CIGR Newsletter No 55

O T H E R A C T I V I T I E S

International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation

The conference will be held from 17-19 August 2001 in Chennai, India. It is organised by CEERI Madras Center, the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA), and Anna University. The main focus of the meeting will be machine vision/image processing systems for food processing industries. For further information, contact Dr. S. Renganathan, MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai 600044, INDIA; email: srenga@vsnl.com, or ranganath@mitindia.edu. or check the website: www. measurementandcontrols.com/tima2001/tima2001.html

52nd IEC Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and 1st Asian Regional Conference

The meeting will take place from 16-21 September 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. For further information contact: Mr. Koo Yo-Han, Secretary General, Korean National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (KCID), P.O. Box 12, Anyang, Kyonggi-do, 430-600, Republic of Korea. Phone: 82 343 23 6556; Fax: 82 343 23 6077; E-mail: kcid@chollian.dacom.co.kr.

International Workshop on

"Agricultural Based Development in Tidal Swamp and Estuaries and Environmental Consideration"

The Workshop, which will investigate into Integrated Development in Tidal Swamp and Estuaries for sustainable agricultural development and aquaculture, will be held in Seoul, South Korea, from 19-20 September 2001, during the 52nd meeting of the International Executive Council (IEC) of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). It will be organised by: the ICID Working Group on "Environmental impacts of irrigation, drainage and flood control projects", the ICID Working Group on "Drainage" and the Korean National Committee of ICID-KNCID. The language will be English or French. Topics will include:

For further information contact the Secretariat:

Dr. Chun G. Yoon, Korean National Committee of ICID, 1031-7, Sadong, Ansan-Si, Kyunggi-do 425-170, Republic of Korea; Tel 82-345-400-1755; e-mail: kcid@karico.co.kr

First Congress on Conservation Agriculture:

A Worldwide Challenge

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announces the "First Congress on Conservation Agriculture: A Worldwide Challenge", to be held in Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2001. The congress is organized jointly with the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) and supported by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the European Community.

The Congress has attracted leading scientists and practitioners on conservation agriculture, soil management, agronomy, crop protection and global environmental issues. Prominent keynote speakers will address economic and financial imperatives at the farm level together with political implications and agri-environmental measures for future agricultural sustainability.

For further information, please contact Armando Martinez-Vilela, Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee: ECAF, Alameda del Obispo s/n Apdo. 3092 14080 Córdoba, Spain; Tel +34.957.760.797; Fax +34.957.760.797; E mail agriculture@ecaf.org, with copy to Mr. J. Benites (FAO/AGLL), E-Mail jose.benites@FAO.ORG. Additional details are available on following web sites: http://www.ecaf.org or

http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/AGSE/Main.htm

4th Croatian Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists

Central European Meeting

The congress will be held from 3-5 October 2001 in Opatija, Croatia. It is organised by the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology of the University of Zagreb, the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, and the Department of Economics and Commodity Science of Natural Resources and Production of the University of Trieste. Topics will include:

For frther information contact the Conference Secretariat, Faculty of Food Technology & Biotechnology, P.O. Box 625, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Tel.: 00385 /0/1 460 50 02 Fax: 00385 (0) 1 483 60 83; webpage: www.pbf.hr

International Conference on Agricultural Sciences and Technology - CAST2001

The conference will be held from 7-9 November 2001 in Beijing, China. The following topics will be addressed:

For further information contact Wang Baoji, Head of Organising Committee, China Agricultural University Library on East Campus, Qinghua Donglu, Beijing 100083, P.R. China; Tel: 86 10 6233 6490, Fax: 86 10 6233 6908

e-mail: ICAE@bjaeu.edu.cn or bjwang@bj163.com;

www.agscience2001.org, www.lib.bjaeu.edu.cn/icast/index.htm

ICID-CIID International Conference on Drought Mitigation and

Prevention of Land Desertification

The conference will be held from 21-24 April 2002 in Bled, Slovenia. It is organised by CINCID, ERWG ICID, and EWTD. Topics will include:

For further information contact Ms. Sabina Remskar, Slovenian National Committee of ICID, c/o IZVOR, Preradoviceva 44, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Tel: +386 1 2317 913, Fax: +386 1 433 5104;

e-mail: SDNO-SINCID@guest.arnes.si

18th ICID International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage: Food Production Under Conditions of Water Scarcity, Increasing Population and

Environmental Pressure

The conference will take place from 21-28 July 2002 in Montreal, Canada. The main issues will be:

Contact address: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), 48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India; Tel: +91-11-611 5679/6837; Fax: +91-11-611 5962; email: icid@icid.org; webpage: www.icid.org

The Second World Engineering Congress 2002 Engineering Innovation and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Issues

The congress will be held from 22-25 July 2002 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is organised by the Ministry of Finance, Public Utilities & Industrial Development, Sarawak, the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, Putra University Malaysia, the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries, and the Malaysian Council of Engineering Deans. There will be a special subconference on Biological, Agricultural and Food Engineering, which covers a range of up-to-date agricultural issues.

For further enquiries, please contact the Secretary of the Organising Committee: A/Prof. Dr Bujang Bin Kim Huat, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Tel: 603 89486101 ext. 2091/2121/2017, Fax: 603 89488939; email: bujang@eng.upm.edu.my

3rd International Symposium "AGROENVIRON-2002: SUSTAINABLE AGRO - ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

New Technologies and Applications

The Symposium will take place in Cairo, Egypt, from 26-28 October 2002. Topics will include:

Deadlines:

Abstracts 30 Nov 2001

Notification of acceptance 30 Jan 2002

Full papers 30 Mar 2002

For further information contact Prof. Sami Abdel-Rehman, Symposium Secretary General, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 23 Joseph Brows Tito st., El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo, Egypt, P.O. Box 1564 Alf - Maskan; Tel: (202) 296 4386 297 5688, Fax: (202) 296 4387 296 4385; e-mail: sirahman@intouch.com

Water Use Conflicts in the Euromediterranean Region

AFEID, the French National Committee of ICID, organises the 54th Executive Council of ICID and the 20th European Regional Conference in Montpellier, France from 14 to 19 September, 2003. The Conference will cover the following themes:

More information can be obtained from Dr. Alain Vidal, AFEID Comité d rganisation du 54ème CEI de la CIID, IPTRID, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, phone:+39-06-5705-2891, fax: +39-06-5705-6275, e-mail: alain.vidal@fao.org

 

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