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Call for Papers –
73rd International Conference on Agricultural Engineering
LAND.TECHNIK AgEng 2015
Innovations in Agricultural Engineering for Efficient Farming
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS OPEN UNTIL
MARCH 22ND, 2015
The following topics will be discussed:
• Tractors
• Power trains, electric drives and mobile hydraulics
• Agricultural information technologies, precision farming,
software engineering and data handling
• Automation, electronic components and sensors, locating,
tracking and navigation
• Technologies of soil protection, tillage and sowing
• Harvesting technologies
• Sustainable energy for agricultural applications
• Industrial product development and market service
Organised by VDI Wissensforum GmbH
www.vdi.de/landtechnik-ageng
Phone +49 211 6214-201 | Fax +49 211 6214-154
DATE AND VENUE
November 06–07, 2015
Hannover, Germany
Exhibition Ground
PRIOR TO
OFFICIAL PARTNER
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PREFACE
The 73rd conference LAND.TECHNIK – AgEng 2015
will take place in Hannover on November 6th–7th,
2015. It is organised once again in cooperation
with the Max-Eyth- Society for Agricultural
­Engineering of the VDI (VDI-MEG) and the
­European Society of Agricultural Engineers
­(EurAgEng).
In accordance with the tradition of the last years,
the annual conference is arranged every two years
as a prelude to the worldwide most important
exhibition for agricultural machinery and
­equipment, the AGRITECHNICA, which starts on
November 8th, 2015 with the exclusive preview
days. This concept is successfully accepted from
education/academia and industry, both national
and international. The number of participants grew
PROGRAMME
COMMITTEE
Heinz Böhler, AGCO GmbH, Marktoberdorf,
Germany
to over 950 in 2013. Therefore, this conference is
still the most important event for the international
community of agricultural engineers.
The motto of the 73rd conference LAND.TECHNIK is
“Innovations in Agricultural Engineering for
Efficient Farming”. It underlines one of the main
aims of agricultural engineering: efficient and
sustainable production of high quality food.
The conference will give an excellent platform for
discussing new technologies, processes and
machines for efficient farming.
SCIENTIFIC CHAIRMAN
OFFICIAL PARTNER
Henning Meyer, Technical University Berlin,
Germany
Hermann Buitkamp, DLG e.V., Groß-Umstadt,
Germany
VDI Max Eyth Society for Agricultural Engineering
(VDI-MEG)
European Society of Agricultural Engineers
(EurAgEng)
Franz Handler, BLT Wieselburg, Austria
Peter Hieronymus, CLAAS Selbstfahrende
Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, Germany
Thomas Hoffmann, Leibniz-Institut für
Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V., Potsdam,
Germany
Robert Kaufmann, Agroscope ART, Ettenhausen,
Switzerland
Karlheinz Köller, Universität Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
Henning Meyer, Technische Universität Berlin,
Germany
Axel Munack, Johann Heinrich von
Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany
Peter Pickel, John Deere European Technology
Innovation Center, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Scientific chairman
Henning Meyer, Technical University Berlin,
Germany
TECHNICAL CHAIR
Andreas Herrmann, Verein Deutscher
Ingenieure e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
We are looking forward to your input and paper.
The programme committee invites you to present
your current technical solutions from research and
development. The listed topics are multivarious
and handle all important and interesting working
Stefan Böttinger, Universität Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
Herbert Coenen, Uniparts India Ltd., Noida,
India
fields on agricultural engineering. Take your
chance to participate as an active member of the
international engineering community and to give
an insight into your work in particular in the
context of the AGRITECHNICA.
The Association of German Engineers (VDI) is one
of the leading engineer’s associations worldwide.
