About EurAgEng

The European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng) exists to promote the profession of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the people who serve it. The Society is particularly active in:

EurAgEng is the European member of the world wide agricultural engineering organisation CIGR.

Conferences
The AgEng Conference held every two years in Europe is a major international event providing an important technical forum and an opportunity for networking. AgEng2004 was held in Belgium and AgEng2006 in Germany. AgEng2008 will be held in Crete in June 2008. There was an extra AgEng conference in November 2007 in Hanover in conjuction with the German society, VDI, alongside the Agritechnica exhibition. Members of EurAgEng are eligible for reduced registration fees at AgEng conferences. The Society also sponsors and publicises high quality conferences, workshops and other events.

Working Groups
Eighteen Working Groups (WGs) ranging from Air Quality in Animal Houses to Soil & Water provide the technical nucleus of the Society. The WGs are grouped into nine Fields of Interest and members are encouraged to register their interest in up to three such fields and participate in the discussion and dissemination of scientific knowledge. Click for a full list of WGs and points of contact.

Publications
The internationally respected Biosystems Engineering (formerly JAER) is the official scientific journal of the Society. Members are eligible to subscribe to Biosystems Engineering for their personal use at the much reduced price of £229 per year (2008 price) compared with the non-members' price of over £600. Contact the Secretary-General for more details or use the form on page Membership & Subscriptions.

The EurAgEng Members' Directory is an invaluable reference listing the names of the members of the Societies with their contact details and technical interests. It is available to members only. To view the Directory, go to the Members' Login page and enter the first four letters of your surname and your password.

The EurAgEng Newsletter is sent to all members and contains items of news, conferences and other activities. It also acts as a forum for comment from members. Click here to view the latest newsletter in pdf format.

The CIGR Electronic Journal can be accessed at www.agen.tamu.edu/cigr/  and the CIGR Newsletter at www.cigr.org

Members looking for Professional Books may like to visit the Taylor & Francis CRC Press and Wageningen Academic Press websites. EurAgEng is in discussion with both publishers to secure favourable rates for members and/or commission for the Society.

EurAgEng is pleased to publicise (but not take responsibility for) free downloads of publications produced by Ross Macmillan of the University of Melbourne:

Networking
The Society offers many opportunities for meeting colleagues at conferences, meetings and sponsored events. The Directory contains a directory of members' names and contact details for members to use as an aid to networking.

ENGAGE and Lobbying
EurAgEng is becoming increasingly active in making representations to decision makers in the European Union on the allocation of funds in agricultural engineering. In 1998/99, EurAgEng joined forces with ENGAGE, the European Network of Engineering for Agriculture and Environment. ENGAGE is a network of co-operating research institutes in the fields of agricultural, biosystems and environmental engineering. It now acts as the strategic division of EurAgEng with the broad aims of:

Click on ENGAGE for full information.

The Presidency
The Presidency is appointed every two years, and consists of senior members of the EurAgEng Council, the governing body of EurAgEng. The current members of the Presidency are:

A full list of Members of Council can be found on the Council page.