ECOSPREAD 2007For substainable farming

to spreadersin their

environment 

From

matters

to be

spread

 

Octobre 1-3, 2007

Vichy - Montoldre (France)

ECOSPREADCemagref Clermont-FerrandDomaine des Palaquins 03150 MONTOLDRETél.: 04 70 45 03 12 – Fax : 04 70 45 19 46e-mail : secretariat.montoldre@cemagref.frweb site : http://www. clermont.cemagref.fr/Geapa/ecospread07

Photos : Cemagref Clermont-Fd

SPONSORSHIP to be completed

GENERAL INFORMATIONVenue. The Symposium will be held at the Opéra Conference Centre, in the center of the city.Language. The official language is english. Simultaneous translation will be provided for plenary sessions.Accompanying persons. A social program for accompanying persons will be organized. All details and prices will be included in the second circular.Accomodation. Accomodation for delegates will be available in hotels of all categories, easy to reach by foot.Climate. Vichy has an oceanic climate, with an average temperature of 15°C (59°F) at the beginning of October.Second and third announcement. A second announcement with recall for papers will be available in December 2006 at the officiel congress web site. All pre-registrered delegates will be informed, updated and contacted by e-mail. The third announcement in March 2007 will include detailed information on the scientific program with titles of communications.Pre-registration. To pre-register and receive all future information via e-mail, please visit the officiel web site and pre-register online website.

ESTIMATED REGISTRATION FEE (in Euro €)

Full registration 400 €Full time student* 250 €Note : the full registration fees are inclusive of congress bag (with final program and proceedings, coffee breaks, lunches, social events (welcome party, gala dinner, cultural event and mid-conference professional tour).* except social events and gala dinner

Paris

LyonClermont-Fd

VichyMontoldre

ABOUT VICHY

Vichy is a spa town situated in the centre of France, to the North of the Auvergne Region and at the heart of the "Province du Boubonnais", birthplace of the Bourbons. It enjoys an exceptional geographical environment along the banks of the river Allier, close to the « Parc Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne », 55km (34 miles) from the regional capital, Clermont-Ferrand. Surrounded by many areas of natural beauty.Within easy reach of Paris (1 hour by air and 3 hour 10 min by train), Vichy brings an excellent environment with water and green spaces, cultural activities, sporting activities, and balneotherapy.

INVITATION

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to this first international seminar focusing on environmental technologies applied to spreading of mineral and organic matters.

Why an ECOSPREAD Seminar ?

As life cycle thinking makes analyses from “cradle to grave”, to innovate in spreading technologies need to study the issues “from matters to be spread to spreaders in their environment”, by using skills synergy, skills which are not used to work together.

ECOSPREAD will take place in Vichy and Montoldre in France, region of Auvergne, department of Allier, at the beginning of October 2007. After presenting the up-to-date European and French public policies dealing with environmental technologies applied to spreading, the seminar will discuss the state of the art in the characterization of matters to be spread, in the scientific advances of environmental technologies applied to spreading, and in the information systems for the optimization of spreading processes.

Last but not the least, workshops with industrial partners will be set up for participants to tackle the most recent innovation trends in the environmental technologies of spreading.

We expect to receive participation of two kinds of public : Scientific people who want to present papers and to share theirs knowledges – professional people of industrial companies and advisory services who want to keep themselves informed of new means of evaluation and eco-innovations.

For this seminar especially on applied eco-design concept, to be “CO2 neutral” is a basis requirement and we will join this system of subscription.

The organizing committee,

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM

The first two days will take place in Vichy - Palais des congrès with :1st plenary session : National and European public policies - New constraints and their consequences on research aims. It will be presented by keynote speakers on following Keywords : Present and future regulations – EU Environmental Technologies Action Plan - Incentives for Eco-design and Eco-innovation – success stories with public partners - …

The following topics will concern more specifically scientific advances and will be considered for oral and poster presentations. Every session will be introduced in full session by one or two keynote speakers, followed by 2 or 3 parallel sessions with oral presentations.

2nd session : Characterisation of physical properties and behavior of spread materials. Keywords : Mechanics and physical behaviour analysis - Flow models - Measurement methodologies – natural evolution and pretreatment influence - …Introduced by Dr L. Spinoza (sludge european expert) and Prof. PCH. Miller (member of International Fertilizers Society)

3rd session : Innovative equipments regarding spreading issues. Keywords : Numerical simulation tools - Optimization and adaptation algorithms for adjustment of spreaders - Feed back processes for machinery control - Site specific spreading – New concepts and new technologies (robotics, etc.) beneficial to application logistics - …Introduced by Prof. A. Jongebreur (EurAgeng President)

4th session : Environmental assessment of spreading practises. Keywords : Automatic data recording tools - Data collection systems and data processing for spreading operations - Multi criteria evaluation of application scenarios - Ecodesign applied to broadcast technologies - ecolabels - …Introduced by Ademe : Environment French Agency – to be confirme

The third day will take place in Montoldre (20 min from Vichy), where Cemagref has developed a new research Centre for Environmentally Friendly Spreading, called PEE - Pole Epandage Environnement.Visit of research plant - Demonstration of Cemagref new testing facilities - Presentations of innovative and environmental sound equipment of industrials firms - Software implementation - …

IMPORTANT DATES

Call for papers : October 10, 2006

End of submission of abstracts : January 30, 2007

Notification of acceptance (Oral or Poster) : March 30, 2007

End of submission of full paper for oral : may 31, 2007

Acceptance of reviewed papers : July 13, 2007

Edition of abstracts and corrected papers : August 30, 2007

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PLANNING

Day 1 – Morning: Seminar introduction and 1st plenary session “National and European public policies - New constraints and their consequences on research aims”.

Day 1 – Afternoon: 2nd session “Characterisation of physical properties and behavior of spread materials”.

Evening : free – Eventuality of conference debate

Day 2 – Morning: 3rd session “Innovative equipments regarding spreading issues”.

Day 2 – Afternoon: 4th session “Environmental assessment of spreading practises”.

Evening : Gala dinner at the Opera restaurant

Day 3 – All the day: Travel to Cemagref research Centre at Montoldre – Visits and exhibitions with practical workshops

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

To be completed

Dr L. Spinoza (Univ Bari, IT), Dr T. Nemecek (Tänikon station, CH), Prof. A. Jongebreur (WUR, NL), JM Merillot (Ademe, FR), René Autelet (technology expert, FR), Dr E. Tijskens (KUL, BE), Prof. PCH. Miller (IFS member, GB),

Cemagref : Gérard Chuzel, Pierre Grenier, Dominique Didelot, Philippe Zwaenepoel, Marc Rousselet

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

STEERING COMMITTEE :

Cemagref Gérard Chuzel, Pierre Grenier, Dominique DidelotPhilippe Zwaenepoel, Marc RousseletExternal René Autelet

OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE :

Irène Mingot, Eliane Simon, François Thirion, Emmanuel Piron, Jean-Christophe Baudez, Jacky Mazoyer, JP Petit.