The Max Eyth Society for Agricultural Engineering
represents a technical division of the VDI. It bears
the name of the founder of agricultural
engineering as a distinct discipline in Germany,
Max Eyth (1836–1906).
www.vdi.de/meg
THE CONFERENCE
IS ORGANISED BY
VDI Wissensforum GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
THE CONFERENCE
IS SUPPORTED BY
Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG),
Frankfurt/M., Germany
Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany
IN COOPERATION WITH
Peter Schulze Lammers, Universität Bonn,
Germany
Peter-Michael Synek, VDMA e.V., Frankfurt/M.,
Germany
Organised by VDI Wissensforum GmbH | www.vdi.de/landtechnik-ageng | Phone +49 211 6214-201 | Fax +49 211 6214-154
The European Society of Agricultural Engineering
(EurAgEng) exists to ­promote the professions of
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the
people who serve it. The Society is particularly
active in conferences, Special Interest Groups,
publications, networking, and international
lobbying.
www.eurageng.net
The VDI Wissensforum organizes and provides
seminars and conferences dedicated not only to
engineers but also to academics and practicians
from widely diverse branches of the economy. Our
activities are backed by the Verein Deutscher
Ingenieure e.V. (VDI), a virtually inexhaustible
fund of know-how constantly attracting new ideas
and suggestions.
SUBMISSION
OF PAPERS
Are you an expert in any area mentioned under
the listed topics ? If so, why not make an active
contribution to the success of this conference by
submitting a paper?
Please submit an abstract in English covering no
more than one DIN A4 page. It should reach us by
March 22, 2015 at the latest
via www.vdi.de/landtechnik-ageng.
The abstract should contain:
• Title of the paper
• Authors (company address, department, phone,
fax, eMail, personal title of the author and
co-authors)
• Meaningful abstract (max. one page DIN A4)
• Assignment to a specific presentation topic
DEADLINES
Based on the abstract of the presentation the
programme committee will decide on the
acceptance of the paper.
We particularly invite young engineers to use this
opportunity to present their skills.
Accepted papers presented during the conference
will be offered the option to pass a scientific
review process of a full paper. This provides the
opportunity to publish a scientific paper.
If you do want to participate in the reviewing,
please note “scientific reviewing requested” on the
abstract. Further information will be given after
the first review step of the conference.
• Submission of abstract
March 22, 2015
• Notification of acceptance to the
authors
at the beginning of May 2015
• Submission of camera-ready
manuscripts
August 20, 2015
CONTACT
SIBYLLE WUNN
P.O. Box 10 11 39, 40002 Duesseldorf
Phone: +49 211 6214-509
Fax: +49 211 6214-97509
E-Mail: wunn@vdi.de
VDI Wissensforum GmbH
VDI-Platz 1 · 40468 Duesseldorf
The final programme will be available approx.
14 weeks prior to the conference and on the
website www.vdi.de/landtechnik-ageng.
MAIN TOPICS
ORAL PRESENTATION
CONFERENCE FEE
Please submit your abstract on one of
the following topics:
1. Tractors
2. Power trains, electric drives and mobile
hydraulics
3. Agricultural information technologies, precision
farming, software engineering and data handling
4. Automation, electronic components and sensors,
locating, tracking and navigation
5. Technologies of soil protection, tillage and
sowing
6. Harvesting technologies
7. Sustainable energy for agricultural applications
8. Industrial product development and market
service
The oral presentations are limited to 20 minutes
plus 5 minutes for discussion.
We would like to point out that the time limit for
the presentation and the discussion time shall not
be exceeded.
Speakers (one person per submission) receive a
discount of 50 % on the regular registration fee for
their participation. The registration fee will be
€ 335,00 + VAT. Discounts can not be cumulated.
Please be advised that travel expenses will not be
reimbursed.
We welcome submissions from the industry,
University and research institutions as well as from
practical agriculture.
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE
LANGUAGE
The conference language is English. There will be
no simultaneous translation.
PUBLICATIONS
The authors of the accepted papers will be asked
to submit a camera-ready manuscript of their
presentation for the proceedings.
Accepted papers will be published in quotable
proceedings. Authors of accepted papers have to
submit a written manuscript (max. 6 pages) until
August 20th, 2015. The decision about the
acceptance and assignment to the sessions will be
held by the programme committee.
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Please register me for the following conference:
LAND.TECHNIK – AgEng 2015, Hannover/Germany, November 06 – 07, 2015
Conference No.: 12TA001015
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Participation Fee
1
EUR 670,–
VDI and EurAgEng members
2
EUR 620,–
Doctorial Candidates VDI and
EurAgEng members
3
EUR 210,–
VDI and EurAgEng members of
Universities
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