CIGR Newsletter No 37
OTHER ACTIVITIES
International Seminar NFJ Technia'97: Technology of Cost-Efficient Agricultural Production
This event will be held in Pärnu, Estonia on 22-26 October 1997 and is organised by Section VII 'Agricultural Engineering' of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists (NJF) in co-operation with Estonian partners.
The Opening Session will be devoted to 'Technological co-operation between Baltic and Nordic countries in food production' and will be followed by three parallel sessions :
- Cost-efficient agricultural buildings;
- New crops and methods in field production;
- Production systems in agriculture.
Professional excursions both on arrival and on a specific excursion day are foreseen.
The target group is: scientists, advisors and teachers in agricultural engineering and mechanisation in Nordic, Baltic and other European countries.
Language: English.
Papers: the deadline for submission of summaries of papers and posters is April 30, 1997. All accepted presentations and posters will be published in a seminar folder. A summary of presentations will appear in the journal: 'Nordisk Jordbruksforskning'.
Participation fees (seminar, bus transport from Tallinn-Pärnu-Tallinn, seminar dinner, excl. meals and accommodation): Members of NJF: DKK 1750 - Non-members: DKK 2200.
Seminar place is : Strand Hotel, Pärnu. Synchronised transport from Tallinn will be organised.
Further information can be obtained from: Antti Peltola, TTS-Institute, Box 13, FIN-05201 Rajamäki, Finland.
Fax.: +358 9 2904 1285 E-mail:<Antti.Peltola@sci.fi>
International Conference on Automation of Agricultural Production
This conference will be held near Moscow (tw. Uglich, 160 km North of Moscow) on 13-16 May 1997.
The following themes will be dealt with:
- Identification and models of complexes and operating systems;
- Optimisation methods of operating systems;
- Information and technical data of man-machine systems;
- Methods of technical and economic evaluation of automatic systems;
- Automation systems reliability;
- Automatic systems of control and operation in farmers technologies of agriculture, livestock breeding and poultry;
- Automation and technical service facilities and repair process of agricultural techniques;
- Automation of farmers' complexes and households;
- Specialised means of automation and devices;
- Robot technical installations and systems.
Proceedings will be published. Papers in English, max. 3 pages, should be submitted in twofold before 1 February 1997.
Registration amounts to 200 USD, payable upon arrival.
Further information can be obtained from:
The Organising Committee, Prof. G.A. Guliaev, VIM 5, Institutsky proezd, Moscow 109428, Russia.
Fax.: +7 095 171 4349 Tel.: +7 095 174 8700 or contact Prof. O. Marchenko at tel. +7 095 174 8661.
(communicated by Prof. I.F. Borodin)
First European Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture
This event will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University on 15-18 June 1997. Themes that will be treated are:
- Farm Management Applications;
- Applications in Agricultural Extension Services;
- Information and Communication Technology in Agro-industries;
- Use of the Internet in Communication, Extension and Organisation;
- Applied Methodologies in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics;
- Education and Training in Information Technology for Agriculture.
Official language: English.
A trade exhibition will be held at the conference venue.
Further information can be obtained from: Henrik Kure/ Ruth Crifling, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Fax: +45 3528 2350 E-mail:<conf@efita.dk>
Updated and supplementary information can also be found on the web: <http://www.efita.dk/conf>
XIVth ISTRO Conference - Agro-ecological and Economic Aspects of Soil Tillage
The XIVth ISTRO Conference will be held in Pulawy, Poland on 27 July - 1 August 1997.
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.
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>
International Conference on Agriculture, Fisheries and Agro-Industry in the Mediterranean Region with special reference to Islands
This conference will be held in Valletta, Malta on 20-22 March 1997.
The overall aim of the conference is to analyse and discuss the performance and the sustainability of agriculture, fishing and related industries in the Mediterranean region with special reference to islands.
