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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 4 February 2013

EFITA newsletter / 594 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
 
 
EFITA 2013 Online abstracts submission deadline: February 15, 2013
EFITA2013 is a joint conference of three associations, EFITA, WCCA and CIGR VII sponsored event. All these associations deal with the future use of ICT in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector. This year the conference will be held in Turin, from June 24 to June 26.

Authors are invited to send their abstract through the on-line platform prior
to February 15, 2013. The abstracts should not exceed 500 words. An abstract is indicative of the final paper quality, and therefore authors are urged to prepare concise, clear and informative abstracts describing their work with emphasis on objectives and results. Accepted abstracts will be published in a book that will be included with the rest of documentation for registered participants, so special attention should be paid to its presentation.

>>> Call for abstracts

Each abstract should include:

* Title of the paper
* Preference for oral or poster presentation
* Preference for a topic
* Name and affiliation of authors

The abstract has a fixed format to facilitate publishing: Keywords (5 MAXIMUM), Introduction, Material and Methods, Results/Conclusions, Acknowledgements/ References Figures cannot be attached

Each author can submit a maximum of 2 (two) abstracts
Based on the abstract, the Scientific Committee will decide on the acceptance of the papers as oral or poster presentation. Selection criteria for paper acceptance will include full compliance with submission deadlines and procedures, relevance to conference topics, quality of the abstract, perceived completeness of the reported work, originality, and the number of proposals submitted.
Selected authors shall send their full papers (maximum 8 pages including figures, tables and references) by May 15, 2013. Proposals must be submitted electronically following the procedure outlined at http://www.efita2013.org
To submit the full paper authors must be registered and have the registration validated.

>>> Topics

* ICT applications for food chain and logistics
* ICT applications for natural resources management
* Environmental information systems/Environmental management systems
* Remote Sensing, GIS applications and planning tools
* Robotics in Agriculture
* On line farm services and web applications
* Social Networking
* Cloud computing applications and apps
* ICT Applications for sustainable precision farming
* ICT applications for sustainable biomass production and use
* ICT applications for agriculture and sustainability
* Weather prediction models for sustainable agricultural production
* Decision Support Systems for agriculture
* e-agribusiness
* Rural economies and ICT policies for rural development
* Metadata and data standards in agriculture
* Extension and knowledge repository services
* Agricultural Information Systems including data banks and data mining

See: http://www.efita2013.org
 
 
EARSeL Symposium a Matera (IT): il mondo della ricerca sul remote sensing
3 - 6 June 2013 – MATERA (Italy)
See: http://www.rivistageomedia.it/201301284823/Appuntamenti/earsel-symposium-a-matera-il-mondo-della-ricerca-sul-remote-sensing.html
 
 
Novozymes is the world’s leading producer of industrial enzymes, of which 70 percent goes to corn-based ethanol fuel production, mainly in the US. Novozymes’ CEO & President, Steen Riisgaard, speaks to leading environment...
See : http://www.vieuws.eu/environment/steen-riisgaard-president-ceo-of-novozymes-on-biofuelsiluc/
 

EdenShield Invents Product That Makes Crops ‘Invisible’ To Pests
See: http://nocamels.com/2013/01/edenshield-invents-product-that-makes-crops-invisible-to-pests/
 
 
The advantages of tractor farming
See: http://proqur.com/manufacturing-automation/
 
 
The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues
See: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/securing-the-internet-of-things/
 
 
Leica Geosystems' Ag Guidance Products
See: http://agriculture.leica-geosystems.com/en/Agriculture_70424.htm
 
 
On the one hand, Europe and EU invest hundreds of millions of euros in building the INSPIRE infrastructure…
On the other hand, most of European SMEs and citizens use for their applications Google maps.  
 
However national and regional SDIs offer information which is not available on Google.
 
>>> Note: SDI =Spatial Data Infrastructure
For France: http://www.afigeo.asso.fr/documentation/publications.html?download=538%3Aafigeo-poster-inspire-criges_anglais
Contact: Michel DEBORD
E-mail: michel.debord(a)wanadoo.fr
 
The question is, if we are able to find a bridge between these two worlds?
Could ordinary users profit from INSPIRE?  
Could INSPIRE profit from different voluntary initiatives?
Is it possible on the basis of INSPIRE to build successful businesses for hundreds and thousands of European SMEs? Are we able to find WIN – WIN strategy for public sector, private sector and citizens?
 
The idea of INSPIRE in pocket is to build a bridge between these two worlds. First step was done by implementing the SupeCAT catalogue harvesting metadata all over the world.
 
See http://www.habitats.cz/geocat
Contact: Karel CHARVAT
E-mail: charvat(a)ccss.cz
 
 
Brussels Briefing on ICT – January 2013  
In this latest issue of the Brussels Briefing on ICT, leading digital and ICT and journalist, Jennifer Baker, provides an extensive update on the latest policy developments and what to expect for the near future in the fields of digital agenda and ICT policy. Featuring Head of the European Cybercrime Centre, Troels Oerting, and European Parliament Rapporteur for Data Protection regulation, Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP (Greens).
See: http://www.vieuws.eu/brussels-briefings/brussels-briefing-ict-january-2013/
 
 
The Brazilian model (old paper): Brazil needs to be more innovative to fulfil its promise of being the “country of the future”
See: http://www.economist.com/node/17522484

Black test_cles
A male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose. A young student nurse appears and gives him a partial sponge bath.
 
"Nurse,"' he mumbles from behind the mask, "are my test_cles black?"
 
Embarrassed, the young nurse replies: "I don't know, Sir. I'm only here to wash your upper body and feet."
 
He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, please check for me. Are my test_cles black?"
 
Concerned that he might elevate his blood pressure and heart rate from worrying about his test_cles, she overcomes her embarrassment and pulls back the covers.  
 
She raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his test_cles gently in the other.
 
She looks very closely and says, "There's nothing wrong with them, sir. They look fine."
 
The man slowly pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her, and says very slowly, "Thank you very much. That was wonderful. Now listen very, very closely:  
 
Are - my - test - results - back?"


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