CIGR Newsletter No 39
OTHER ACTIVITIES
ISAMA 97 - International Symposium on Agricultural Mechanisation and Automation
This event is organised by the Chinese Institute of Agricultural Machinery, Taiwan, Republic of China and will be held from 17 to 21 November 1997 in the Taipei International Convention Centre.
Topics will include:
- Farm machinery manufacture
- Power and machinery
- Information and electrical technologies
- Structure and environment
- Food and processing engineering
- Waste management
- Robotics and control engineering
- Systems engineering
- Automation in agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery production and marketing.
Registration fee: incl. conference attendance, proceedings, refreshments, welcome reception: 200 USD (before 31 July 97), 250 USD (after 31 July 97).
Conference language: English.
A technical tour is foreseen.
Correspondence: Prof. Fu-Ming Lu, Dept. Agricultural Machinery Engineering, National Taiwan University, 136 Chou-Shan Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China.
Fax.: +886 2 362 76 20
E-mail: lufuming@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
URL: http://nova.ame.ntu.edu.tw/~ciam/isama.htm
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.
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
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.
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
11th Forum for Applied Biotechnology
The 11th Forum for Applied Biotechnology will be held on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September 1997 at 'Het Pand', Onderbergen 1, Gent, Belgium.
Topics include:
- Industrial biotechnology and biocatalysis,
- Plant biotechnology - plant breeding,
- Food biotechnology - functional foods,
- Modelling, monitoring and control of biotechnological processes,
- Biotechnological waste gas treatment,
- Environmental biotechnology.
Language: English.
Registration costs: 9.500 BEF (before 15/07/97) and 10.500 BEF (after 15/07/97). This includes registration costs, coffee breaks, lunch and buffet, receptions and a copy of the proceedings.
There will be a Scientific Exhibition.
Further information from: Vanhooren Petra, University of Gent, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Dept. Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Fax.: +32 9 264 62 31
E-mail: Petra.Vanhooren@rug.ac.be
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
26th International Symposium 'Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering'
This symposium will be held in Opatija, Croatia, on 3-6 February 1998.
Organiser: Agronomski fakultet, Zavod za mehanizaciju poljoprivrede, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Tel.: +385 1 23 93 819 Fax.: +385 1 21 53 00
e-mail: silvio.kosutic@zg.tel.hr
http://magr.agr.hr/aed symposium.html
29th Annual Conference and Trade Exposition of the International Erosion Control Association
This conference will be held in John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel, Reno, Nevada, USA on 16-20 February 1998.
Papers and presentations will be accepted for the following categories: Urban, residential and industrial development, Soil bio-engineering, Plant materials, Streambank and channel stabilisation, Regulations, policies and programmes, Predictive models, Wind erosion control, Legal issues, Habitat protection, Business topics, Stormwater management, Natural channel design, Constructed wetlands, Research, Application methods, Technology in developing countries, Sediment control, Product evaluations, New design tools, Flood related projects, Steep slope stabilisation, Watershed management, Industry standards, Resource development and management, Gully stabilisation, Beach stabilisation, Low tech erosion control, Equipment technology, Erosion control economics, Landfill stabilisation.
Language: English.
Further information: International Erosion Control Association, P.O. Box 774904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904, USA.
Fax.: +1 970 879 8563 E-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org
1st International Specialised Conference on Water Quality and Its Management
This event will be held in New Delhi, India from 25 February till 1 March 1998 and is sponsored by the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ).
Topics will be:
- Water quality management,
- Impact on industrial development and intensive agriculture on the quality of stream flow and groundwater,
- Community participation in water quality programme and legal and social aspects of water quality,
- Recycling and use of marginal quality water for irrigation,
- System analysis and computing in water quality management,
- Special application and emerging technologies,
- Water pollution - Physico-chemical measurement analysis and control of water,
- Drinking water contamination: approaches and applications,
- Economic analysis of groundwater contamination e.g. benefits of clean-up and prevention,
- Risk assessment from theory of application and risk-based nominating designs: groundwater and drinking water distribution systems,
- Policies for promoting use of poor quality waters including drainage effluents and other waste waters for potable and other uses,
- Development of standards for regulatory approaches: concentration limits treatment standards, measures against pollution of land and water resources and guidelines,
- International issues: cooperation, cross-boundary concerns,
- Case studies of pollution and water quality management.
Language : English.
Further information: C.V.J. Varma, Member Secretary, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021 India.
Fax.: +91 11 301 63 47
E-mail: cbip@cbipdel.globemail.com.
1st International Conference on Rationalisation of Energy in Agriculture ICREA
The 1st International Conference on Rationalisation of Energy in Agriculture will be held at the Department of Agricultural Mechanisation, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt, on 17-18 March 1998.
Contributions are invited on any of the following topics:
- New and renewable sources of energy,
- Bio-energy engineering,
- Energy utilisation and management in open field crop production, protected cropping, food processing, poultry and livestock housing,
- Environmental engineering and controls,
- Energy conservation.
Language: English.
