CIGR Newsletter No 59
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
60th International Conference on Agricultural Engineering: "Agricultural Engineering for Environmental Protection" in Halle
This conference, organised by VDI-MEG in cooperation with EurAgEng, will be held on 9 to 10 October 2002 in Halle, Germany. It will be hosted by the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Land Use Management at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle-Wittenberg.
The main topics of the conference will be:
- Tractors: Concepts, powertrain, interfaces to implements, use and economics
- Automation Technology: Electro hydraulic systems, electronics, sensor technology, mechatronics
- Sugar Beet Technology: Crop growing and harvesting systems
- Precision Farming
- Renewable Energy Sources and Industry: Basic Materials
- Industrial Product Development
- Cultivation and Tillage: Equipment, process, soil conservation
- Environmental Engineering: Waste industry, sustainable materials, recycling
- Logistics in Agricultural Engineering: Agricultural logistics material flow management
- Marketing, Service, Sales
In the pre-program, automation technology, the main working area of the hosting Institute, will be the topic of a special colloquium. The technologies for sugar beet production and processing will be presented and discussed parallel to this colloquium.
The conference languages will be English and German; simultaneous translation will not be available. The conference program is available on the internet at http://www.tec.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/pflanztech/deutsch/aktuelles/vdi-meg_2002_halle.pdf For more information, please contact: Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik im VDI, P.O. Box 10 11 39, 40002 Düsseldorf, Phone: +49 (0) 211 62 14-5 22, Fax: +49 (0) 211 62 14-163; E-Mail: meg@vdi.de, Internet: http://www.vdi.de/meg
