ITAFE'05
International Congress on Information Technology in Agriculture, Food & Environment
http://itafe05.cukurova.edu.tr  

 

Dear Colleague,

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Congress on International Congress on Information Technology in Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE05) to be held in October 12-14, 2005 in Adana, Turkey. The event is organized by Computer Sciences Research and Application Centre, Department of Informatics, Department of Agricultural Machinery, Department of Environmental Engineering and Department of Food Engineering of the Çukurova University, and hosted by Rectorate of Çukurova University (ÇÜ). ITAFE05 is sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Turkish Informatics Society (TBD), Chamber of Agricultural Engineers of Turkey (TZMO, Adana branch) and Adana Chamber of Industry (ASO) and many others.

ITAFE05 is the second in a series of biannual events organized by the scientists and researchers from various institutions in Turkey and Greece. The event is designed to provide opportunity for academicians and specialists from the international agriculture, food and environment community to meet their peers in Turkey and discuss the latest developments in emerging technologies, progress in standards, services, systems and their applications on information & communication technologies in agriculture, food and environment. The congress will include keynote speakers, contributed papers, panels, special sessions, tutorials and an exhibition. Also, the event will feature a banquet, local concerts, visits and excursion tours to historic and touristic sites in/surrounding of Adana province which is located in eastern part of Mediterranean Region of Turkey. We sure you will enjoy these excellent congress facilities and an amazing post-congress tours in a warm and friendly Mediterranean climate.  

Topics to be addressed include, but not limited to the following:

·      Simulation works and applications

·      Virtual reality applications

·      Biotechnology and bioinformatics

·      Wireless communication and rural area networks

·      Laboratory systems and robotics

·      Automation in process control

·      Quality control and standards

·      Data acquisition and signal processing

·      GIS, GPS and RS applications

·      Precision farming

·      Environment control systems

·      Water management systems

·      Expert systems, decision support systems 

·      Strategy and management information systems

·      Agricultural and biological databases

·      E-commerce, e-business applications

·      Technology enhanced learning systems and solutions, e-learning

·      Modelling and use of statistical analysis

·      Information gap and risks for rural areas

·      Rural development and information society

·      Use and diffisuion of ICT in developing countries

The contributions will follow the procedure below:

Papers

Authors are requested to submit abstracts (max. 500 words) of their original works by May 20, 2005. All papers should be written in English and prepared compatible to the writing rules given at the Web site of ITAFE05. Papers must be submitted electronically in MS Word format. Arrival of the proposals will be acknowledged by e-mail. Each submission shall be refereed by a panel of international experts and subjected to review by the technical program committee. The result will be announced by the assigned deadline. An accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors who must register in the Congress.

Tutorials

Tutorial proposals on subjects describing recent advances in systems, technologies or applications are welcomed. Length should be tailored for half-day or full-day presentations. Supplementary handouts or brochures are encouraged.

Exhibition Proposals

There will be an exhibition space for exhibitors of latest products, solutions and services on ICT in agriculture, food and environment. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their practicality, relevance and priority.

For detailed information and pre-registration you may visit the Congress site at http://itafe05.cukurova.edu.tr  Please do not hesitate to contact us at itafe05@... for your further enquiries and detailed information requests.  Also, we will be grateful for your help to distribute this call in the relevant lists which is present in your bookmarks.

We look forward to your participation in ITAFE05 and meeting you in Adana.

Yours sincerely,

 

Prof.Dr. Zeynel Cebeci

Co-President of the Congress

 

Çukurova University

Adana 01330, Turkey

Email:     zcebeci@...  

Tel/Fax:  +90 322 3386576

Tel:         +90 322 3386084-2184(Ext.)

 

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