Extended summaries of papers for oral and poster presentations will be printed before the start of the conference in the book of abstracts. Full papers will be printed, after review, in the journals of Agric. Engng. And Agric. Sciences and forwarded to the participants by mail after the conference.
Conference fees: 200 USD for participants, incl. lunches, conference papers, 50 USD for accompanying persons.
Further information from: The Chairman of the Organising Committee, ICREA Conference, Dept. Agricultural Mechan-isation, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mansoura, El-Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
E-mail: elhadidi@eic.mans.eun.eg
Hydrotop '98
This event of particular interest for the water industry will be held in Marseille, France on 21-23 April 1998.
Themes are:
- Geopolitics of water in the year 2020,
- European Water Policy, Current Status and Perspectives,
- Water and Industry,
- The microbiological quality of the water supply - public health risks,
- Desalination of brackish and sea waters,
- The disposal of treatment residues and purification of town waters,
- Water and sewage purification plants of the future.
Language: French and English.
Further information from: Mr. P.-H. Roux, Hydrotop, 314 avenue du Prado, F-13008 Marseille, France.
Fax.: +33 4 91 22 71 71.
10th European Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy and Industry
This event which is organised by CARMEN, the Central Agrarian Raw Material Marketing and Development Network, WIP Munich and ETA Florence, will be held in the Congress Centre Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany on 8-11 June 1998.
The four-day programme will comprise:
- Plenary lectures describing the state-of-the-art in biomass technology,
- Oral and poster presentations of specific research, development and demonstration projects,
- Exhibition of biomass products, biomass utilisation and conversion,
- Scientific tours and a social programme.
Subjects that will be treated are:
- Worldwide strategies for biomass,
- Biomass-derived industrial products and materials,
- Timber and wood-based materials in the building sector,
- Biomass, energy crops and residues,
- Combustion of biomass,
- Advanced thermochemical conversion processes and novel applications,
- Biofuel production and utilisation in the transportation market,
- Biogas,
- Implementation issues.
Language: English.
Further information from: WIP, Sylvensteinstrasse 2, D-81369 München, Germany.
Fax.: +49 89 720 1291 and http://www.wip.tnet.de
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
XXVth International Horticultural Congress: Science and Horticulture, interfaces and interactions.
The XXVth International Horticultural Congress from ISHS, will be held in Brussels International Conference and Exhibition Centre, Brussels, on 2-7 August 1998.
Pre- and post-congress tours are planned in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Main themes are:
- Cultural techniques, with emphasis on environmental implications (Monday, 3 August);
- Quality of horticultural products (Tuesday, 4 August);
- Computers and automation (Thursday, 6 August);
- Application of biotechnology and molecular biology (Friday, 7 August).
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, 15th Floor, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium. Fax.: +32 2 206 72 09
E-mail: 25ihc98@tornado.be
http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/ishs/ishshome.htm
Conferences of the International Institute of Refrigeration
- Tropical Produce. Spring 1998. Dakar, Senegal. Contact Mr. Ousmane Sy, Institut de Technologie Alimentaire, B.P. 2765, Hann Dakar, Senegal. Fax.: +221 32 82 95
- Food Transport and Distribution. 19-22 April 1998. Cambridge, United Kingdom. Contact Mr. Robert Heap, Cambridge Refrigeration Technology, 140 Newmarket Road, CB5 8H3 Cambridge, United Kingdom. Fax.: +44 1223 46 15 22
- Refrigeration of Dough Products. May 1998. Paris, France. Contact Prof. (Mrs.) F. Corbineau, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Appliquée, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Tour 53, 75252 Paris, France. Fax.: +33 1 44 27 59 27
- Influence of Contaminant Gases and Gaseous Treatments on Vegetable and Fruit Quality and Physiology. June 1998. Madrid, Spain. Contact Dr. F. Artes-Calero, CEBAS-CSIC, Avenida de la Fama 1, Apartado 4195, 30080 Murcia, Spain. Fax.: +34 68 26 66 13
- Advances in Refrigerating Systems, Food Technologies and the Cold Chain. 23-26 September 1998. Sofia, Bulgaria. Contact Prof. A.F. Fikiin, Technical University of Sofia, 95 Vassil Levski Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. Fax.: +359 2 88 48 16 E-mail: agf@vmei.acad.bg
Further information can also be found on the Website of IIR-IIF: http://www.iifiir.org
15th National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation
This workshop will be held in the Riverfront Hotel, 200 South 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, MO 63102-1804, USA on May 17-22, 1998.
A large number of topics will be addressed amongst others: Overburden/spoils, Reforestation, Wetlands-regulations-success criteria, Wildlife-wetlands/habitat acquisition opportunities, Agriculture, Aquaculture, Post mining land use options, Hydrology, Bioengineering/stream restoration, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Biosolids, etc.
Further information from: Dianne Throgmorton, Coal Research Centre, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4623, USA.
Fax.: +1 618 453 7346 E-mail: diannet@siu.edu
Definition of an Agricultural Engineer:
A person who prefers to talk about engineering in the presence of farmers and about agriculture in the presence of engineers
Prof. Radhey Lal, India.
