Welcome to EITA-New Agriculture 2013

The First EITA Conference on Agricultural Science and Technology, Biosystems Engineering

"Precision Agriculture: Challenges and Future Directions"

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

Thursday-Friday, June 27-28, 2013

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Invitation

The first EITA Conference on Agricultural Science and Technology, Biosystems Engineering, coordinated by the Emerging Information and Technology Association (EITA), is an international forum. It will be held at Cornell University, New York, U.S.A. on Thursday-Friday, June 27-28, 2013. The conference theme for the EITA-New Agriculture 2013 is "Precision Agriculture: Challenges and Future Directions". Please visit the website of the EITA-New Agriculture 2013 website for more conference details.

The main purpose of the EITA-New Agriculture 2013 is connecting the dots to form a big picture for vision and talents. This conference, bringing together a global network of today's best thinkers, visionaries and thought leaders, serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to Agricultural Science and Technology, Biosystems Engineering. The EITA-New Agriculture 2013, the premier international conference in the field, spans all disciplines and attracts more than a hundred high-tech titans from the World.

We are pleased to invite you to attend the EITA-New Agriculture 2013 and submit proposals for papers, panels, demonstrations, workshops, corporate showcases/demos, and SIG discussions. The Conference Review Policy requires that each proposal will be peer-reviewed by for inclusion in the conference program, and CD-ROM proceedings.

(Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. - Alvin Wei-Cheng Wong)

Possible Workshop Topics

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the research and development aspects of Agricultural Science and Technology, Biosystems Engineering. The long list is not meant to be all-inclusive. Rather, it should be used to stimulate and encourage other ideas and possibilities.

• Agricultural economics and policy
• Agricultural and biosystems management
• Agroecology, sustainable and secure food systems
• Biometeorology
  
• Agriculture and climate change
• Ecological agriculture
• Green farming and organic agriculture
• Agricultural safety and health

• Food and process engineering

• Food science, quality and safety
• Emerging technologies in sterilization and pasteurization

• Biological engineering

• Forest engineering

• Metabolic engineering
• Protein engineering
• Synthetic biology
• Cellulose synthesis
  
• Biofuels
• Biomass and renewable energy
• Environmental microbiology
  
• Utilization of clean and renewable energy resources (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, etc.)
• Precision and information agriculture

• Information and electrical technologies

• Bio-sensors, bio-instrumentation, bio-informatics and bio-nanotechnology
• Sensors and information systems for precision agriculture, remote sensing
• Precision farming technologies, equipment and instruments
• Auto-guidance systems
  

• Power and machinery

• Agri-tourism and other new mode
  
• Alternative agricultural production
• Agricultural products processing
• Animal science
• Veterinary and biomedical sciences
• Stem cell research
• Animal disease research and diagnostics, surveillance, epidemiology and control
• Avian medicine and pathology
  
• Avian diseases and biology
• Livestock farming
• Sustainable farm animal breeding and reproduction technology
• Chemical toxicology
• Crop and livestock biotechnology
• Aquaculture science and technology
• Fish research
  
• Fisheries science and management
• Fishing technology
• Entomology
• Crop management and physiology
• Plant pathology and plant microbe biology
• Molecular and cellular plant-microbe interactions
  
• Plant breeding & genetics
• Biology and epidemiology of foliar pathogens
  
• Plant disease management
  
• Gene-deletor technology
• Horticulture
• Agricultural transportation, distribution and marketing
• Environmental permitting and remediation
• Natural resources and environmental engineering
• Crop and soil sciences

• Irrigation and drainage

• Soil and water management
• Soilborne pathogens
• Soil microbiology

• Structures and environment

• Standards and safety engineering

• Risk management

• New emerging areas
  

(Grand Canyon, U.S.A. - Alvin Wei-Cheng Wong)

Presentation Categories

The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

• Keynote Speakers
• Invited Panels/Speakers
• Papers
• Panels
• Demonstrations

Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings (CD-ROM formats) as well as on the EITA-New Agriculture 2013 website. You may download the Proceedings through the Internet. These proceedings serve as major sources in the global high-tech community, reflecting the current state of the art in the disciplines.