Paris, 4 October 2004


EFITA newsletter / 178 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Call for papers: EFITA / WCCA 2005 Joint Conference
+ The 5^th Conference of the European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and Environment and
+ The 3^rd World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, 25 - 28 July 2005
See: http://www.agriculturadigital.org/efitaandwcca2005


2004 CIGR International Conference - Olympics of Agricultural Engineering
Oct. 11-14, 2004 Beijing, P.R. China
>> The section VII on Information Systems will hold a meeting on Tuesday October 12 17.30-19.00
a. Sections technical board new office members
b. International activities on Ag-IT
c. Section VII's officers and assignments, activities & scheduling
>> As decided by the Beijing organizers, Panels will discuss recent developments, on Thursday Oct 14, as follows:
8:30 - 9:40 Panel on Knowledge Integration in agricultural Systems [KIS]. Chair by Nick Sigrimis
9:45 - 10:55 Panel on E-Agriculture. Chair by Shu Geng
11:00 - 12:00 Panel on Soil Sensing, Chair by Schulze Lammers
The chairs of these Panels will organize the panelists and arrange for a maximum audience participation as well as a reporter to summarize and publish on CIGR's newsletter.
Contact : Nick Sigrimis
E-mail: n.sigrimis@computer.org


AVA2 - International Conference on Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Informatics
7-8 April 2005 - Debrecen - Hungary

> Organiser: Debrecen University - Centre of Agricultural Sciences - Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

> Venue: H-4032 Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138., Hungary
Tel: 36/52/526-967
Fax: 36/52/526-964
E-mail: ava2(a)agr.unideb.hu

> Deadlines for Abstracts: 26th 11.2004

> Subject areas
- implications of European integration and enlargement
- to work for further integration of environmental considerations and climatic change
- conservation of natural resources through well-defined resource management
- incorporation of farming tradition into systems analysis and development
- developing site-specific research and technology transfer
- strengthening national agricultural research and extension services
- knowledge-based society and social cohesion
- options and choices for the development of a knowledge-based society
- human factor development
- functional areas of rural development
- informatics as a tool of rural development
- financing of rural development
See: http://www.agr.unideb.hu/ava2
Contact: Miklos HERDON
E-mail: herdon(a)agr.unideb.hu


GIMMI: Geographic Information and Mathematical Models Inter-operability
The EU R&D project aims at bridging the gap in Pesticide Impact Assessment domain between Data/Service Providers, Scientists and Final Users by:
- allowing the inter-operability via web of GI environmental protection services physically distributed and locally managed and maintained by their own inventors and generators- providing the proper IT structures to represent and manage temporal knowledge inside a GI system;
- integrating in the IT infrastructure state-of-the-art legacy systems for document management and report generation.
See: http://pi.ijs.si/ProjectIntelligence.Exe?Cm=Project&Project=GIMMI


EMPLOY: New Employment through Innovative Tools and Services for an Efficient/Effective European Structural Funds Management
The main aim of EMPLOY is to develop innovative, multimedia and integrated Tools and Services designed to support the Management of the European Structural Funds (EUSF) process, involving local, regional, national and EU administrations as well as SMEs and citizens as the final recipients.
See: http://www.employproject.org


SHOP 'N' SAVE (a game to save our forests)
See: http://www.panda.org/games/fsc/


Biogas Powered Fuels Cells
See: http://www.studia-austria.com/en/downloads.php
Contact: Wolfgang E. Baaske
E-mail: baaske(a)studia-austria.com


Jesus! (already told?)

 There are 3 good reasons to suggest that Jesus was Black:

 1. He called everyone "brother"
 2. He liked Gospel
 3. He couldn't get a fair trial.

 But then there are 3 equally good reasons that suggest Jesus was Jewish:

 1. He went into His Fathers business.
 2. He lived at home until he was 33.
 3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his mother was sure he was God.

 But then are 3 equally good reasons that suggest Jesus was Italian:

 1. He talked with his hands.
 2. He had wine with every meal.
 3. He used olive oil.

 But then are 3 equally good reasons that suggest Jesus was a Californian:

 1. He had long hair that he never cut.
 2. He walked around barefoot all the time.
 3. He started a new religion.

 But then there are 3 equally good reasons that suggest Jesus was Irish:

 1. He never got married.
 2. He was always telling stories.
 3. He loved green pastures.

 But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 reasons that suggest that Jesus was a woman:

 1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food.
 2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it
 3. And even when he was dead, He had to get up because there was more work to do!

Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


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