Wageningen University & Research Centre ………………………………………….Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers
 
 

Final program

Please register and pay as soon as possible. Thank you.

Conference registration form

Electronic registration
 
 

Scope of the meeting

Production of food and other agricultural products in the next millennium will rely more than ever on innovative new technologies and novel high-tech systems. Primary production and post-harvest processing will see a further penetration of modelling, advanced control and artificial intelligence techniques in order to meet demands of quality, scale, economy and ecology. The conference aims at creating an atmosphere for fruitful exchange of challenging ideas. Scientists and practitioners are invited to present the state-of-the-art of control and modelling applications in agriculture, horticulture and post-harvest processing. Contributions that stress generic concepts of wide applicability are particularly welcomed.

The following non-exclusive list gives ideas of the various themes for which contributions are solicited:

Methodology:

• Modelling issues, in particular issues that are typical for the agro-industries, e.g. uncertainty, randomness, time-variability, strong external disturbances and lack of predictability
• Artificial intelligence techniques for modelling, control and operation
• Control, operation and optimisation methods; in particular methods bridging the gap between theory and practice, and methods designed to meet the specific needs of the agro-industry.

• Automation, e.g. robotics, vehicle guidance, autonomous vehicles, harvesting systems; internal transport and packaging, distribution and marketing automation
• Critical sensor technologies, e.g. image processing, GPS, speaking plant concepts, smart sensors, software sensors, product quality monitoring.

• Greenhouse technology, e.g. climate control, hydroponics systems, nutrient supply systems, water management and closed systems
• Control issues of precision farming, e.g. site specific operations, positioning, guidance, weed control, crop protection, management systems
• Animal husbandry, e.g. climate control, identification tags, feeder systems, milking robots
• Post-harvesting technology, e.g. drying systems and control, storage systems climate control, product quality protection.

Draft papers:-------------------------------------January 3, 2000

Notification of acceptance:---------------------April 20, 2000

Full papers (camera ready):-------------------May 1, 2000
 
 

Fee

Registration Fee---------------------------------€ 375 (NLG 825)

(including Conference Dinner)

Student Registration Fee-----------------------€ 295 (NLG 650)

(without Conference Dinner)

Companions---------------------------------------€ 70 (NLG 150)

(including Conference Dinner,

not participating in the meeting)

The fee has to be paid in Euro’s or NLG by bank transfer to account number 55.18.38.868, ABN-AMRO BANK, NL Wageningen, held by A.J.B. van Boxtel, Inzake Agricontrol 2000. Please use system SWIFT ABNA NL 2A or send Eurocheques (max NLG 300 per cheque) stating: your name, and Agricontrol 2000.
 

Keynote speakers

• K.C. Ting (Rutgers University, USA)

• A. Munack (Federal Agricultural Res.Centre, D)

• J. van Impe (KU Leuven, B)

• H. Murase (Osaka Prefecture University, J)

• W. Jongen (Wageningen University / ATO)

 

 
 
 

"Consumer-oriented technology development in food production: a chain approach"

G. van Straten (NL, chairman), I. Farkas (Hungary, vice-chairman), H. Murase (Japan, vice-chairman), J. DeBaerdemaeker (Belgium, vice-chairman), Y. Hashimoto (Japan, honorary member), L. Albright (USA), B. Bailey (UK), J. Balendonck (NL), D. Berckmans (Belgium), Z.S. Chalabi (UK), K. Chao (USA),. W. Day (UK), M. Delwiche (USA), Fu-Ming Lu (Taiwan), J. Jones (USA), O. Kitani (Japan), L. Kuchar (Poland), E. Molto (Spain), A. Munack (Germany), B. Nicolai (B), H. Nishina (Japan), T. Nybrant (Sweden), S. Oshita (Japan), B. Park (USA), G. Riva (Italy), ), M. Ruiz-Altisent (Spain), I. Seginer (Israel), F. Sevila (France), N. Sigrimis (Greece), J.V. Stafford (UK), J. Stencl (Czech R.), M. Tanaka (Japan), H-J. Tantau (Germany), M. Tchamitchian (France), K.C. Ting (USA), L. Turner (USA), L. Wilhelm (USA) and P.C. Young (UK)

National Organising Committee

J. Bontsema (chairman, IMAG), G.P.A Bot (IMAG/WU), A.J.B. van Boxtel (WU), C. Ceton (ATO), H. Challa (WU), E.J. van Henten (IMAG), K.J. Keesman (WU),

J.L. Meulenbroek (WUR), L.G. van Willigenburg (WU, secretary), G. van Straten (WU, convenor)
 
 

IFAC-Copyright

The material submitted for presentation at an IFAC meeting (congress, symposium, conference, workshop) must be original, not published or being considered elsewhere. All papers accepted for presentation will appear in the Pre-prints of the meeting and will be distributed to the participants. Papers duly presented will be archived and offered for sale, in the form of Proceedings, by Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. The presented papers will further be screened for possible publication in the IFAC Journals Automatica and Control Engineering Practice, or in an IFAC affiliated journal. A record of all presented papers will also appear in Control Engineering Practice.
 
