CIGR Newsletter No 34
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Tenth Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydraulic Research
This congress will be held on 26-29 August 1996 on Langkawi Island, Malaysia. The theme is: 'Hydraulic Research and Engineering towards and beyond 2000'.
Congress Secretariat:
Tenth APD-IAHR Congress, National Hydraulics Research Institute of Malaysia, Block A, JPS Malaysia (Ampang Branch), Jalan Air Bukit, 68000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fax.: +603 456 4028
E-mail: <iphk@moa.my>.
International Conference on Automation in Agriculture
This conference is to be held in Warsaw, Poland on 19-21
September 1996.
Topics will be:
- automation of machinery and production lines for storage and processing of agricultural products;
- automation of plant production in greenhouses etc.;
- robots in plant and animal production technologies;
- technical and economical basics of automated technology in agriculture;
- modern automatic elements used in agriculture;
- automation of small farm processing plants;
- automation of water supply and wastewater drainage in villages;
- automation of water destination in villages.
The conference will be held in the Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification in Agriculture, 02-532 Warsaw, 32 Rakowiecka Street.
Fax.: +48 22 49 17 37.
Languages: English, French and Russian.
A one-day visit to the International Agricultural Fair
'Polagra' is foreseen on September 21.
International Agricultural Engineering Conference 1996
This conference is a joint organization of Bhumata Charitable Trust, Pune, Yeshwantrao Pratishthan, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Asian Association of Agricultural Engineering AAAE.
It will be held in Pune, India, on 9-12 December 1996.
Topics include: Farm Power and Machinery - Food and Process Engineering - Soil and Water - Agro-meteorology - Energy in Agriculture - Agricultural Systems - Structures and Environment - Electronics in Agriculture - Agricultural Waste Management - Agro-industry - Education in Agricultural Engineering - Ergonomics - Terramechanics - Standards and Safety - Environmental Pollution - Postharvest Technology - New Materials - Emerging Technologies.
The official language will be English.
A social programme will be provided.
Further information from:
Dr Suresh S Dhumal, Coordinator IAEC, Bhumata, 6/11, Pritam Nagar, Kothrud, Pune 411 029 India.
Fax.: +91 212 64 4828.
16th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage
Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture
The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, ICID, organises its 16th International Congress in Cairo,
Egypt on 15-22 September 1996. This three-yearly congress is on the theme "Sustainability of irrigated agriculture". The topics will deal with: 'Farmers' participation towards sustainable irrigated agriculture' and 'Irrigation planning and management: Measures in harmony with the environment'.
A special session will concentrate on: 'The future of irrigation under increased demand from competitive uses of water and greater needs for food supply'. Furthermore the symposium will deal with 'Management information systems in irrigation and drainage'.
An extensive brochure with information can be obtained from:
The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, India. Tel.: +91 11 301 68 37 Fax.: +91 11 301 59 62.
E-mail: <icid@sirnetd.ernet.in>
Landtechnik 1996
54 Internationale Tagung Landtechnik
This event will be held on 10 and 11 October 1996 in Berlin, in the Humboldt Universität.
Language: German only!
Further info: VDI - MEG, Postfach 10 11 39,
40002 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Fax.: +49 02 11 62 14 163.
2nd International Crop Science Congress
This Congress will be held in New Delhi, India on 7-11 November 1996.
Info: Dr Suresh K Sinha, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012, India.
XIVth ISTRO Conference
The XIVth ISTRO Conference will be held in Poland in 1997. Six major topics will be emphasized in sections:
- Theoretical principles for modelling of soil tillage effects;
- Soil and crop responses to soil tillage systems;
- Conservation tillage practices;
- Economics of soil tillage;
- Soil management under permanent crops;
- Soil cultivation in organic farming.
Further information can be obtained from:
Dr Jerzy Rejman, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Doswiadczalna 4, 20-236 Lublin, Poland.
Tel.: +48 81 45061 Fax.: +48 81 45067.
