65th International Conference on Agricultural Engineering
9-10 November 2007
Hanover, Germany
LAND TECHNIK
AgEng 2007
Engineering Solutions for Energy
and Food Production
Foreword
On November 9 and 10, 2007, the VDI will hold its 65th agricultural engineering conference in Hanover as an international conference titled LAND.TECHNIK – AgEng 2007. The mere title promises changes. The well-known conference which takes place, every other year, as the prelude event to the AGRITECHNICA, the most important agricultural machinery fair worldwide, will thus be able to pursue its international ambitions even better.
For the time being “on probation”, the conference is now being prepared by a programme committee that is composed of members of the Max-Eyth-Society for Agricultural Engineering of the VDI (VDI-MEG) and the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng). As before, the VDI Wissensforum IWB GmbH will organise the event. Probably the most significant novelty is that English will be the general conference language. All agricultural engineering businesses as well as the universities being “global players”, this changeover should not prove a lasting hindrance. On the contrary, it should be beneficial to the process of internationalisation at the engineers’ level.
The increase in attendance over recent years shows that alternating the venue, ie Hanover in the years where the AGRITECHNICA fair takes place, and a university town in the years in between, has been well accepted by the community. The conference is addressed to engineers working in industry, research and at universities. It is also intended for agricultural engineers in consultancy and practice who are interested in new technical concepts, processes, products, engineering work methods and, last but not least, the exchange of experience.
Under the motto “Engineering Solutions for Energy and Food Production”, the conference will deal with recent developments in the main technical topics listed, which were deliberately chosen to be closely connected to the main topics of the AGRITECHNICA. The programme committee hereby invites you to submit your papers.
The LAND.TECHNIK – AgEng 2007 conference is the further development of a successful concept. We are eagerly awaiting the interest stimulated by this international conference, and looking forward to attendants’ feedback. Be there and take your chances as a member of the engineering community!
Technical Chair
The Technical Chair of the Conference will be Max Eyth Society for Agricultural Engineering of the VDI in cooperation with EurAgEng and AGRITECHNICA. The Conference is being organised by VDI Wissensforum IWB GmbH.
Programme Committee
- Prof. Dr. Hermann Auernhammer, Freising, Germany
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Bernhardt, Dresden, Germany
- Dr.-Ing. Heinz Böhler, Marktoberdorf, Germany
- Dipl.-Ing. Herbert Coenen, Königswinter, Germany
- Dr.-Ing. Claudia Dössereck, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Dr.-Ing. Detlef Ehlert, Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
- Dr. Ludger Frerichs, Harsewinkel, Germany
- Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Dipl.-Ing. Peter Hieronymus, Harsewinkel, Germany
- Prof. Aad Jongebreur, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Köller, Stuttgart, Germany
- Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Lang, Braunschweig, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Miklos Neményi, Mosonmagyarova, Hungary
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Munack, Braunschweig, Germany
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Pickel, Halle, Germany
- Dr. Dirk Quest, Groß-Umstadt, Germany
- Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Johann Schrottmaier, Wieselburg, Austria
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schulze Lammers, Bonn, Germany
- Dr.-Ing. Heinz Stuhrmann, Mannheim, Germany
Main topics of the conference
- Tractors
- Power train
- Mobile hydraulics
- Electronic and automation technology
- Soil protection, tillage and cultivation
- Crop protection
- Harvesting technology
- Precision farming
- Production of bio-energy
- Field robotics
- Industrial product development
- Young Engineers for Europe (covering all the above topics)
Papers for presentations are expected from representatives of industry, universities and research institutes as well as of practical farming. The session “Young Engineers for Europe” offers young professionals of agricultural engineering the opportunity to contribute to the conference with presentations. Speakers for this topic should not be older than 33 years of age.
Official conference language
The official language of the conference will be English. Simultaneous translation will not be available.
Oral presentation
The oral presentations are limited to 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion.
Publications
The authors of the accepted papers will be asked to submit a camera-ready manuscript of their presentation for the proceedings.
Conference fee
Speakers may register at a reduced fee of 50% of the regular conference fee.
Contact
VDI Wissensforum IWB GmbH
Postfach 10 11 39
40002 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 211 62 14-3 59
Fax: +49 (0) 211
62 14-4 30
EMail: koenig_b@vdi.de
The final programme and registration form is available at the website www.vdi.de/land.technik-ageng2007