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GENERAL INFORMATION Venue. 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. Accompanyin
g persons. A social program for accompanying
persons will be organized. All details and prices
will be included in the second circular. Accomodat
ion. 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 15C (59F) 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
ECOSPREAD 2007 For substainable farming
From matters to be spread  
ECOSPREAD Cemagref Clermont-Ferrand Domaine des
Palaquins 03150 MONTOLDRE Tél. [phone]
Fax [phone] e-mail secretariat.montoldr
e_at_cemagref.fr web site http//www.
clermont.cemagref.fr/Geapa/ecospread07
to spreaders in their environment 
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.
SPONSORSHIP to be completed
Octobre 1-3, 2007 Vichy - Montoldre (France)
Photos Cemagref Clermont-Fd
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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 -
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 Didelot Philippe Zwaenepoel, Marc
Rousselet External René Autelet OPERATIONAL
COMMITTEE Irène Mingot, Eliane Simon, François
Thirion, Emmanuel Piron, Jean-Christophe Baudez,
Jacky Mazoyer, JP Petit.
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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