CIGR Newsletter No 35
OTHER ACTIVITIES
International Conference on Water Resources Management Strategies in the Middle East with reference to water scarcity conditions
This event is organised by the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel and the Association of Water Engineers and will be held in Tel-Aviv, on 24-26 November 1996.
The objectives are:
- to exchange information, experience and achievements on water management and issues relevant to the conditions of the Middle East
- to foster understanding and regional co-operation in water resources management
- to discuss options for water resources management strategies and programmes within the context of catchments as well as at a regional level
- to evaluate potential technologies and methods of achieving water demand management objectives, conservation and improved water use efficiency.
The subjects that will be treated are:
- water management strategies, administration, legal aspects, policies and institutions required to achieve an adequate level of service during water scarcity
- water conservation and energy considerations
- water distribution systems, operation and maintenance, efficiency and reduction of water losses
- management strategies for rehabilitation and expansion of water systems
- wastewater treatment and reuse for irrigation, industry and other non-potable usage - case studies and trends
- regional and watershed development projects
- management information systems, monitoring and evaluation
- socio-economic considerations, strategies and options.
In addition to oral presentations, poster sessions, technical tours and an exhibition will be organised.
Further information can be obtained from:
Conference Secretariat, Association of Engineers and Architects, P.O. Box 3082, Tel-Aviv 61030, Israel.
Tel.: +972 3 5240274 Fax.: + 972 3 5244618
International Agricultural Engineering Conference 1996
This conference is a joint organisation 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, Co-ordinator IAEC, Bhumata, 6/11, Pritam Nagar, Kothrud, Pune 411 029 India.
Fax.: +91 212 64 4828.
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.
XIVth ISTRO Conference - Agroecological and Economic Aspects of Soil Tillage
The XIVth ISTRO Conference will be held in Pulawy, Poland on 27 July - 1 August 1997. This event is organised by the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG), Pulawy, the University of Agriculture, Lublin, the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin and the Institute for Buildings, Mechanisation and Electrification of Agriculture, Warsaw.
Six major topics will be emphasised:
- 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.
Language: English.
Abstracts (250 words max.) before 30 November 1996.
Instructions for accepted papers by 15 January 1997.
Camera-ready paper (max. 4 pp.) by 31 March 1997.
A programme for accompanying persons, a post-conference tour and social events will be available.
Registration, accommodation form and payment should reach the Organising Secretariat before 31 January 1997.
Further information can be obtained from:
The Organising Secretariat, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Aleja Krolewska 17, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland.
Tel.: +48 81 877307 Fax.: +48 81 877306
E-mail: istro97@iung.pulawy.pl
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 optimise results of produce packaging, environmental considerations, recycling.
The symposia will take place in Tel Aviv, in the 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.
11th World Fertiliser Congress of CIEC: Fertilisation for Sustainable Plant Production and Soil Fertility
This World Congress will be held at the University of Gent, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Gent, Belgium on 7-13 September 1997.
In every land use system plant nutrients are continuously removed from the soil. Thus, soil gets in danger, regarding structure, humus decay and erosion if these nutrients are not replaced by fertilisation in an adequate way. But, under conditions of surplus food production, soils are often overfertilized or treated in a one-sided manner, so that the nutrient equilibrium in the soil is disturbed. Especially the use of waste and waste waters as fertilising materials is often harmful when not applied under control. A similar critical situation refers to the application of animal waste from industrial livestock production.
At the end of the 20th century the world population may be about 6 billion and a multifold number of domestic animals to be fed. This means a tremendous removal of plant nutrients from the soil year by year. Nutrient recycling processes from all kinds of fertilisers, suitable waste and waste waters therefore deserve highest priority. The aim of the 11th CIEC World Congress is to make man more aware of these for the survival of human beings decisive problems.
There will be six sections viz.
1. Nutrient output by food and non-food plant products
2. Nutrient losses to water
3. Nutrients to and from the atmosphere
4. Nutrient inputs by fertilising materials
5. Nutrient dynamics in the soil-plant system
6. Legislative measures on fertilisation.
Congress language: English.
Poster exhibition throughout the Congress.
Excursions and study tours will be available.
Registration fee:
includes all administration costs, congress documents, abstracts, but not the proceedings.
- congress participant: 400 USD
- CIEC-members: 350 USD
- accompanying persons: 100 USD.
Costs of excursions and study tours are not included in this price.
Further information from:
Secretariat CIEC, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Gent, Coupure 653,
B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Tel.: +32 9 264 6006 Fax.: +32 9 264 6242
Telex.: 12754 Rugent B
E-mail: ANNICK.VERMOESEN@rug.ac.be
3rd International Conference on Housing and Engineering in Livestock Farming
This Conference will be held at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, on 11-12 March 1997 in Kiel, Germany.
The conference will deal with production processes and developments which under future conditions will allow for:
- best economic results
- high product quality
- the minimum of environmental stress
- an ethically and ethologically sensible animal production.
Official languages: German, English (no simultaneous interpretation).
Deadlines:
Abstracts: August 18, 1996
Acceptance: October 20, 1996
Submission of camera ready copy: December 20, 1996.
The abstract (max. one page) should include: title of paper, authors (full names, institution, address, phone, fax and e-mail, outline of contents).
Papers to be send to Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Verfahrenstechnik, Prof.Dr. HJ Heege, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
Further information:
Dr. Dorothee Holste,
Tel.: +49 431 880 2355 Fax.: +49 431 880 4283
E-mail: dholste@ilv.uni-kiel.de
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 organised by ISHS.
Pre- and post-congress tours are planned in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
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 organised.
Further information from: H. Willocx, Dept. Horticulture, Ministry of Small Enterprises, Traders and Agriculture, Bolwerklaan 21, 14th Floor, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium. Fax.: +32 2 206 72 09.
7th ICID International Drainage Workshop : Drainage for the 21st Century
This Workshop will be held in Penang, Malaysia on 17 - 21 November 1997. A one-day technical visit and an exhibition are also foreseen.
Further information can be obtained from:
The Secretariat, 7th ICID International Drainage Workshop, c/o Dept. of Irrigation and Drainage, Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, 50626 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fax.: +603 291 1082 or +603 291 4282
