For further information contact Bogdan Jasinski, Warsaw University of Technology, The Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Dept of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, 09-400 Plock, ul Lukasiewicza 17, POLAND; Tel/Fax: +4824 2626542,

E-mail: bogdan@usus.pw.plock.pl

Information and

Communication Technologies

Three Events Organised in France

All three conferences will take place in Montpellier, France, from 18-20 June, 2001.

The EFITA 2001, 3rd European Conference of the European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food, and the Environment: As sponsors appear the French (AFIA) and European (EFITA) Societies for Information Technology in Agriculture, the French (COFIRA), European (EurAgEng) and World (CIGR) Societies for Agricultural Engineering, the Various French European and International Societies related to Agronomy, Horticulture, Soil Science, (like ESA, EWRS, SCI, TFS, etc.), the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC), and the International Societies related to Remote Sensing and GIS, (like SFPT etc.). Topics:

3rd ECPA Third European Conference on Precision Agriculture: Topics:

agro TIC 2001 First Professional Exhibition and Forum in France on I.C.T. for Agriculture, Food Production, Land and Resources Management

For further information on any of these contact Francis Sévila, CEMAGREF, Bio-Equipment-Engineering Department, Place Viala, Montpellier Cedex 1, 34060, France; Fax: + 33 (0)4 99 61 24 36,

email: sevila@ensam.inra.fr

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

East Asian Bioproduction Engineering Forum

The conference will take place on 29 July 2001 in Sacramento, USA. It will be held as a pre-conference activity of the 2001 Annual International Meeting of ASAE. It is sponsored by CIGR, ASAE, AAAE, the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery, the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, the Japan Association of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering, and the Korean Society of Agricultural Machinery. Topics will include:

For further information contact Peter Ling at ling.23@pop.service.ohio-state.edu

International Conference on

Physical Methods in Agriculture

Approach to Precision and Quality

The conference will be held at the Czech University of Agriculture in Prague, Czech Republic, from 27-30 August 2001. It is co-sponsored by CIGR. The language of the conference will be English. Topics will include:

Deadlines:

Submission of Abstracts 31 May 2001

Notification of acceptance 30 Jun 2001

Full papers 27 Aug 2001

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

2nd International Conference and

23rd Annual General Meeting of the

Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers

The conference will take place from 10-14 September 2001 in Enugu, Nigeria. It will focus on agricultural engineering interventions in the critical sectors of a developing economy. Topics will include:

Direct papers and further inquiries to Engr. E. M. Onyekwena, Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Portech Nigeria Limited, 16 Gmelina Close, Ekulu GRA, P.O. Box 1715, Enugu, Nigeria;

email: portech@infoweb.abs.net

6th International Symposium on Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Production Engineering

The symposium will be held from 11-14 September 2001 in Potsdam, Germany. It is organised by ATB (Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim) and the University Potsdam. It is co-sponsored by ASAE, EurAgEng, JSAM, and AAAE. The official language of the symposium will be English. Topics will include:

Deadline for abstracts is 1 March, 2001.

For further information contact the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany; Phone: +49 331 5699 611, Fax: +49 331 5699 849; agabbert@atb-potsdam.de

www.atb-potsdam.de/Symposium2001/

59th VDI-MEG International Agricultural Engineering Conference

The conference will be held from 9-10 November 2001 in Braunschweig, Germany. It is organised by the Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft of Agricultural Engineering. The language will be German. For further information send an email to meg@vdi.de

IV International Symposium on Concrete for a Sustainable Agriculture–Agro-, Aqua- , and Community-Applications</P

The symposium will be held from 21-24 April 2002 in Ghent, Belgium. It is organised, among others, by the Department of Mechanisation, Labour, Buildings, Animal Welfare and Environmental Protection Agribeton, Merelbeke, and the Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, Ghent University. The language will be English. Topics will include:

Forward abstracts (max. 300 words, until 1 May 2001) and further inquiries to the Symposium Secretariat: Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, Technologiepark Ywijnaarde 9, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; Tel. +32 (9) 264 5518, Fax. +32 (9) 264 5845; email: marijke.reunes@rug.ac.be; www.clo.fgov.de/symposium/

 

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