CIGR Newsletter No 57
A C T I V I T I E S B Y CIGR R E G I O N A L S O C I E T I E S
Third International
Scientific and Practical Conference "Ecology and Agricultural Machinery" St. Petersburg-Pavlovsk
This Conference will be held 5-6 June 2002 at the North-West Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Electrification, Saint-Petersburg-Pavlovsk, Russia. Conference languages are Russian and English. The event is organised by the Euro-Asian Association of Agricultural Engineers (EAAAE), the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation, the North-West Research Center of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the North-West Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Electrification.
Topics will include:
- New ecologically friendly technologies and devices for agricultural crops production
- Ecology and energy saving in soil tillage
- New ecologically friendly technologies and devices in livestock management
- Design and reconstruction of farm buildings for animal keeping
- Animal wastes management
- Optimization of energy use in agriculture Renewable energy sources and their use in agriculture
- Electrical safety
- Automation of agricultural production
- Microclimate control
- Development of new more effective agricultural machines, implements and equipment
- Manufacturing and testing of agricultural machinery
- Repairs and maintenance
- On-board microprocessors.
For more information, check www.sznii.boom.ru or contact: Larissa Levchenko or Guenrikh Agapov, Phone: +812/466-78-04 / +812/466-62-44 ; Fax: +812/466-56-66; email: nii@nevsky.net
AgEng 2002-International Conference 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
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
Conference on "Automation Technology for
Off-Road Equipment"
The event will take place in Chicago, USA, from July 26-27, 2002, preceding the CIGR-ASAE World Congress 2002. It is sponsored by Automation Technology for Off-road Equipment and ASAE. Cooperating organisations are CIGR, Caterpillar, Deere & Company, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Japan Society of Agricultural Machinery, RSJ - Robotics Society of Japan, and JSICE - Japan Society of Instrument and Control. Topics:
- Sensors
- Controls
- Vehicle modeling
- Telematics in vehicle automation
- Software support for vehicle automation
- Information technology
- Hardware for vehicle automation
- Applications
For conference information contact: Dr. John F. Reid, John Deere Technical Center, 3300 River Drive, Moline, IL 61265-1792, USA; Phone: 309-765-3786, Fax: 309-765-3807, Email: j-reid1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
