CIGR Newsletter No 40

OTHER ACTIVITIES

26th International Symposium ‘Actual Tasks of 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

Gerüche in der Umwelt, Innenraum- und Aussenluft

Kolloquium mit Posterbeiträgen und fachbegleitender Ausstellung.

This event will be held on 4-6 March 1998 in Bad Kissingen, Germany and is organised by the Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft im VDI und DIN, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure and Deutsches Institut für Normung.

Topics are: Messen, Bewerten, Konfliktmanagement bei Gerüchsbelästigung, Mindern.

Language: German only.

Further information from: Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft im VDI und DIN, Frau Brücklmeier, Postfach 10 11 39, 40002 Düsseldorf, Germany.

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 Agricultural Engineering. and Agricultural 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.
Tel.: +20 50 34 52 74 Fax.: +20 50 34 52 68
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.

It is supported by the European Commission, the Free State of Bavaria and the European Biomass and Bioenergy Organisations.

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 and German.

Further information from: WIP, Sylvensteinstrasse 2, D-81369 München, Germany.
Fax.: +49 89 720 1291 and http://www.wip.tnet.de

International Conference on Pig Production

The International Conference on Pig Production (ICPP ’98) together with the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine will be held in Beijing, China on July 6-8, 1998. This event will deal with the latest achievements in research and its implementation in pig production, and exchange information and knowledge in this field.

Topics include: *Genetics and breeding *Nutrition and feeding *Reproduction *Marketing and meat quality *Environmental aspects *Management, welfare and health *Equipment and construction *Disease prevention *Applications of biotechnology *Others.

Call for papers:
Prospective authors are invited to submit a 300 word abstract no later than December 1, 1997.
Notice of acceptance will be sent out before December 31, 1997. In case of joint authorship, the contact author should be indicated. At least one author is requested to attend the conference to present the paper.

Registration:
Participants: 320 USD (before March 15), 350 USD (later)
Accompanying persons: 100 USD / 130 USD

An exhibition will be held.

Local tours and post-conference tours will be organised.

Language: English.

Information from: Miss Zheng Yan, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, N° 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China.
Fax.: +86 10 62 58 25 94
E-mail: xmskyczy@public3.bta.net.cn
WWW site: http://www.ciccst.or.cn/icpp98 (from December 1, 1997)

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:

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

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

International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain

This symposium will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands on 29 November - 2 December 1998 and is organised by the International Institute of Refrigeration and the International Society of Horticultural Science.

Central theme of the MODEL-IT symposium is the development and application of quality-oriented models throughout the agri-food chain.

Topics cover the complete field of modelling quality aspects of agricultural products in relation to *growing and production *storage *processing *packaging *distribution and transport *retail and consumption.

The symposium is intended for industrial and commercial experts who are interested in the application of mathematical models to describe and to optimise agricultural processes and distribution chains as well as for researchers who either build or use models in the field mentioned.

Language: English

Maximum number of participants: 200

Registration fee:
Simple hotel arrangement: NLG 1370
Extended hotel arrangement NLG 1480
No hotel arrangement NLG 1180.

Proceedings will be published in printing and on CD-ROM.

Paper submission:
Three printed copies of an extended abstract to the Symposium Secretariat.
Submission of abstracts: 1 December 1997
Invitation for full paper: 15 January 1998
Submission of full paper: 1 May 1998
Notification of acceptance: 1 August 1998
Early registrations: 20 August 1998.

Information from: IAC/SOCC, MODEL-IT, P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Fax.: +31 317 41 85 52
E-mail: MODEL-IT@ATO.DLO.NL

Conferences of the International Institute of Refrigeration

Further information can also be found on the Website of IIR-IIF: http://www.iifiir.org

 

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