 

Copyright of material presented at an IFAC meeting is held by IFAC. Authors will be sent a copyright transfer form. Automatica, Control Engineering Practice and, after these, IFAC affiliated journals have priority access to all contributions presented. However, if the author is not contacted by an editor of these journals, within three months after the meeting, he/she is free to re-submit the material for publication elsewhere. In this case, the paper must carry a reference to the IFAC meeting where it was originally presented.
 
 

Information

For queries on the scientific programme:

Sub-dept. of Agricultural Engineering and Physics

Wageningen University

Dr. L.G. van Willigenburg

Bomenweg 4

6703 HD Wageningen

The Netherlands

gerard.vanwilligenburg@user.aenf.wau.nl
 
 

For further queries and all correspondence:

Congress Office

Wageningen University

Costerweg 50

6701 BH Wageningen

The Netherlands

Fax: +31 317 485309 / 484884

joost.meulenbroek@alg.vl.wau.nl
 
 

General and traveling information
 
 

Information about Wageningen

Wageningen is an old trading station situated along the lower Rhine, where traffic between the Dutch coastal towns and the German hinterland passed by boat or by ox-drawn cart. The town is located in the centre of the Netherlands, not far from Arnhem and is the seat of the Wageningen University and Research Centre. Part from the bustling research and small-scale industrial activities, there is a lively social atmosphere illustrated by the numerous downtown cafés and restaurants. Many interesting cultural centres are within a short reach of Wageningen. For instance the world-famous collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and sculpture garden in the Kröller M?ller museum in Otterlo or the national open air museum in Arnhem.
 
 

Conference Centre

The meeting will be held in the Wageningen International Conference Centre (WICC). The WICC is in the centre of the town and is well equipped to host a group of scientists comfortably. You will have the opportunity to visit Departments of the Wageningen UR. Wageningen University and DLO have combined their forces in Wageningen University & Research Centre (Wageningen UR). Following the conference, you may wish to spend a couple of days in the Netherlands to visit the numerous historical and cultural sites.
 
 

Location and travel to Wageningen

From Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) it takes about 90 min. to reach the WICC by public transport. If you are arriving by plane, you can take a train from the airport to Ede-Wageningen. Trains leave every 30 min. with a change at Duivendrecht station. Please ask at the airport railway information for a train schedule or look at the following website http://www.ns.nl/reisplan2.asp (destination Ede-Wageningen).

In Ede-Wageningen you should take a train-taxi to the WICC, Lawickse Allee 9, Wageningen.

If you are arriving from Germany or Eastern Europe, you can take a direct train to Arnhem. From there it is a 30 minutes ride by bus (busline 50 or Interliner 336) to Wageningen. The WICC is a 2 minutes walk from the central bus station.
 
 

Weather in Wageningen

Temperature in July is usually summery. As there is always a chance of rain in the Netherlands, bring a raincoat.
 
 

Language

The official language of the meeting is English.
 
 

Accommodation

Participants will be housed in the WICC and the Wageningen International Residence, adjacent to the International Conference Centre (telephone +31 317 490133). Hotel costs are to be paid upon arrival.
 
 

Prices:

WICC single room (shower)------------€ 40 (NLG 90)

WICC double room (shower)-----------€ 60 (NLG 130)
 
 

WIR single room (shower)--------------€ 70 (NLG 150)

WIR single room (bath)------------------€ 80 (NLG 175)

WIR double room ------------------------€ 95 (NLG 210)

Social Activities

• Registration and welcome drink take place on Sunday-afternoon

• A pre-conference tour is foreseen on Sunday-afternoon July 9, to the Kröller Müller art museum in Otterlo, which is world famous for its Van Gogh collection (278 pieces). Contiguous to the museum is Europe’s largest sculpture garden. A Dutch pancake is included.
• On Thursday-morning there is a opportunity to visit Departments of the Wageningen UR. (no fee)
• On Thursday-afternoon a tour is foreseen to the National Heritage Museum, where can be seen how the Dutch have been living and working since 1600.

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Scientific Sponsorship: The International Federation of Automatic Control

Wageningen tourist information (in dutch)