CIGR Newsletter No 54
ACTIVITIES BY CIGR REGIONAL SOCIETIES
2001 CSAE/SCGR Annual Meeting
The Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE/SCGR) Annual Meeting will take place from 9-11 July, 2001, in Toronto, Canada. The meeting will be held jointly with the Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) and the Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC). Topics include:
- Power and machinery systems
- Soil and water systems
- Information technologies
- Structure and environment
- Biological engineering
- Food and processing engineering
- Biosensors
- Emerging technology
- Agricultural engineering education
- Energy
- Emissions from livestock feeding
- Manure management
Several pre-conference and post-conference technical tours will be available for participants. A number of continuing education sessions and technical workshops are also planned during the conference.
For further information contact Pierre Jutras, CSAE/SCGR Manager, at csae-scgr@citenet.net, Doug Small, CSAE/SCGR Vice President Technical, at dgheng@mb.sympatico.ca, or Abdel Ghaly, CSAE/SCGR President, at Abdel.Ghaly@Dal.ca.
2001 ASAE Annual International Meeting
The meeting will take place from July 30-Aug 1, 2001 in Sacramento, California, USA. Topic headings are:
- Power and Machinery
- Soil and Water
- Information and Electrical Technologies
- Structures and Environment
- Forest Engineering
- Nursery and Greenhouse Engineering
- Food and Process Engineering
- Biological Engineering
For further information contact Brenda West, Director of Meetings and Conferences ASAE, 2950 Niles Road, MI 49085-9659, USA; phone: 616-428-6327; fax: 616-429-3852; e-mail: west@asae.org
AgEng 2002 - International Conferencei on Agricultural Engineering
The EurAgEng conference will be held from 30 June - 4 July 2002 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference language will be English. Topics will include:
- Automation and emerging technologies
- Animal production technology
- Structures and environment
- Information technology
- Precision agriculture
- Post harvest technology and processing
- Power and machinery
- Rural development and communication
- Soil and water
Deadline for abstracts (in English, not more than 400 words) is 1 Nov 2001. For further information contact GTE Conference Office, H-1027 Budapest, Fö u., 68, H-1371 Budapest, Pf 344; Phone: +36/1-241-6041; Fax: +36/1-457-0727; email: berzy.gte@mtesz.hu