Topics will include:
- role of agriculture in the Mediterranean region and its contribution to the economy,
- wild fisheries and aquaculture,
- sustainable agriculture: the interaction between the agricultural sector and the physical environment,
- water resources and water management,
- the economics of irrigation,
- agro-industrial SME's in the Mediterranean,
- quality and safety of agri-food products and nutrition issues,
- the Mediterranean diet: research and promotion,
- soils in the Mediterranean region.
Registration fee is 400 USD per person.
Languages: English and French.
Papers: abstracts (max. 200 wds.) before 31 January 1997. Full texts must be submitted before 5 March 1997.
Further information can be obtained from:
The Secretary, ICAFA-MED, Islands and Small States Institute, Foundation for International Studies, University Building, St. Paul Street, Valletta, Malta.
Fax.: +356 230 551 E-mail: <lbrig@cis.um.edu.mt>
3rd International Conference on Soil Dynamics
This event which is sponsored by ASAE, IAAE, ISSS, ISTRO, USDA-ARS-NSDL, will be held in Haifa, Israel on 3-7 August 1997.
Topics include:
- soil-machine interaction,
- tillage, earth moving, transportation, traction, traffic mobility, soil handling, soil compaction,
- soil-plant interaction,
- plant root growth, primary and secondary field tillage operations, sensors to monitor soil conditions,
- soil mechanical properties, soil stability, soil penetration, soil cutting, soil constitutive law, simulation, modelling, sensors for soil properties.
Language: English.
Call for papers:
Abstract (max. 200 wds.): before February 1, 1997
Final papers (max. 8 pp.): before June 1, 1997
Selected abstracts will be added to the conference's home page on the Internet. Detailed guidelines will be sent to authors at a later date.
Copies of abstracts will be distributed at the conference, papers will be published in the proceedings which will be sent to participants later.
Conference co-ordinator: Dr. Itzhak Shmulevich, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel.
Fax. +972 4 822 1529
E-mail: <agshmilo@tx.technion.ac.il>
For updated information please consult :
<http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agicsd3>
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>
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.
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 nor tours.
-congress participant: 400 USD
-CIEC-members: 350 USD
-accompanying persons: 100 USD.
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
E-mail: <ANNICK.VERMOESEN@rug.ac.be>
XXVth International Horticultural Congress Science and Horticulture: interfaces and interactions.
The XXVth International Horticultural Congress from ISHS, will be held in Brussels on 2-7 August 1998.
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, together with an exhibition.
Official language: English.
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 and Drainage Asia '97
This Workshop will be held in Penang, Malaysia on 17 - 21 November 1997. A one-day technical visit and an exhibition 'Drainage Asia '97' 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
International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology
The Third International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology will be held in Oostende, Belgium on 21-24 April 1997. It intends to cover all aspects related to biotechnological approaches for environmental protection, waste treatment and the impact of molecular biotechnology on the environment.
The programme will include lectures, poster sessions and oral presentations.
Further information from: ISEB 1997 c/o TI-KVIV, att. Rita Peys, Desguinlei 214, B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Fax.: +32 3 216 06 89.
Fourth International Symposium on Biological Waste Gas Cleaning
This symposium will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 28 - 29 April 1997.
Languages: English and German with simultaneous translation.
Further information from: Vereniging Lucht, P.O. Box 6013, NL-2600 JA Delft, The Netherlands.
Fax.: +31 15 261 3186 E-mail: <vham@tno.mw.nl>
7th International Congress of Plant Pathology
This Congress will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on 9 - 16 August 1998.
The programme will consist of an opening plenary session followed by modular symposia and poster sessions arranged in half-day units and the five major themes will focus on:
- plant-pathogen interactions;
- population biology, ecology and epidemiology;
- plant pathology in practice;
- global perspectives;
- new control options.
An exhibition and field trips and technical tours before, during and after the congress complete the programme. There will also be an accompanying persons programme.
The Web Site : <http://www.sari.ac.uk/bspp/icpp98.htm> will keep you abreast with the organisation of the congress.
Further information can be obtained from:
ICPP'98 Congress Secretariat, c/o Meeting Makers, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE, United Kingdom.
Fax.: +44 141 552 0511
E-mail: <icpp98@meetingmakers.co.uk>