SEOUL '96 International Conference on Agricultural Machinery Engineering
The Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery organizes the Second International Conference on Agricultural Engineering Machinery (ICAME) on November 12-15, 1996 at the Korea Exhibition Center in Seoul, Korea.
Main topics will cover:
Mechanization strategies / Machinery developments and innovations / Agricultural machinery performances / Sensors and intelligent machines / Modelling and automation / Advanced engineering in processing / Storing, drying and handling / Quality of products / Energy technologies and developments / Pest control development.
The official language will be English.
Further information from:
Prof Kwan Hee Ryu, Gen. Sec., c/o Agric. Engng. Dept., College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Korea.
Tel.: +331 290 2384 Fax.: +331 294 1815.
Towards Sustainable Land Use - 9th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization.
This conference will be held in Bonn, Germany on August 26-30, 1996.
The following topics will be treated:
- Soil conservation and sustainable land use - various responses to erosion and desertification;
- Other forms of soil degradation - assessment, prevention, rehabilitation;
- Influence of demographic, socio-economic and cultural factors on sustainable land use;
- Soil conservation and sustainable land use - innovations in approaches, technologies and practices;
- Furthering cooperation between people and institutions.
Languages: English with interpreting facilities for French, Russian and German.
Post conference excursions.
Further information:
Mr A Klein, Federal Environmental Agency, FG II 3.2 / Soil Quality, P.O. Box 33 00 22, 14191 Berlin, Germany.
Tel.: +49 30 231 457 46 Fax.: +49 30 229 3096
E-mail: <100434.1121@compuserve.com>
13th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association
This Congress will be hosted by the Nordic Ergonomics Society and the Finnish Ergonomics Society. This congress will be held in Tampere, Finland in the summer of 1997.
Further info through e-mail: <mleppane@cc.tut.fi>
International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture
This congress will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9-15, 1997.
Topics will focus on the state-of-the-art in the field of plastics in agriculture.
Subjects covered will include: drip irrigation, chemigation, photoselectivity of different plastic films for protected cultivation, solarization, modified atmosphere packaging of perishable agriculture produce and new techniques of modelling modified atmospheres in order to optimize results of produce packaging, environmental considerations, recycling.
The symposia will take place in Tel Aviv, in Dan Panorama Hotel.
Languages: English with simultaneous translation into French.
A social programme will be available.
Conference Secretariat: Otra Ltd., 2 Kaufman Street, P.O.Box 50432, Tel Aviv 61500 Israel.
Fax.: +972 3 5174433.
XXVth International Horticultural Congress
Science and Horticulture: interfaces and interactions.
The XXVth International Horticultural Congress will be held in Brussels on 2-7 August 1998.
It is organized by ISHS.
Pre- and post-congress tours are planned in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.
Main themes are:
- Culture techniques
- Quality of horticultural products
- Computers and automation
- Biotechnology.
A large variety of other themes will also be treated.
Oral presentations, poster sessions and workshops will be arranged.
Official language: English.
An exhibition will be organized.
Further information from: H. Willocx, Dept. Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Bolwerklaan 21, 14th Floor, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium. Fax.: +32 2 206 72 09.
14th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress
This congress will be held in Bologna, Italy on July 7-10, 1996.
Further information can be obtained from:
Dipartimento di Morfofisiologia e Produzioni Animali, Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria, Universita di Bologna, Via Tolara di sopra, 50, IT-40064 Ozzano Emilia - Bologna, Italy.
Tel.: +39 51 792887 Fax.: +39 51 792891
E-mail: <ipvs96@alma.unibo.it>.
ICID Workshop on Crop - Water - Environment Models
This workshop is organized on the occasion of the ICID Congress at Cairo on 17 September 1996.
Further information from:
- Dr Dia El Quosy, Water Research Center, Cairo, Egypt 13621. Fax.: +20 2 218 95 61
- Dr B van den Broek, Fax.: +31 8370 11524
- Prof Luis Santos Pereira, Fax.: +351 1 362 15 75
